PROGRESS REPORT
KHAROOTABAD
FUNDED BY UNICEF
Introduction
Back ground
Project:
Based on the Emergence Situation
in
Oranization:
PIDS emerged from the BRUWAS project, which was funded by the Netherlands
Government and Govt. of Balochistan along with a supplementary support of the
UNICEF. The fundamental aim of estabishing PIDS is to continue the effort made
under BRUWAS project to reduced the mortality and morbility rate of children in
Balochistan through provision and promotion of safe drinking water, sainitation
and hygiene education with active community involvement.
Project Area
The
community of Kharotabad is a very large settlement, mostly Afghan refugees (old
and recent influx) situated in northwest
Kharootabad
has about 18,000 household (200,000 inhabitants). About 50% are Pushtun and
Uzbek refugees, The area lacks the appropriate social infrastructure and civic
facilities. Very few facilities exist, and they are also not meeting the
requirements even at a very small scale.
q Improvement in three
primary schools of Kharotabad (two Girls and one Boys) in term of provision of
clean/improvement of overall environment, provision of safe drinking water,
saniation, electrification and provision of carpets/mats, tables,
chairs,coolers,ect.
q Drilling of tube wells and
installation of machinery and fixing of water storage tank.
Expected Results/ Out put:
·
Three primary schools upgraded by providing drinking water,
rehabilitation/ construction of latrines, cleaning/ improvement of overall
environment, electrification and provision of carpets/mats, tables, chairs,
coolers, etc.
·
Hygiene education imparted to teachers and students
·
Water storage tank fixed at community place
·
Dust bin/ latrines constructed for community
·
Installation of tube well done at Bandar Khail
·
FALAHEE trainings conducted
Implemented activities:
PIDS improved three primary school i-e Govt. Boys Primary School No.1,
Govt Girls Primary School Khalifa Darveh and Agha Public School through
following activities:-
1.
Govt. Boys Primary School
Ø
Drilling of 4” dia bore upto 120 feet
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Installation of Hand pump
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Construction of two dry pit Latrines
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Rehabilitation of two PFL latrines
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Construction of under ground water tank
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Provision of overhead water storage tank
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Plumbering
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Distumber and painting
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Reparing of windows and doors
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Electrification
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Repair wiring
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Fixing seeling Fans
Ø
Imparting Hygiene trainings 150 students 10 teachers
Ø Donated
items
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Tables 10
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Center table 01
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Chairs 20
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Coolers with stand 07
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Glass 07
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Carpeting 07 rooms
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Mats 02
rooms
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Plantation of trees 08
2.
Govt Girls Primary School Khalifa
Darvesh
Ø Rehablitation
of Latrine
Ø Construction
of septic tank
Ø Construction
of under ground water storage tank
Ø Distumber/paiting
Ø Covering
of Verandah by cemented hole plates
Ø Floor
and stairs repairs
Ø Courtyard
levelling
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Electrification - Repair wiring
Ø
Imparting Hygiene trainings 70 students 02 teachers
Ø Donated
items
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Carpiting 02 rooms
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Coolers with stand 02
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Glass 02
3. Agha Public School
Ø
Donated items
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Twins Desks 80
Ø Imparting Hygiene
Training 95 Students 04 teachers
Installation of boaring
Receiving
the demand from the community, two Boaring have been installed in Kharotabad
near the Mosque and other in Bandar khail and arround 400 families are benefiting from
this community selfe managed water supply schemes.
Fixing of Water
Storage Tank
A water tank have been fixed near the mosque
Connected
with the Boring with 3 taps and one pipe for cleaning the tank. All the nearest
community people are using this water for drinking purpose before it they
collect water from very far of their houses and they spend many hours to
collect the water now in the follow up visit it is clear that they are happy
with this
facility.
Solid waste
management
In Kharotabad area
there is no proper place to dipose the
garbadge because of it all the garbedge spread in the streets or in open places
so this is the favourate place of bees breading and spread the germs. To
reduced the breading rate cunstruction of bricks dust bin have been made and
almost 200 people are getting benefit from this.
Construction of Latrine
After the awreness campaign specially through
the Hygiene sessions community feel that the use of a latrine is a basic need of
human so PIDS managed to construct a 2 dry pit latrine in government boys
primary school and three public toilets near the Uzkbak Mosque. A part for
contruction of new latrine old 3 PFLs
which were not functional due to blockage were also rehabilitate in
government primary schools.
Imparting of hygiene education
Health and
hygiene trainings were imparted to the males,
females and children in the Kharootabad. Social Organizers from PIDS
have conducted Health hygiene training in Kharotabad area to aware about the
germs, personal hygiene, food hygiene and different type of diseases and how
they can make the environment clean through the group discussion and
involvement of the participants through the flip charts.
Total
72 session have been completed and total number of women were 8 persons per
house. Main focus was on female and children specially. In follow up visit it
was observe that their houses were clean and they are using water in a proper
way. Training method were easy to understand for the women and specially flash
cards were very use ful for this training.
Inaugural ceromany of Community self
managed water supply scheme
For this ceremony
Mr, Raheem Kakar (Nazim Distt. Quetta)
was the chief guest .
Other visitors were
Mr, Ahad Director UNICEF Ms.
Carral Country Director and Embassador of the Polant alongwith other UNICEF
staff members were present at the
occassion. The Guests also visited the school to see the hygiene sessions and
work done in the schools. They also planted trees in the school.
