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Water and Sanitation for All in emergency operations

Water and Sanitation for All in emergency operations. Oslo Conference Hazel Jones May 2011. Water and sanitation service providers:. Providing access to safe water supply and adequate sanitation for the affected population. (Photo: Handicap International Sri Lanka).

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Water and Sanitation for All in emergency operations

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  1. Water and Sanitation for All in emergency operations Oslo Conference Hazel Jones May 2011

  2. Water and sanitation service providers: • Providing access to safe water supply and adequate sanitation for the affected population • (Photo: Handicap International Sri Lanka)

  3. Who are the affected population?

  4. Who are the WATSAN service providers? • Usually young, male, newly qualified engineers • Little supervision • Technology focused rather than people-centred • Forget about users & their range of needs

  5. How to help WATSAN engineers think about the needs of users? In other words, how to help them do their job better?

  6. Promote collaboration between WASH sector & disability sector At different levels: • Field level advocacy • Through WASH cluster • With individual relief agencies

  7. Field level advocacy

  8. Work through WASH cluster • Take SPHERE principles & translate into practical guidance • Ensure representation of appropriate agencies (DPOs, disability NGOs, older people’s associations, etc.)

  9. Sphere Guidance on Sanitation Excreta disposal standard 2: • People have adequate, appropriate and acceptable toilet facilities, sufficiently close to their dwellings, to allow rapid, safe and secure access at all times, day and night. Key action • Consult and secure approval of all users (especially women and people with limited mobility) on the siting, design and appropriateness of sanitation facilities

  10. Provide information about technology options (Photo: Sarah House) (Photo: SairaRaza)

  11. Coping with raised toilets Toilet with poor access (urine diversion toilet) • Entrance platform for raised latrines

  12. Getting in Level access to raised toilet Movable ramp

  13. Collaborate with individual relief agencies • to develop accessible designs • to construct and assess different designs • to provide training for relief agency staff

  14. Additional steps Existing CAP process Raise issue of PWD with Chief Informal stakeholder meeting for PWD & families Informal stakeholder groups Select spokespersons for PWD Attends Community meeting Family members attend Form working groups Participatory analysis Attends Attend water point locations Technical appraisal Community plan Attends Committee formed Join if have suitable skills Draft process for involving people with disabilities in rural Consultation & Planning (Timor Leste)

  15. Advocacy Messages • We want to help you do your job better • Talk about access for all (majority issue) rather than disability access • Provide information about simple solutions

  16. Examples of training • Inclusive design incorporated into MSF training • Webinar for UNICEF on accessible school sanitation • Mixed mode training for WaterAid (distance learning/ online discussion/ workshop • E-learning course: Humanitarian Engineering for Development & Disasters

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