WASH services in your

locality

Module Two

WASH status quo map

Session 1

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Instruction for WASH Status Quo Map

• Each locality to prepare a Status Quo Map

• Be creative

• Draw your local area (it does not have to be exact)

• Draw or write information onto the local area

• Use different colours, symbols or pictures to share as much information as possible

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Example of format for your map

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What information is needed?

• Approximate size of area• Topography (mountains, valleys, etc)• The name of the local government entity• Location/s of government offices• Population, number of households• Settlements (communities, towns, villages, etc)• Water sources (rivers, springs, dams, etc)• Main roads

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Report backs

• Think about the geographical and settlement challenges for each locality• What are some of the common challenges?

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Session 2

WASH who’s who poster

Understanding WASH services in your locality also means understanding who all the stakeholders are that impact on your locality.It means understanding stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities within the WASH sector and how they link to each other.

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WASH who’s who posterDraw a poster illustrating the WASH stakeholders for your locality and show how they link. For example: •Government Departments•District / local government•NGOs (local and international)•Donors •International NGOs•Community members•Councillors•Service provides•Community based organisations (CBOs), WATSAN committees•Private sector

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Session 3

WASH challenges

There are many challenges to achieving good governance and sustainable WASH services such as institutional, financial, infrastructure , operational, etc.

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Write each of your WASH challenges onto a card

• Be specific about what the challenge or problem is• For example:

• Avoid broad terms such as finance, institutional

There is insufficient cost

recovery to cover the operational

and maintenance costs

There is insufficient cost

recovery to cover the operational

and maintenance costs

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Session 4

WASH governance challenges

Many WASH problems are the result of poor WASH governance

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WASH governance challenges

• Inadequate or no proper WASH policy• Lack of clarify of institutional arrangements• Poor WASH planning at the national or local level• Focus on infrastructure rather than on the provision

of sustainable WASH services• Insufficient finance and poor cost recovery• Poor monitoring and absence of regulatory

framework

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WASH governance challenges

• Inadequate mechanisms for participation and accountability resulting in lack of transparency

• Lack of mechanisms for communication and participation

• Weak institutional capacity especially at the local level

This WASH governance training programme attempts to deal with many of these governance challenges.