Reliable and Sustainable Borehole Safe Drinking Water Packages for Water-stressed and Underserved Communities in Rural Cameroon
Community Restoration Partners of Cameroon, CREPAC (formerly Community Initiative Partners of Cameroon, CIPAC)
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Non-governmental organization (NGO)
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#SDGAction50494
Description
Objectives:
1. improve the accessibility to a source of reliable and safe drinking water to primary and nursery school communities;
2. improve the accessibility to a source of reliable and safe drinking water to other kids, older men and women living in neighbouring communities to these schools;
3. reduce the incidence of water-borned diseases in these communities;
4. raise the nutritional status of kids living in these communities through a reduction in the time women spend searching for safe drinking water at distant locations;
5. improve the school attendance rate and the overall school performances of elementary and primary school kids
Implementation
1. involve school and adjacent communities in water access point siting right from the start;
2. work with rural councils, school parent-teacher association bodies, and existing community association groups to mobilize needed support labour for the project;
3. use the same institutions to elect a post-project water management committee to management and maintain facility with funds from council, the parent-teacher association and token monthly contributions from beneficiary communities;
5. ensure boreholes are drilled to depths that guarantee continuous flow of groundwater throughout the year irrespective of the season;
6 ensure all technical aspects, and needed parts are inspected before installation;
7. install durable push and release valves that hardly fail and institute a rationing policy whereby water is accessed only thrice per day at specific times.
Follow-up mechanism
1. deploy field inspection technical staff to identify all critical activities required for quality. Technical staff members perform direct field inspection of tasks to ensure specifications are met;
2. our quality control manager will work with field technical staffer to control quality before contractors are paid;
3. establish a project implementation time-line and perform weekly inspection of project progress to ensure work progresses according to plan;
4. create and review a work log book or timesheet to control assiduity and match claimed work to time indicated on logs
Governance and sustainability
1. rally key stakeholders: councillors, school heads and heads of village associations and reveal well ahead of time total project cost/budget, scope and expected duration
2. conduct pre-project meetings to collect data about the kind of borehole technology known to be most suitable, other specific needs and expectations
3. agree on amount to be contributed per month and how funds will be managed and who will be responsible
4. also agree on how to elect members of the water management committee
5. establish a code of ethics that is binding to all stakeholders
Factoring indigenous knowledge
1. create a community of practice (CoP) to collect indigenous knowledge in water conservation alternatives
2. organize knowledge transfer sessions with the CoP to transfer water management know-how to members of the community;
3. focus on sustainable water manage practices such as rainwater collection and treatment, and preservation of water catchment areas in order to ensure long-term availability of groundwater for the facility.
Expected impact:
With this project the following impact will be felt by the community in the long-term:
1. The long-term water security of the community in general will improve and the water stress experienced by aquifer will be drastically reduced
2. School enrolment will increase. The graduation rate per year will increase as direct result of an improvement in performance marked mainly by positive changes in basic skills such as Reading, Writing and Mathematics;
3. School dropout rates especially for the girls will reduce. Girls will go on to complete school thereby avoidance early pregnancy and marriages that often times see them becoming single moms. This situation will restore a much better quality of life and a stronger prospect of a better career path. Educated moms will bring up healthier and balanced kids who will in turn go on to be successful. The multiplier effects will continue to the next generation of kids who become part of the family.
4. The women who access the water points will spend more time in the farm producing food for their children. They will not have to travel very long distances to fetch water in order to cook food. The average family spends about 2-4 hours trekking to sources of safe drinking water. This time will be better spent cooking or on the farms which will raise the nutritional status of the young ones
5. There will be a significant drop in the incidence of water-borned diseases as a result of these facilities. Healthier and richer families will result and the saved cash can be used to meet other needs such as pay rents, buy food and clothing and attend to other social challenges needed for Cameroon to meet her SDGs.
6 Preservation of water catchment or recharge areas and the harvesting and treatment of rainwater presents and adaptation opportunity that will enable the communities to be less vulnerable to effects of climate change on water scarcity. This means the communities over time will build much needed climate change resilience and adaptive capacity that are needed for them to cope
Local Councils and Councillors;
Drilling rig water operator - Somfa Co. Ltd
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NRq_52kKQCs5Lk2kduEEp1xS0Tj-tItH/view?…
This project is for a recently completed borehole project . Drilling was done to 56 m and the water piped to a residential community in need
SDGS & Targets
Goal 6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
6.1
By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
6.1.1
Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services
6.2
By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
6.2.1
Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water
6.3
By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
6.3.1
Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated
6.3.2
Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality
6.4
6.4.1
Change in water-use efficiency over time
6.4.2
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources
6.5
By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
6.5.1
Degree of integrated water resources management
6.5.2
Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation
6.6
6.6.1
Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time
6.a
6.a.1
Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan
6.b
Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management
6.b.1
Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management
SDG 14 targets covered
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Region
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Other beneficiaries
Borehole packages will be sited so as to jointly benefit elementary/primary schools and neighbouring communities not served by clean and safe drinking water. Basic education pupils below the ages of 11, school staff, other kids, older folks especially women in neighbouring households will benefit from the facilities.
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Contact Information
Eliasu, Dr.