PROJECT TITLE

*ALLIVIATE 5000 PEOPLE FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN 4 COMPOUNDS WITHIN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

URL

*healthcare-and water-for-5000-zambians.

PROJECT STORY/SUMMARY

The aim of the project is to alleviate infectious diarrhea diseases such as Cholera and Typhoid and other water related ill-health in Zambian Communities. The project will be located in Lusaka district and in phase 1 will work in the following areas: Matero, Kuku, Msisi and kalikiliki being the largest users of Pit-Latrines and shallow wells dug 2-3metres apart. The project will benefit 5000 people in total, through increased awareness and access safe clean water. This will be achieved through the provision of training community members in environmental health issues and low cost manually constructed boreholes. Consequently, the 4 compounds will have a better quality of life and much more productivity as a sick person may not work or look for foo.

CHALLENGE

Three-quarters (3/4) of the Zambian communities, still depend on water from shallow wells, and use pit- latrines which are less than 3 meters apart. This results in ground water mixing with fecal matter and there-by resulting in infectious diseases which kill 54.7% of children. The project will train community members on environmental health issues and construct water boreholes which will beef-up the access to clean and safe water, which shall be more than 30 meters away from the pit-latrines so as to avoid the mixing of fecal matter with ground water.

SOLUTION

The project will train approximately the 5000 people in segments, in environmental health issues, such as sanitation and hygiene; construct low cost manual boreholes for 5000 beneficiaries in Lusaka’s matero, kuku, and Msisi and kalikiliki compounds. The project will then formulate borehole maintenance committees which it shall work closely with, hire local artisans and necessary manpower needed for the construction purposes. The works such as these will ensure supply of clean and safe water and acceptable hygienic pit-latrines derived from the training in environmental health issues. The boreholes will continue to be operational through the committee’s efforts to keep them in good hygienic conditions.

Zero Waste wants to end the outbreaks of infectious diseases like Cholera and Typhoid in Zambia.

LONG TERM IMPACT

With the provision of the low cost boreholes will result in a reduction in both water borne and infectious diseases while the training of community members in environmental health issues will ensure that the impact of the project continues sustainably.

REQUESTED FUNDING AMOUNT

$ 476,317 will provide clean water for 5000 people in Lusaka.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc)

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