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Jemen: Výstavba vodních systémů v zemi, kde pomoc potřebují desítky milionů lidí

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KDE A PROČ POMÁHÁME

Jemen dál sužuje největší humanitární krize na světě. Pomoc potřebuje víc než 21.5 milionu lidí, z toho 24 procent tvoří ženy, 15 procent děti a 15 procent lidé s postižením. Problémem je nejen nedostatek jídla a výživy, ale taky vody, bezpečí a zdravotní péče. Politická situace buď omezila nebo zcela ochromila velkou část infrastruktury. Země je závislá na dodávce vody, vodních zdrojů navíc neustále ubývá. Bez přístupu k vodě a sanitaci je víc než 15.4 milionu lidí – z toho 8.7 milionu potřebuje pomoc akutně. Nedostatek čisté a pitné vody vede k tomu, že lidem nezbývá než využívat škodlivých vodních zdrojů. Tím se vystavují riziku šíření nemocí.

Situaci komplikují i každoroční záplavy. K těm se přidává i riziko šíření cholery, která zasahuje převážně zranitelnou část populace – zejména pak oblasti, kde je vysoká koncentrace vnitřně vysídlených osob.

CÍLE PROJEKTU

CARE Česká republika v Jemenu působí v okrese Al Qanawis, guvernorátu Hodeidah, kde díky podpoře Ministerstva zahraničních věcí naplňujeme projekt WASH (voda, sanitace a hygiena). Cílem je v okrese Al-Hodeidah usnadnit přístup k pitné vodě, sanitaci a hygieně. Organizace ve třech vybraných oblastech zajišťuje vybudování strategických vodních zařízení. Dále v místě budujeme i řádné osvětlení, díky kterému jsou ženy a dívky, které v místech zajišťují vodu, v bezpečí. Součástí vodovodních systémů jsou i solární technologie, díky kterým bude pomoc efektivní a dlouhodobá.

KOMU POMÁHÁME

Cílovou skupinou jsou zranitelní vnitřně vysídlení lidé a jejich hostitelské rodiny. Zvláštní důraz pak klademe na domácnosti, které jsou vedené ženami, na osoby se zdravotním postižením, na rodiny s podvyživenými členy, velkým počtem dětí bez stabilních finančních příjmů nebo na rodiny s vysokým výskytem nemocí kvůli špatné vodě. Naším cílem je pomoct extrémně chudým a zranitelným rodinám i obyvatelstvu, které zasáhly přírodní katastrofy. Speciální pomoc pak potřebují ženy a dívky, které čelí rizikům spojeným s násilím na základě pohlaví. Navíc – v Jemenu často mají na starost dodávku vody. Kvůli tomu, jak složitý úkol to v tamních podmínkách je, nemůžou dívky chodit do škol a ženy nemají čas a kapacitu na to, aby rozvíjely ekonomické aktivity. V projektu se v CARE Česká republika zaměřujeme na to, aby to bylo pro ženy a dívky bezpečnější a snazší.

PŘÍKLADY KONKRÉTNÍ POMOCI

  • Školení 800 členů komunity ke správné hygieně, sanitaci, prevenci nemocí a tématům spojeným s výživou
  • 10 dobrovolníků z místní komunity, kteří se budou věnovat osvětě v oblasti hygieny, rovnosti pohlaví a ochrany
  • Zajištění vodních zdrojů: alespoň 15 litrů vody/osobu/den, a to v maximální vzdálenosti 500 metrů mezi domácností a odběrným místem
  • Náhrada generátorů solárním napájením a ponornými čerpadly; budování koryt a napáječek

Manažerkou projektu je Barbora Kindlová: barbora.kindlova@care.cz.

CARE dlouhodobě pomáhá ve 14 jemenských provinciích. Přidejte se, prosím, i Vy.

