Monday, March 7, 2011

Orientation of WASH-ON-ECHO Project, Sindh, Pakistan


Upon the completion of  team Oxfam Novib-ECHOWASH project at last on February 28, 2010 Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project for the 3 Districts namely, Thatta, Matiari and Khairpur Mir under the financial aid of European Commission on Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection (ECHO) through Oxfam Novib in partnership with my NGO   conducted a project orientation to the whole team. The General Manager of Disaster Disk Reduction (DRR)   was the resource person; he welcomes every one on board and invited our CEO as our guest speaker and inspirational talks as well.

The primary objection of the project is to provide water, sanitation and hygiene   facilities to the 17,000 flood affected families of Sindh province. Installation of hand pumps and water purification are under water supplement activities.  Environmental cleaning, proper wage management, installation of pit latrines and bathing places are the main concerns of sanitation work plan.  Personal hygiene and hygiene awareness campaigns are conducted by the Public Health Promoter to enhance the knowledge and awareness of the flood affected people of Thatta, Matiari and Khairpur Mir. 

It was a fruitful event, DRR GM had brought up the projects title, target beneficiary, objectives, duration, responsibilities of public health promoter (PHP), public health engineer (PHE), introduction of Project District Manager, and clarification of other related issues to the projects during question and answer session. 

The meeting lasted more or less 5 to 6 hours and every one concerns was addressed and cleared.  The District Managers had finalized the staff and the PHP are now ready to go for the field works as well.  Good luck to the whole team of Oxfam Novib-ECHO WASH project.      

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