Mauri!

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Mauri!
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Community Development Participation
Initiatives Project Presented by Danfung
Binoka SAPHE PMO Kiribati
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Outline

• Community Development Participation Initiatives
  (CDPI) Project in relation to Sanitation, Public
  Health, and Environment Improvement (SAPHE) Loan
  Project.
• Implementation Arrangements
• Goals and Objectives
• Program Focus
• Local Project Activities
• Gender Issues
• Outcomes
• Obstacles/Constraints
• Lessons Learnt
• Future Needs and Actions

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Community Development and Participation
Initiatives Project

• Funding Support from
• Asian Development Bank
• Duration
• Starts in September 1999
• Officially ends November 2001
• Pioneered for the SAPHE Loan
• A common frame of reference for Donors,
• Government and Beneficiaries.

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Implementation Arrangements

• Executing Agency Ministry of Finance Economic
  Planning.
• SAPHE Project Management Office Overall
  responsibility.
• Located and under care of Ministry of
  Environment
• Social Development.
• Implemented and managed by Coffey MPW Ltd and
• The Foundation for the Peoples of the South
  Pacific-
• Kiribati.
• Staff from Coffey MPW Ltd, FSP, SAPHE Loan,
• MESD.

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• Goal
• To improve the long term ownership and
  participation by the community of public water
  supply and sewerage systems throughout South
  Tarawa.
• Objectives
• Overarching objective to strengthen
  participation and enhance community awareness and
  understanding of the aims and objectives of the
  SAPHE Loan Project.

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Specifically the project will

• Promote water conservation to reduce the demand
  on limited availability of water from public
  water supply systems
• Promote participation of households and community
  groups in the construction and use of
  complementary Water Supply systems, including
  rainwater tanks
• Promote good sanitation practices and provide
  assistance in the construction and use of
  composting toilets
• Mobilize NGOs, CBOs, and action groups in the
  promotion of community participation for the
  formulation and implementation of sanitation,
  environment and public health programs and
• Support the development and implementation of
  effective environmental, sanitation and health
  education within and by the community.

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Program Focus

• What the SAPHE Project is.
• Implications and Benefits to communities
  including Revolving fund loans.
• Education on Water cycle in Kiribati and links to
  need for water conservation, water quality
  preservation, water and health, use of composting
  toilets, etc.
• People to understand whole system and
  interrelationships between land activities on the
  fragile lens, before understanding the benefits
  of changed behaviours.
• Information collection activities e.g village
  mapping, discussions.

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Local Project ActivitiesMaterials Development

• Flip chart
• Posters
• Video
• Calendar 2001
• Billboards
• School Activity Packs

• Fact Sheets
• Flash Cards
• Compost Toilet Booklets
• Postage Stamps
• Community Resource Manual

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Materials development
Winning stamp category 1.
Winning stamp category 4
Water conservation poster
Winning stamp category 2.
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Education and Training

• Radio Usage
• Drama
• World Water Day
• Community and Special Interest Workshops
• Demonstration Workshops

Drama group performing water play
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Community Issues/Concerns

• Access and continue demand for sufficient good
  quality water.
• People still need to boil water before
  consumption.
• Time-consuming
• Need firewood
• Expensive (kerosene)
• Salinity of well water (worst during drought
  1998-2000).
• Uncertainty of use and sustainability of compost
  toilets.

• Villages currently not yet served by reticulated
  water system.
• Affordability of rainwater tanks and toilets
  (including compost toilets), as incomes are very
  limited.
• KHC revolving fund loan
• How to get help?
• Would they qualify?
• How to get assistance?
• Small grants for community water and sanitation
  projects.
• Need to know options available.

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Gender Issues

• Important cross-cutting issue
• Gender analysis
• More responsibility rests on women
• Water collection
• Disinfecting water (boiling)
• Washing
• Cooking and bathing children
• Health education for children
• Cleaning of children
• Teach sanitation practices.
• Need for womens participation

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Outcomes

• Development and production of IEC materials
• Successful education and training workshops
• Built composting toilets
• Dramas developed on water cycle and water
  conservation
• Increased level of awareness in general
• Long term effect of project messages

• Improved skills and experience of counterparts
  and working group
• Established and improved working relationships of
  the project
• Developed simple, reliable, and measurable
  monitoring tools using drama
• Pioneered for the SAPHE Loan Project

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Obstacles/Constraints

• Sanitation facilities not in place (toilets,
  proper waste disposal means incinerators,
  landfills, etc)
• Population on Tarawa
• Affordability
• Regional impact
• Slow change
• Legislation
• Water reserve residents

Rubbish in Betio
Reclaimed land seawall
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Lessons Learnt

• Change in attitude and behaviour normally require
  at least 5 or 8 years.
• Infrastructure, legislation, incentives to
  support change.
• Useful information collection tools
• Village mapping, hopes/fears activities in
  community workshops
• Locate alternative sources
• Printers for materials
• Need to develop tailor made information/education
  materials for specific groups

• Continue support to those using composting
  toilets
• - include monitoring
• Collaboration at all levels of the SAPHE Loan
  Project and stakeholders is important for success
  and long term sustainability of water and
  sewerage systems.
• Long term benefits difficult to measure over life
  of project
• Require separate monitoring and evaluation
  process after TA.

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Future Needs/Actions

• Maintain close working relationship with Govt
  Ministries and NGOs and action groups.
• Support KHC
• Need for Stage 2 to work with SAPHE Loan and
  beneficiaries during Implementation
  (construction) Phase.
• Officially starts 11 July 2002.
• Need support to and commitment by communities
  for long term management and sustainability of
  water supply and sewerage systems.

• Reproduction and development of tailor made IEC
  materials for specific groups.
• Greater involvement of women and youth in
  decision making and project activities.
• Provide adequate resources for continue M and E
  of composting toilets.
• Communication to community through consultations,
  education and training is important and should be
  continued.
• - Relevant Ministries to be encouraged to take
  more active role.
• Capacity building to Staff involved.

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Kam Rabwa!Thank you!
Photo Tony Whincup