Annex I Background
of the Area
Recent world scenario created unrest and changed
the entire situation of the World affairs, especially in the region of
Quite a number of studies revealed that, these
types of settlements mostly, near by the civic centers like Peshawar and
Quetta, where they are not given the status of refugee and neither be entitled
to be the citizen of Pakistan, are the paradise of such people having no legal
status, usually indulged in law breaking activities due to many reasons, one of
which is no earnings. They are compelled by such gangs who are involved in all
sorts of terrorist activities to do such illegal activities. In short they are
victimized as the law breaking individuals.
To minimize such happenings, it is considered
evident to plan development related activities in these areas.
Such settlements are supposed to
be given special attention, to minimize the possible law and order situations.
One of the exemplary area is Kharootabad, a very
large settlement, mostly Afghan refugees (old and recent influx) in the
northwest from
Kharootabad having about 18,000
households (200,000 inhabitants) map attached, lacking all sort of
infrastructure and civic facilities in most of the parts of this huge
settlement. Very few facilities are there, but they are also not meeting the
requirements even at very small scale.
A few activities are witnessed
by the initiatives of the courageous individuals and some by the Government.
Both types of efforts are in need of supplementing support.
PIDS in spite of the reality that the
area/settlement is bit dangerous to work on, taken an initiative and
established rapport with the people and working for the improvement of
sanitation situation with visible community participation.
PIDS with the aim to help this
community with the community participation to ensure creating better situation
for living through increased provision of facilities, approached the donors to
extend help for the said cause to make this society A Humen Society in which
what so ever the facilities are available can be up graded/ improved. The plan
is in 2 phases i.e. immediate and long term.
One of the efforts is the present
proposal in which 2 clusters namely Ghairabad and Bandar Khail of Kharootabad
will be extended support in phase 1, with the following details: -
Cluster 1 GHAIRABAD
Govt. Boys
primary school
This cluster consists of 400 houses (about 4,000
people). Here there is a government school for boys, 550 enrolled students are
studying there. The building and the environment is in deplorable condition
(building need repairs, whitewash, electrification, rehabilitation of abandon
toilets, provision of water supply with overhead tanks, etc., which need
special attention and support. PIDS had taken up the matter with the Government
of Balochistan and found no possibility for improvements in the school
premises. PIDS wanted to extend support through the donor assistance and by
entering into an agreement with the Director Education, Government and with the
community representatives to ensure O&M, for the discussed activities.
In the same school there is a requirement to
arrange leveling of the ground, where stagnant water stored, creating health
hazards. This also needs to be addressed.
The school does not have any
facility for seating even for the teachers. In this proposal, PIDS wanted to
add the provision of low cost furniture and fixtures for the teachers and
classrooms mats/rugs for the students.
In the school PIDS will provide hygiene education
to the teachers and to the students in series of sessions with follow up
programme to ensure proper application on the subject matter.
PIDS also wanted to see the possibilities
for the capacity building of the teachers for the learning process.
Three
more class rooms and a staff room for teachers is suggested in the school.
The furniture is present in the two class rooms
which is not sufficient for the students. Other students sit on a mat borrowed
daily from a neighboring house. No teacher chair or tables are available. Only
two cupboards are present in the class rooms, which are also very much
insufficient for a school of five classes.
It is suggested that the classes should be given
sufficient desks and chairs or rugs/ mats for the students, while the teachers
require more decent and respectable chairs and tables for use.
The school
has two abandon latrines, which are not sufficient for a large strength of
students. These latrines are choked due to non availability of water. The
school does not even have government water connection. The students use the toilets of a
neighboring house when needed.
Rehabilitation of the existing two latrines and
construction of two more latrines is required in the school, due to a high
number of students.
The school
does not have its own water source like well or the water connection. The
availability of water is highly desired in the school. The students fetch water
from a neighboring house in containers. Which is wastage of time of the
students and also a burden for small children of primary level.
Excavation of a well and installation of hand pump
is recommended in this school for drinking, cleaning and latrine purpose.
The
over all condition of school is deplorable as the school is in need of
electrification, gas connection for small children in winters and white wash.
This cluster consists of about 100 houses (more
than 1,000 population). In this cluster a courageous widow established a school
(Agha public School) for boys and girls, in her house, where presently about
200 children are enrolled (120 boys and 80 girls), also from the neighbouring
clusters.
She do not have any other source of income,
through this facility she is earning her family’s livelihood. She has hired 6
teachers for the primary levels (1-5 classes). She is charging Rs.80/- monthly
for the students, if there are more than one siblings, she charges half from
the second ones.
The school have 4 classrooms,
one office and two latrines, where children are studying while sitting on mats.
PIDS have seen the potential in this establishment and initiated dialogue with
the lady to see the venues for intervention. The lady showed her interest to
get the students desks for the school, along with a package of imparting
knowledge and skills among the teachers and the students for hygiene education.
She is ready to enter in to an agreement with PIDS/donors to legalize the
support towards sustainable provision of education, and for the improved
environment for conducive learning process. In future she wanted to get a
bigger place to extend the scope of education for the deprived inhabitants of
the area.
The Ghairabad area has one
community-operated tube well with not having a storage tank, from which the
community gets water through house connection and stand post. The tube well
operated once daily which is not enough for the large population of the area.
The absence of power usually bars people from getting water. The community has
requested for a water tank in the near by area of the tube well. So that tank
could be filled once daily and people could get water at their own convenience.
The space for fixing of water tank is also available from the community side.
Through this
proposal PIDS is asking to seek support from UNICEF to enter into the venue to
be a model for such settlements.