Enhancing the Voices and Choices of Communities in the Lideta Sub city, Addis Ababa

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Enhancing the Voices and Choices of Communities
in the Lideta Sub city, Addis Ababa

• Zema Setoch le Fitih
• Friday November 2nd 2007

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INTRODUCTION

• Zema Setoch le Fitih is a non governmental
  organization that was established in 1997 to
  promote and protect the rights of women and
  female children in Ethiopia.
• Target groups Women and female children
• Vision A society of equal opportunity for both
  men and women
• Mission To positively impact the lives of women
  and female children through the following
  programs
• Gender and Advocacy
• Education and Training
• Health, Water and Sanitation
• Microfinance and Business Development Skills

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The Demonstration Project Enhancing the Voices
and Choices of Communities on Water and
Sanitation in the Lideta Sub city

• Why Lideta sub city? Why was the Water and
  Sanitation sector selected?
• Water and Sanitation problems are extremely high
  in Lideta sub city due to the large population of
  people. According to the report on the Citizens
  Engagement Project by Zema Sef and Water Aid
  the latrines, showers and water points are
  insufficient to accommodate all the people in the
  Lideta sub city. Furthermore, the facilities that
  have already been built are not properly
  maintained.
• What is the overall goal of the project?
• To empower the community particularly women and
  the poor to advocate for their rights, voice
  their needs and concerns as related to the
  delivery of water and sanitation services.

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OBJECTIVES

• To introduce the tools and instruments of Social
  Accountability as related to the delivery of
  water and sanitation services to government
  officials and community representatives in Lideta
  Sub city.
• To build the capacity of women service users to
  respond to and act upon needs and demands.
• To promote community led policy
  formulation/reformulation and management of water
  and sanitation services in the Lideta sub city
• To pilot and document this project as a learning
  process for further replication

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PROJECT ACTIVITIES

• Selection of kebeles
• Meeting with sub city Executive officials of
  water and sanitation bureaus in the Lideta sub
  city
• Hire a Consultant to guide the process, conduct
  the Focused group discussions and Score card
  sessions.
• Train 16 facilitators on the SA concept and
  community mobilization
• Sensitization of the community on the concept,
  tools and methods of Social Accountability100
  people per keble i.e a total of 800 people
• Focused Group Discussions and Community Score
  cards with the following Community dwellers,
  Women Associations, idirs ( men and women),
  School administrations, Female Headed Households,
  PLWHA and disabilities
• Interface meeting
• Reform meeting
• Set up a committee that consists of Lideta sub
  city officials, Zema Sefs staff and the
  community to ensure that the reforms are
  implemented.

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PARTNERS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

• Over the past ten years, Zema Sef has established
  a strong working relationship
• with government bureaus in the Lideta sub city.
  The following are our partners in
• the demonstration project
• Lideta sub city administration water and
  sanitation bureaus, women affairs offices in all
  eight kebeles
• Kebele administrations
• Idirs
• Women associations
• Youth associations
• School administrations
• Elders in the community

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OUTPUT

• Detailed report on the entire process i.e.
  findings of the Focused Group Discussions,
  Community Score Cards, Interface meeting and
  reform meeting.
• Recommendations for action by the community, the
  government and Zema Sef.
• Communities particularly women and poor people
  will be empowered to voice their needs and
  concerns with regards to water and sanitation.
• Both the government and the community will be
  aware of their roles and responsibilities. They
  will engage in constructive dialogue and work
  together as one unit to resolve their problems.

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TIME TABLE
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PHOTOS MEETING WITH SUBCITY EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS
OF WATER AND SANITATION BUREAUS, LIDETA SUB CITY