Koya
Rural District, 40 km from Freetown the capital
Climate
sub
tropical climate with a rainy season from may to
octobre
Typical
Water Source
River,
traditional water wells, bore wholes
Partners
Safer
Future Youth Development Project
Duration
of present phase
January
to June 2008
Main
objectives
reduction
of the diarrhea cases among the local population
Increase
consomption of safe drinking water and awareness
about hygiene behavior
develop
strategies to promote Sodis on regional and
national level
Number
of beneficiary
1500
users
Status
quo at present
Trainer
workshop has been organised, selection of the villages
is on the way
Project
Zone
The
proposed project area for the implementation of the
SODIS technology is the rural area of Sierra Leone.
As the NGO owns a farm in Nyangba Town, Koya Rural District,
it seems to be suitable to base and spread the SODIS
methode from that base. Through previous activities
in the rural area like solar electrification, the mobile
life skill training, rural electronics workshop and
the agricultural project has gained a wide experience
with this community and is respected in that zone.
Implementation
Strategy
Willing
villages, which want to participate in the SODIS will
be found by a radio announcement.and selected. Then
the choosen villagers will be trained as promotors by
the staff of the Water and Sanitation Department of
the Organisation.
Further the cooperation with the health center will
ease to sensitise the people for water borne diseases.
The health center will also be included to do the monitoring
of the families.
If
the result of the first 6 months are promising the whole
activity will expand to 50 villages in this region.
Training:
The training will be using participatory methods.
At the end the promoters will get an ID card, which
testifies that they are trained to promote Sodis and
to give a certain recognition to training
Bottle
supply sheme: As the promoters are not paid, they
are given 100 Pet bottles to sell to the user. This
will motivate them to do the promotion and will also
garantee them a small income. In the long run a bottle
collect point in Allentown will be built up to be
able to sell the bottles.
Expected
results/Achievements
reduction
of the diarrhea cases among the local population
Increase
consomption of safe drinking water and awareness about
hygiene behavior
develop
strategies to promote Sodis on regional and national
level
