Project: WATSAN for Sri Lankan Refugees Phase 1 & 2
Location: Tamil Nadu
Phase 1: 1st November 2006 – 30th April 2007
Phase 2: 1st July 2007 - 30th June 2008
Donors: ADRA Germany, ECHO
Phase 1: € 300,000 EURO

Phase 2: € 500,000 EURO

Beneficiaries: Phase 1 – 30,832 Phase 2 – 32,400

Objectives: To ensure that there is the necessary WATSAN and Solid Waste management capacities within the target refugee camps. To prevent the incidence of water and sanitation related diseases amongst Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu, India.

Activities:

1. The project will facilitate the involvement of WES Management Committees and selected members of refugee camps to identify the existing water and sanitation, Solid waste management and drainage facilities within each target 48 refugee camps.

2. Deep Well Hand Pumps or Motor Pumps: An approximate total of 23 handor motor pumps will be installed to deep wells in target refugee camps.

3. Pour Flush Latrines cum Bathrooms: The project will construct 435 pour flush latrines with septic tank / one or two leach pits (i.e., Honey Comb-, Brick, or RCC Rings) depending on the conditions of local refugee camps.

4. Solid Waste Management Systems: A two colored (Red and Green) house hold bins will supplied to 1500 houses in the selected camps based on the priority needs. The Red bin will be collected with Non Degradable waste and the Green will be collected with Degradable wastes.

5. Establishing Drainage systems: It has been observed that most of the camps have highest need of disposing the waste water or the rain water which causes the increase of mosquitoes and flies.

6. Strengthening/formation of Water, Environment, and Sanitation Management Committees: The committees will be facilitated to make decisions regarding the site selection of new latrines, hand pumps, and/or community water distribution points; they will also be facilitated to maintain the facilities once established, and will involve in conflict resolutions with camp members.

Outcomes: The project will help build a safe environment and also a better living condition for the 32,400 beneficiaries Sri Lankan Refugees who have fled their own country to avoid the civil war conflict, and have crossed the border to seek asylum in India.

Project: Water, Environment & Sanitation with Medical Support (WES-MED)
Location: Little Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Start: 1st July 2007
Finish: 30th June 2009
Donors: ADRA Czech, Private Donors
Budget: $ 425,801 USD
Beneficiaries: 14,000 people and 900 families, 1 panchayat

Objectives: Improving the living and health conditions and hygiene habits of people through ensuring their access to sufficient quantity of water for personal and domestic hygiene, and equitable access to primary health care services.

Activities: Installing and maintaining a water supply system, rehabilitating bore wells, forming and strengthening water management committees, renovating primary health sub centers, placing a medical doctor and two nurses at Primary Health Center Hut Bay, ensuring full and close collaboration with Department of Health Services, conducting hygiene awareness programs in the project area following PHAST approach.

Expected Outcomes: Community has adequate water sourcing, storage and distribution capacity at its transitional shelter facilities, the Public Health Centers and sub-centers in Little Andaman Island are attending people’s medical needs, community has improved knowledge, attitudes and practice in personal hygiene, safe domestic water usage, and waste management.

Project: Post Tsunami Health Education & Livelihood Promotion (HELP)
Location: Tamil Nadu
Start: 1st May 2006
Finish: 30th April 2009
Donors: ADRA International, Private Donors

Budget: $ 1.36million USD

Beneficiaries: 15,382

Objectives: To improve the livelihood, health, and educational status of most poor and vulnerable tsunami-affected community members in Tamil Nadu, India.

Activities: COMPONENT ONE: Livelihood Restoration and Development.

1. Two villages will have deep bore wells installed ensuring continuous irrigation for the tsunami affected agricultural lands to raise the crops in 150 acres of land covering the population of at least 250 marginal farmers.

2. Increasing the efficiency of farming in the target villages with the assistance of seeds through seed banks, and seedlings by gradually applying SRI (Systemic Rice Intensification) techniques, composting, and crop diversification.

3. One agricultural tsunami affected village will be benefited by involving the community in pond fishing (aquaculture) by 40 self-help group women in the village.

4. Diversified small-scale enterprises for 9 agricultural and livestock related livelihoods are available in the villages augmenting the village economy.

5. 1,200 self-help group women members and 300 male farmers will have sustained access to micro-credit services through internal lending scheme and bank linkages that are sufficient and feasible to meet their entrepreneurial business needs.

COMPONENT TWO: Assistance in Health, Education and Development (AHEAD).

1. Population of 3,600 in 12 villages and 2,411 children from 11 primary and secondary schools will have access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.

2. Target people have improved understanding, attitudes, and practices to utilize the provided water and sanitation facilities.

3. Target beneficiaries (adults and adolescents 13 to 45 years) in 15 villages will have enabling environment through improved understanding, attitudes, and practices to lead a healthy lifestyle free from unwanted health outcomes and behavior, including HIV/AIDS.

4. 15 disaster mitigation/preparedness committees established, trained, and functioning in 15 target villages to mitigate the effects of future natural disasters.

Outcomes: To alleviate the lives of the tsunami victims in the state of Tamil Nadu.