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Mutah Jareb Hamidi is a 65-year-old mother of five. She lives in a remote village called Maghshoosha, in Kua’aidenah district of Hajjah governorate in northern Yemen. In this village most people live without latrines, and do not practice good personal hygiene, which causes the spread of diseases like cholera and illnesses like acute watery diarrhoea, especially among children and the elderly.   The majority of the villagers of Maghshoosha still defecate in the open, which worsens health problems. Mutah says: “People here are used to defecating outside near the roads or farms. We are illiterate, we don’t understand what may affect our heath. Repeatedly, my grandsons had diarrhoea and stomach pains. We tried to cure them using traditional methods because there is no health centre in our village or in the neighbourhood.”   Mutah continues in a whisper: “Women and girls didn’t use latrines, but they would go to the bush, or other open places to defecate. We were waiting until night to go under cover of darkness to relieve ourselves, and this put us at risk of reptiles, insects or snakebite. At the same time this affected the dignity of women and girls in our society.” Image 1: Mutah Jareb Hamidi outside her home Fortunately for Mutah and residents of the village, with funding from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA), CARE intervened with a water and sanitation project. CARE constructed household latrines with handwashing facilities and distributed chlorine to purify water and containers. Through hygiene promotion they also learnt how to make drinking water safe and how to store it in clean containers, and how to care of their personal hygiene. Mutah explains how she used to suffer from unclean drinking water. “Believe me, monthly I used to get diarrhoea,” she says. “The water was from contaminated wells. After we received chlorine we use the tablets to put in the jerry cans, and now there is no diarrhoea any more for me or the children. Chlorine reduced the diseases and diarrhoea in our village.” Mutah continues: “We have been protected by CARE’s assistance. We now don’t worry about seeing girls go outside the house. They have a latrine they can use with dignity.” She hopes that her village will have a health centre to save people’s lives. “I wish there were no diseases any more in this poor village. We have suffered enough. We deserve to live stable lives like others,” she concludes. Image 2: The newly constructed latrine in Mutah’s village
Marib Governorate in northern Yemen hosts nearly 20 percent of the country's total internally displaced people (IDPs). With USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) funding, CARE provides hygiene kits for 4,000 families across 20 sites for IDPs in Marib. The kits include soap bars, laundry detergent powder, and feminine hygiene products that help displaced families maintain their hygiene and health for three months. The families also received water jerry cans, buckets, and jugs to keep the water safe and clean. As part of the project, CARE’s trained community health volunteers conducted several hygiene promotion sessions to educate families about the best hygiene and nutrition practices, including correct handwashing, protecting food and water, and proper use of toilets.   
Marib Governorate in northern Yemen hosts nearly 20 percent of the country's total internally displaced people (IDPs). With USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) funding, CARE provides hygiene kits for 4,000 families across 20 sites for IDPs in Marib. The kits include soap bars, laundry detergent powder, and feminine hygiene products that help displaced families maintain their hygiene and health for three months. The families also received water jerry cans, buckets, and jugs to keep the water safe and clean. As part of the project, CARE’s trained community health volunteers conducted several hygiene promotion sessions to educate families about the best hygiene and nutrition practices, including correct handwashing, protecting food and water, and proper use of toilets.   
Educating communities in Lahj Governorate of Yemen about feedback and complaints mechanisms.
With USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) funding, CARE conducts hygiene promotion sessions in schools in Lahj Governorate. These sessions aimed at educating students and school staff members about best practices for personal safety and school cleanliness. CARE also provided the participants with hygiene kits and trash barrels to help the students maintain a clean learning environment.
Access to safe water is critical for communities' health and growth. But in rural Yemen, many communities lack access to clean, safe water. Over eight years of conflict and economic recession in Yemen have seriously exacerbated the quality and coverage of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. Water systems and services throughout the country have suffered from damage and underdevelopment, resulting in 15.4 million people needing WASH support. The lack of access to safe water services forces vulnerable households to use unprotected and unsafe water sources. Even reaching these unprotected water sources takes several hours of walking on foot. Distant water sources are often shared with livestock, which further contaminates the water. Communities of the Al Maqatrah area in Lahj Governorate suffer from water scarcity, with nearly half of the population lacking sustainable access to clean water, negatively affecting their health, livelihoods, and development. Hundreds of families in the area struggle to collect water from unprotected wells, walking more than three hours daily to fetch unclean water. Donkeys that carry water from the wells to the villages often die after a year of harsh water-fetching journeys. To address these challenges, with funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), CARE works to strengthen the resilience and self-reliance of vulnerable communities in Lahj Governorate by improving access to essential services. The intervention prompts durable solutions to improve communities’ access to water. Through the project, the old water system in Naged Al-Barad was upgraded with a solar energy system to operate the water pump and ensure families have clean, affordable tap water. About 12,000 residents living in Naged Al-Barad now have access to water directly in their homes – around 52 to 54 liters per day per resident. In addition, the project will help more than 8,000 people by improving the water supply in medical and educational institutions in the area. https://www.careyemen.org/index.php/media-center-en/stories-blogs/568-rebuilding-aging-water-facilities-alleviate-the-water-crisis-in-rural-yemen.html
“Due to climate change, water resources started to deplete,” says Nabil Mohammed, 52 years old, from Al-Massad Village in Al Maqatrah District. “Soon, we shall have to walk further up the mountain to get water for drinking and domestic uses.” Residents of Nabil village have limited access to water sources. With few water sources far away, they had to walk for hours to get enough water for their household needs before the wells ran dry. “Women and children walk several kilometers twice a day to access alternative water sources, which are not necessarily clean,” he adds. Nabil's community depended on the water reservoir in their area to collect drinking water. Over the years, the water reservoir of Al-Massad Village was not only a source of water for the residents but also a source of diseases as it had no roof and was exposed to dirt, germs, and animals. For rural families, drinking unsafe water is the only choice, as safe drinking water is inaccessible and unaffordable. To address these challenges, with funding from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), CARE works to strengthen the resilience and self-reliance of vulnerable communities in Lahj Governorate by improving access to essential services. After cleaning it and checking the water quality, a concrete slab was installed as a roof for the 800-cubic stone-water reservoir in Al-Massad Village. Over 800 people in Al-Massad Village enjoy clean water closer to their homes after building the top of the water reservoir, installing 1,200 meters of water networks, and building water collecting points. "When the reservoir was without a roof, the residents didn't benefit from it much, and it was a cause for diseases spread," says Nabil. "Building a roof for the reservoir helped limit the spread of water-borne diseases, such as diarrhea." Story: https://www.careyemen.org/index.php/media-center-en/stories-blogs/568-rebuilding-aging-water-facilities-alleviate-the-water-crisis-in-rural-yemen.html