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WASH rapid assessment in IDP camps - WASH in Emergency Working Group in Yobe State 14 April 2016

Attachments

1. Timeframe

  • 05th to 10th April 2016 : data collection
  • 11 th to 18th April 2016 : data entry, analysis and reporting

2. Stakeholders

RUWASA, ACF, CARITAS, UNICEF, DDPs leaders SEMA, MSF Spain, ICRC

3. Objective

The purpose of the assessment is to appreciate the current WASH services provided to IDPs, identifying the needs and gaps in water, sanitation and hygiene promotion with priorities to those living in camps or villages camps The outcomes of the current assessment shall inform the Yobe’s WASH working group on the areas of priorities and orient their strategy response through evidence based in decision making.

4. Methodology

  1. Physical observation and counting of WASH infrastructures
  2. Interview: Focus group discussion and house to house interview. Sampling size was limited to a max of 60 households per camp and preference was usually given to interviewing women mostly involved in water collection, hygiene and sanitation.
  3. Literature and contact: reports, Health workers, Maps, meeting with local authority, IDPs leaders, health workers etc…

5. Introduction

Referring to the DTM round VIII, 139,550 IDPs (31,908 households) mainly displaced by the ongoing insurgency and counter insurgency operation in the North-east region of Nigeria are living in Yobe Sate off which about 92% live in host communities. Damaturu LGA, where most of the emergency WASH response is focalized, is hosting 38,086 IDPs representing 27, 3% of the state’s caseload and its camps population is about 32%.

The assessment was limited to camps and communities in Damaturu LGA.

Findings

  1. In camps Motorized or solar powered boreholes and water Trucking are the main water supply sources for IDPs and host communities living in the camps premises. Over 86 % of IDPs living in Pompomari,
    Kukareta and Mohammadu Gombe have adequate water compare to sphere standards indicator of 15 litres per person per day required. They crude water supply per capita shows a minimum of 18l/p/d.
    In Kasaisa and Bukar Ali camps ( 14% of the IDPs population in camps ) the crude indicator of water provided is about 10 l/p/d however from the House hold survey they are collecting an average of 19 l/p/d but the nearest waterpoint is located 3 kms away or water cost 10Naira per container.

Compared to the recommended indicator of 250 people per tap, the number of person per tap is over 300 people in Kukareta, Pompamari and Bubakar Ali camps while it is 174 in Kasaisa camp and 114 in Mohammadu camp.

In general, water collection points are located in a distance of less than 100 meters average from household.

From the household survey the average time spends in fetching water is about 94 minutes in Kasaisa, 59 minutes in Kukareta and 37 minutes in Bukari Ali camps. It is about 11 minutes in Pompari and 29 minutes in Mohammadu camps.

In most of the camps, water sources don’t have backup generator, submersibles pumps neither maintenance kits.

  1. Host communities Focus groups were conducted in 5 Wards and below are the outcomes.
  • Water is available from tapstand connected to borehole (50%) or from local sellers (45%)

  • 100% pay for water at 10 Naira for a 25 liters jerrycan and household could spend between 70 to 200 Naira daily to cover their water needs - Challenges highlighted were lack of water container (60% of respondents) and cost of water.

  • 50% recognized having received WASH NFIs from Caritas, ACF or UNICEF