Bangladesh Super Cyclone Sidr Response WASH EARLY RECOVERY AND TECHNICAL WORKSHOP BARISAL 1617 Janua

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BangladeshSuper Cyclone Sidr ResponseWASH
EARLY RECOVERY AND TECHNICAL WORKSHOP -
BARISAL16-17 January 2008

• RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARY
• WAY AHEAD
• (17 January 2008)

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Generic Recommendations 1

• Improve coordination at local level to minimise
  duplication and incoherence of programmes
• Improve trickle-down of technical know-how
• Establish proper monitoring mechanisms e.g of
  water quality
• Involve existing Union Watsan Committees in
  operation, maintenance and monitoring
• Seek active participation of the poor and
  disadvantaged giving special emphasis to women,
  children and less-ables
• Focus on un-served and under-served areas

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Generic Recommendations 2

• Hold regular meetings to discuss water and
  sanitation issues at Upazila level
• Standardise methodologies on actual
  implementation of activities
• Use SPHERE or GoB minimum standard, whichever is
  the higher
• NGOs to be proactive in their communications
  with GoB (DPHE)
• Define Indicators (e.g pit latrines in use, not
  just built)
• DPHE to monitor quality of private producers of
  rings and slabs

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Generic Recommendations 3

• Ensure integration of software and hardware
  activities (e.g WPT water treatment with
  outreach)
• Develop education materials and promote key
  messages through multi-media, including folk
  media
• Work in line with the national water supply and
  sanitation policy 1998,national sanitation
  strategy, pro-poor strategy, PRSP of GoB
• Ensure integration with other clusters
• Improve information-sharing within WASH Cluster
• Ensure active participation of women in user
  groups and committees
• Follow DPHE water quality protocol

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Technical Recommendations 1

• Identify Khas ponds for PSF-based drinking water
• Improve protection of drinking-water ponds (with
  excavation/re-excavation)
• Review use of lime in proper doses for improving
  pond water quality
• Introduce alternative household level water
  treatment methods (e.g adapted slow sand
  filtration)
• Improve dissemination of design standard for
  low-cost latrine construction and location in
  relation to coastal areas, disability, and access
• Reduce dependency syndrome by sensitizing
  community-based training for early recovery
• Letter from DPHE to enhance community
  mobilization process in sector delivery
  approaches

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Technical Recommendations 2

• Define standard and cost of WASH-related NFIs by
  DMB
• Include schools and hospitals in distribution
• Raise awareness of proper use of WPT in the home
• Conduct training in standards for chlorination,
  lime alum use
• Empty drinking water ponds prior to rainy season
• Enhance water quality testing and sample
  referral, then certification

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WAY AHEAD 1

• Strategy
• Early Recovery Strategy
• Strategic Operational Framework
• Coordination
• Reinforce coordination at Division and District
  level in partnership with DPHE (the latter with
  selected NGOs)
• Information Management
• Map un-served or under-served areas (most
  severely affected, ground water scarce, low NGO
  presence)
• Distribute maps of arsenic contamination
• Conduct sample survey assessment in February
• Conduct impact survey in March-April

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WAY AHEAD 2

• Technical
• Establish ad-hoc Technical Working Groups (TWIGs)
  at Division level to harmonise most appropriate
  solutions. e.g
• Essential WASH-related Non-Food Items
• Pond Liming
• Household sand filtration
• Communications key messages
• Advocacy
• Increase GoB allocation for free household
  latrine kits to targeted extremely vulnerable
  groups
• Seek funding for continued mobile water treatment

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WAY AHEAD 3

• Training
• SPHERE training
• Community-based pond management
• Capacity-building for DPHE Field Engineers
• Education
• Household WPT use