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REPORT PREPARED BY:

DATE OF VISIT:

Hassen M. and Yodit T.

WOREDA VISITED:
SITE
AND
KEBELE
VISITED:

MARSIN, DAROOR AND GASHAMO


Gebegebo,jiic,waabcado,raqda,cadaada,aarjoog,rabaso,kaa
m-hashim,kaam-aboker,daroor,gashamo,
alabta,moholin,gosayga,cadaada,habura,ali-jamac,Marsin,
garwan,gebegebo,laandher,jiic,madax maroodi
Ongoing constructions, Completed schemes, House hold
latrine promotion and progress , and institutional wash
facilities
Birka rehabilitation, haffirdam rehabilitation, new birkas,
new haffirdams, school wash facilities, HHs CLTSH
approach, HHs filter

SECTOR/S VISITED:

ACTIVITIES OBSERVED:

STAKEHOLDER/S
MET
WITH:
DATE OF DEBRIEF WITH
WOREDA
BASES-PDP
TEAM

PDP WASH STAFS woreda water bureau

1. PROGRAMME BACKGROUND
The purpose of the programme is to collaborate and work with the Ethiopian
Somali Regional State Government (ESRS) to improve access to quality and
sustainable basic services - Education, Health and WASH - in the 15 agreed
woredas and further support in capacity building and strengthening institutions
through providing trainings, creating forum for panel discussion and exposure
visits,
2. PURPOSE OF THE VISIT:

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To verify the site selection, proposed projects and WASH designs


are in line with community needs and demands and feasibility
study.
To supervise the implementation of the community action to have
high quality in workmanship as per specified plan, drawing,
specification, time and resources for the work
To check progress and provide advisory services, collect
information concerning the progress of ongoing activity,
functionality of the completed schemes and WMCs
Identify community needs for technical support and capturing
lesson learn

Build the stakeholders capacity to plan and monitor water project,


analyse, propose solutions, and take part in decision making,
ensuring responsibility and accountability at all levels, share
information

3. SUMMARY OF KEY OBSERVATION, FINDINGS AND ACHIVEMENTS

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Outputs
Review of activities and
progress updates by PDP
staff.
House Hold Latrine
Promotion and Progress
Assessment of latrine
construction progress,
workmanship, quality
and material resource
Walk through target
villages, discuss CLTSH
progress, and provide
encouragement and
support.

Key Observations and Findings

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A sincere thank you to all PDP staffs who


dedicated their time in discussions and
updates relating to the respective
projects throughout the period of stay.
The big successes of the projects has
been the improvements around safe
excreta disposal following the
implementation of CLTSH. During
monitoring and evaluation walks through
villages to observe Open Defecation Free
progress it was encouraging to see that
community members were active,
resourceful and very innovative in their
household latrine designs. (See photos 18 in appendix). Continued
encouragement, support and assistance,
particularly for identified leaders, will
prove beneficial to ensure Open
Defecation Free status is sustainably
adopted in each respected community.
During field visits it was apparent that the
PDP WASH team have all, both
individually and collectively, established,
developed and maintained a close,
cooperative and trusting relationship with
respective target communities.
Most of villages understood the
value of open defecation free
concept and start digging their
latrine holes, but still the pits are
not closed because most of them
dont have the resources to finish
the latrine construction and many of
them specially those who live in
Mersin woreda are vulnerable
peoples and needs to be considered.
Challenges exist around unfavourable
latrine soil type and conditions,
particularly in relation to the presence of
rock and unpickable soils. Flexible
arrangements have been required and
applied well in terms of school latrine
design.
During the planning phase, basic
assessment of soil type through
shallow dig and application of local
knowledge may prove useful in
streamlining future latrine
construction.
Any future project latrine
considerations may need to take into
account digging uncertainties. For
instance, increased labour and/or
material costs where digging is
difficult or when extended lining is
required.

4. FOLLOW UP OF ACTION POINTS

Urgent

Serious issues identified which require immediate


follow-up
Tulip distributions and awareness creation
Progress of WMCs
Lack of support for Vulnerable peoples
Delay on Haffirdams
Woreda water bureau participation and followup
Regular
Some minor issues identified which require regular
monitoring
Community participation in fencing and protecting handover
schemes
Low
No issues identified only routine monitoring required

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5. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

Conclusions
This report aims to draw a line under the successful pilot phase of CLTSH approach in
Somali region and to suggest the way forward with the Regional Scaling Up strategy.
CLTSH is one important strategy for stopping OD and leads to sustainable
behavioural changes. It has significant potential to empower many people to
construct low cost latrines and therefore to improve the national coverage for
sanitation.
The CLTSH projects undertaken in SOMALI REGION have demonstrated approaches
that can rapidly change perception and attitude of communities towards sanitation
practices and inspire actions to take up improved services. This has offered an
opportunity for creating the momentum needed to accelerate and sustain access to
improved sanitation across the region in order to contribute towards achieving the
targets for sanitation. Much as the effectiveness of the approach is well appreciated
by many actors at all levels, the broad understanding and appreciation of the
technicality and the resource implications for proper application of CLTSH is still
limited and a number of interest groups are not yet satisfied with the approach.

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Recommendations
The recommendations seek to consolidate the successes and address the challenges
encountered in the implementation of the CLTSH in order to inform the subsequent
scale up of the approach. CLTS is a relatively new concept in our region, and much
needs to be done to develop the approach and the necessary strategies to support
the expansion and wider understanding of the concept among all stakeholders in
sanitation improvement in Somali region.
The results of the CLTSH have been very significant in communities in the shortest
time. Our regional state needs to move forward and institutionalize the CLTS
approach in order to observe the power and impact of local communities collective
action in rapidly attaining open defecation free status. It is however important that
the right steps are followed in order to have maximum impact of CLTSH. Overall, the
team recommends the adoption of CLTSH as the National Approach for rural
sanitation in Somali region and all other regions in ETHIOPIA.
We also, highly recommend that the PDP staffs to collaborate with stakeholders in
order to create awareness among the villages to use the water purifier (tulip)
properly and also make an experience sharing with other villages or towns.

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