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Options and Ownership: Water and Sanitation for Rural Poor in the Mekong Delta
Objective: Improved pro-poor and gender equitable water and sanitation infrastructure, services and practices in target communities.
Total funding: A$4,670,000 (excluding $21,063 for design)
Duration: Five years (2005 - 2010)
Location:
- Ca Mau: Ngoc Hien, Dam Doi, Cai Nuoc and U Minh Districts
- Soc Trang: Vinh Chau, My Xuyen, My Tu and Thanh Tri Districts
Project Components:
- Component 1: Water and sanitation service providers (public and private) respond to user demand and community needs for appropriate, timely, quality advice, information and service provision.
- Component 2: Men, women and children in the target communities demonstrate improved hygiene and sanitation awareness, behaviour and practices.
- Component 3: Enhanced RWSS inter-agency and program coordination.
- Component 4: Effective and efficient project coordination and management.
Expected Outcomes:
- Establishment and operationalisation of participatory WatSan service delivery models that are pro-poor, demand driven, sustainable and being replicated in other Mekong Delta provinces.
- Reduced vulnerability to water related diseases for a total estimated 12,750 poor households (around 63,750 people) and overall reduced poverty levels in the target communities with an estimated 165,000 indirect beneficiaries.
Implementing Agency: CARE Australia
Contact Officer:
Suresh Murugesu
(079) 619 161
suresh@carehcm.org
Vietnam Counterpart Agencies: Provincial Centres for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (CERWASS) of Ca Mau and Soc Trang and National CERWASS
AusAID Contact person:
Mr Nguyen Van Hue
Senior Program Manager, MD Rural Development Sector
5B Ton Duc Thang, QI,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Phone: (84 8) 829 6035 ext. 169
Fax: (84 8) 822 6201
nguyen-van.hue@dfat.gov.au
2008
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