The project goal is to improve health and water supplies management to 89,468 people in Tanzania through support of 22 existing Community Owned Water Supply Organizations (COWSOs) in 30 villages of Njombe District Council.
This project addresses issues relating to improvements of water supplies and health in the community through conducting community awareness raising activities and build to all expected/ and registered COWSOs the capacities to manage and govern water resources, adaptation to the impacts of climate change, improving hygiene and sanitation and inclusion of women and youths in community development projects especially in COWSOs formation, registration, formulation, operation and maintenance.
Project Areas
30 villages which are within 12 wards of Njombe District Council.
The project is funded by USAID/WARIDI TANZANIA
In lieu of to achieve the proposed objectives that contributes on achievement of the main goal, the project has planned to use participatory approaches in conducting its activities founding on provided objectives:
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
Objective 1:
Start-up Activities /LGA and other stakeholders to determine WASH situation at Njombe District Council (initial assessment). Under this objective, SHIPO is planning to perform the following activities;
Objective 2:
Develop LGA capacity Building Plan for COWSO and Preparation Training Modules. SHIPO together with Njombe District council will have to develop a capacity building plan for COWSOs which will be used during the whole project life. The plan is expected to be reviewed from time to time to accommodate new things along the implementation of its sustainability. Therefore, to further continue with the capacity building and training, SHIPO in collaboration with the LGA, will prepare training modules to guide the trainings and strengthening the COWSOs. With this objective, the following are the main activities to be undertaken during the implementation;
Objective 3:
Capacity Building and Implementation of COWSO Action Plan. In this objective, SHIPO expects to provide capacity to different stakeholders including council water and sanitation team (CWST), COWSOs' leaders ad water supply attendants. This capacity building will differ from one stakeholder to another and activities to be performed under this objective are as below;
- Develop financial documents, water user registry and business plans
- Metering Plan for public and private connections
- Calculate Sustainable Tariffs based on actual costs
SHIPO will be using different templates provided by WARIDI
Objective 4:
On-going COWSO District Action Plan. To ensure that , activities in all the COWSOs in Njombe DC are on-going and sustainable, SHIPO is planning to do the following activities under this objective
1. A detailed assessment report, clearly indicating the COWSO status in all wards and villages in the LGA through the CIT model
2. Updated WPM information for all water points in the LGA using MOWI approved form
3. Water quality treatment report
4. Detailed COWSO Implementation Plan prepared, reviewed and finalized,
5. Handouts/Training modules and materials
6. Detailed PbR tracking and implementation plan
7. Agreements with COWSOs on roles and responsibilities
8. Records of trainings that have taken place including attendance sheets
9. COWSO sustainability plans and records of COWSO/LGA MOUs outlining roles and responsibilities for each COWSO supported
10. Records/Copies of Village/Wards meetings for COWSO monitoring
11. Detailed District Water and Sanitation Plan that include proposal for improvement of water quality interventions
12. Agreed MoUs between District/WARIDI/COWSO
13. Final CCM/CIT end line results
14. Proposed O&M guideline for water schemes managed by COWSOs
15. Ground-truth/sport check system
16. CIT end line report; compare the 1st and 2nd assessment results and give feedback to COWSOs/LGA/WARIDI (-ve or +ve trend)
INVOLVED STAKEHOLDERS TO THE PROJECT
Stakeholders | Roles |
SHIPO | Project implementer, monitor progress of project and makes follow up, trainer, community awareness and sensitization organ, project progress reporter, technical support providers to COWSOs |
LGAs | Provides guidelines, assist in preparation of plans, entrance to the community, in charge of the project after its lifetime, technical advisory organs, monitor progress of the project |
Communities | Beneficiaries to the project, contributors to the O&M of water related infrastructures |
COWSOs leaders | Overseers of all water resources and use in the coverage areas |
Water supply attendants (including artisans) | Provides and supply quality WASH and MUS services and products in the community |
CWST | Technical support team, monitor the progress of the project |
Registrar | Advisory personnel, facilitator of registration of COWSOs |
WARIDI team | Technical support team on COWSOs, Gender, MEL |
SHIPO Team
Website: www.shipo-tz.org
Email: info@shipo-tz.org
Tel: +255 262 784 014