ActionAid Palestine and CESVI to Hold Consultative Meetings to Lunch Project of “Protection, Water, Health and Hygiene for vulnerable population in area C”
ActionAid Palestine and CESVI to Hold Consultative Meetings to Lunch Project of “Protection, Water, Health and Hygiene for vulnerable population in area C”
ActionAid Palestine (AAP) and Italian organization, CESVI for Cooperation and Development held consultative meeting with the Yatta Education Directorate located in Hebron Governorate in the south of West Bank. These meetings aimed to exchange consultations needed for launching the joint project of “Protection, Water, Health and Hygienic Health for vulnerable population in Area C” that will be implemented by AAP and CESVI and funded by Italian Agency for Development and Cooperation. The meeting also aimed to introduced the partner schools to the mechanisms of project implementation, and sought to engage different sectors of the local communities in the planning and implementation of the project to achieve its sustainability. The school principals of the targeted area participated in this meeting.
The head of the unit of health school in Yatta Education Directorate, Ms. Lina Abu Salem welcomed the representatives of the two organizations stressing the importance of the project in this area and its role in ensuring that they have the best means for accessing safe water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure and services, especially in these schools.
The project manager in Cesvi Mr. Stefano Osti presented a detailed explanation about the project. The participants in the meeting discussed the next steps needed for strengthening and institutionalizing the real partnership between the two organizations and local community and supporting the sustainability of that relationship and mechanisms of project implementation.
The project seeks to enhance access to safe water to families, communities, schools and community organizations. It also aims to improve intervention and responses in the fields of health and sanitation. The project targeted the residents of area “C” as they are the most exposed to violations of human rights and international law.
The project will be implemented using different mechanisms including the improvement of infrastructure of water through the distribution of systems of water filtering, storing and systems of water maintenance for household use. The project will organize awareness activities and campaigns aiming to promote hygienic behavior and enhance knowledge of people about the proper practices of sanitation and hygienic health.
Background Information
ActionAid in Palestine (AAP) is a part of global federation working for social justice and gender equality and eradicate poverty in more than 45 countries around the world. AAP started its work in Palestine in 2007 to strengthen the resilience of Palestinian People as ActionAid believes that they should enjoy their rights to freedom, justice and self-determination. AAP implements a number of programs through its engagement with communities and women and youth groups seeking to empower them and enhance their influential civil and political participation to understand their rights and undertake collective activism to address the protracted rights violations resulting from the prolonged occupation of Palestine. AAP works simultaneously to enhance their leadership capacity and knowledge to practice their citizenship in holding authorities and other duty bearers to account.
For more information, please contact
Riham Jafari
Coordinator of Advocacy and Communication in Palestine
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+972 (0) 595242890
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+972 (0) (2) 22 13 137
Email: Riham.Jafari@actionaid.org