WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH)
RNVDO WASH PROJECTS FOCUS ON WATER TRUCKING, WATER QUALITY TESTING AND MONITORING, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, DESLUDGING AND DRAINAGE ACTIVITIES, HYGIENE PROMOTION AND COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY, ACTORS, AND GOVERNMENT.
WASH IS A KEY INTERVENTION FOR SURVIVAL OF COMMUNITIES DURING AN EMERGENCY. IT HAS BEEN PART OF RNVDO`S FIRST LINE RESPONSE SINCE 2016. RNVDO DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED WASH PROGRAMS WITH SUPPORT FROM, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UNICEF, IHPF, OXFAM, CORDAID, MERCY CORPS, QATAR RED CRESCENT (QRC), UN HABITAT, ISLAMIC RELIEF FRANCE (SIF) AND NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID (NCA).
RNVDO HAS SERVED HAJ ALI SHELTERS, TINA CAMPS, JAD`AH CAMPS AND MOSUL, THROUGH WATER TRUCKING, CONSTRUCTION OF WASH AND SANITATION FACILITIES AND HYGIENE KITS DISTRIBUTING. RNVDO REACHED 511,178 BENEFICIARIES AROUND IRAQ. THE SERVICES INCLUDE WATER TRUCKING, HYGIENE KITS DISTRIBUTION, GARBAGE COLLECTION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT, DEBRIS REMOVAL, DESLUDGING AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. RNVDO WITH NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID (NCA) HELPED TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES IN WEST MOSUL AS WELL AS TO REHABILITATE WASH FACILITIES IN SCHOOLS IN QAYARAH AREA.
RNVDO, SUPPORTED BY UNICEF AND IHPF, IS PROVIDING WASH SERVICES FOR OVER 55,000 BENEFICIARIES ACROSS 15,500 PLOTS IN JAD’AH CAMPS FROM 1 TO 6. THESE INTERVENTIONS IMPROVE IDPS’ SAFE ACCESS TO WATER OF SUFFICIENT QUALITY AND QUANTITY, AND ACCESS TO SANITATION AND HYGIENE.
RNVDO IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE IRAQ WASH CLUSTER AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE WATER TRUCKING, HYGIENE PROMOTION AND WATER TREATMENT PLANT WORKING GROUPS IN IRAQ.