Project Zone

Kisarawe si located 40 km west of Dar es Saalam city. The total population is 95'323 and the majorities reside in rural areas. Approximately 98 % are peasant farmers who depend on subsistence agricultural. Most families live in small houses built of mud and pole walls and roofed with grass. Communicalbe diseases and other health problems are widespread including malaria, worms, pneumonia and malnutrition; while there are recurrent oubreaks of cholera and typhoid.

Implementation Strategy

The participatory approach will be used during the training sessions whereby all important stakeholders including the community members will be involved. To make them effective, it will be accompanied by study visits so that members can see, interact and learn from others experiences in using the technology.
The use of the technology will be promoted through awareness campaigns and community meetings where exchange of information and experiences will be fostered.
Exchange visits by communities will be encouraged. This will expose challenges faced in each community and how it can be best addressed.

Expected results/Achievements

It is expected that by the end of this Project there will be a significant reduction (about 30 percent) of diseases related to poor water quality hence improved health of the community members.

• Develop a SODIS field implementation team and introduce SODIS to 1’200 families in 7 villages of Kisarawe district
• Assess the acceptance and use of SODIS in Kisarawe district by the user families
• Assess diarrhea reduction in children below 5 years by comparing diarrhea cases between SODIS users and non-users during peak diarrhea season
• Build technical capacity of the district health and water departments to implement and monitor SODIS projects
  

Lessons learnt

to be done