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Table of Contents
Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 3
I. Hygiene Promotion Unit .......................................................................................................... 4
Project Implementation Progress ....................................................................................................... 4
Project Implementation Challenges .................................................................................................... 5
Risks and Issues ................................................................................................................................... 5
Plan for the Next Month .................................................................................................................... 5
II. Ministry of Finance (MoF) Funded-Projects ......................................................................... 6
Projects Implementation Progress ...................................................................................................... 6
Project Implementation Challenges .................................................................................................... 7
Risks and Issue .................................................................................................................................... 7
Plan for the Next Month .................................................................................................................... 7
III. Project Implementation Unit .............................................................................................. 8
Project Implementation Progress ....................................................................................................... 8
Project Implementation Challenges .................................................................................................... 8
Risks and Issue .................................................................................................................................... 8
Plan for the Next Month .................................................................................................................... 9
IV. Water Quality Control Unit .............................................................................................. 10
Project Implementation Progress ..................................................................................................... 10
Project Implementation Challenges .................................................................................................. 10
Risks and Issues ................................................................................................................................. 10
Plan for the Next Month .................................................................................................................. 10
V. Hydrogeology & Geophysics Unit ......................................................................................... 11
Project Implementation Unit ............................................................................................................ 11
Project Implementation Challenges .................................................................................................. 11
Risks and Issue .................................................................................................................................. 11
Plan for the Next Month .................................................................................................................. 12
VI. Financial Updates ............................................................................................................. 12
VII. Outlook ................................................................................................................................... 12
VIII. Annexes .................................................................................................................................. 13
Table 1: HPU Activities in October 2015............................................................................................... 5
Table 2: Examined water sources coordinates ..................................................................................... 11
Table 3: Financial Updates .................................................................................................................... 12
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Abbreviation Key
ANSA Afghanistan National Standards Authority
BSFs Bio Sand Filters
CDCs Community Development Councils
CHWs Community Health Workers
CLTS Community-Led Total Sanitation
DACAAR Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugee
DDAs District Development Assemblies
FGCC Farzad Gustaresh Construction Company
FHAGs Family Health Action Groups
G&H Geophysics and Hydrogeology
GIS Geophysical Information System
HPU Hygiene Promotion Unit
IDPs Internally Displaced Persons
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MoEW Ministry of Energy and Water
MoF Ministry of Finance
MoPH Ministry of Public Health
MRRD Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
NCA Norwegian Church Aid
OD Open Defecation
ODF Open Defecation Free
PRRDs Provincial Rural Rehabilitation Departments
Ru-WatSIP Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Irrigation Programme
RWP Rolling Working Plan
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
WHO World Health Organization
WQC Water Quality Control
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Executive Summary
In October 2015, the Hygiene Promotion Unit (HPU) of national Rural Water Supply,
Sanitation and Irrigation Programme (Ru-WatSIP) has gotten the communities build at
least 168 new latrines and improve 962 others in Badghis, Helmand Kunar and Urozgan
provinces.
Two MoF-funded water supply projects including one pipe scheme in Badakhshan and
one pipe scheme in Parwan provinces have been handed over to the communities for
exploitation.
In the course of this month, at least eight UNICEF- Funded Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
(WASH) projects in Herat, Farah, Badghis, Ghor, Khost, Paktia and Bamyan provinces
have been completed and handed over to the communities for exploitation.
The Water Quality Control (WQC) unit has collected and analyzed two samples, taken
from a deep well and a pipe scheme, in Kabul province.
During this month, the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) unit of Ru-WatSIP has handed
over two water supply projects consisting of two pipe schemes in Badakhshan and Parwan
provinces after they were inspected and approved.
The Geophysics and Hydrogeology (G&H) unit of Ru-WatSIP has completed the data
interpretation and analysis as well as the geophysical investigation final report of 11 sites
in Balkh, Baghlan and Kabul provinces.
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I. Hygiene Promotion Unit
Project Implementation Progress
The Hygiene Promotion Unit (HPU) of Ru-WatSIP is implementing Community-Led Total Sanitation
(CLTS) approach in the rural communities of a number of Afghanistan provinces. CLTS is a non-
subsidiary driven approach, used to mobilize the communities for elimination of Open Defecation
(OD) from villages and building and utilizing household latrines for defecation purposes.
In October 2015, the CLTS team was launching this approach in Badghis, Helmand, Kunar, Urozgan
and Zabul provinces. In the course of CLTS implementation, during this month, at least 168 new
latrines have been built and at least 962 others have been improved by the community people in Qala-
e-Naw and Abkamri districts of Badghis province, Nawa and Nahri Seraj districts of Helmand province,
Asad Abad and Noorgul districts of Kunar province and Trinkot and Chorah districts of Urozgan
provinces. At least 7,910 persons are benefitting from these newly built and improved latrines.
Before the CLTS approach implementation there, people used to defecate in the open areas because
they either lacked latrines or have been unaware from the detriments of OD. But as soon as CLTS
approach was implemented there, they were encouraged to have latrines in their own homes and use
it for defection purposes. Besides, they were enlightened about detriments of OD and its role in
diseases prevalence.
In addition, the HPU has begun CLTS programme in 25 new villages in the aforementioned province
during this month, and has successfully conducted the triggering stage, which is the initial step towards
CLTS implementation.
For further details, please refer to the table below:
S/N Provinces Districts
To
tal #
of
CL
TS
Villa
ges
To
tal #
of
ho
use
s in
the v
illa
ges
To
tal #
of
Tri
ggeri
ng
To
tal #
of
Latr
ines
new
ly b
uilt
To
tal #
of
Latr
ines
imp
rove
d
To
tal #
of
FH
AG
mem
bers
tra
ined
To
tal #
of
Co
mm
un
ity
eld
ers
tra
ined
To
tal O
DF
Veri
fied
Villa
ges
To
tal O
DF
Cert
ifie
d
Villa
ges
1 Badghis Qala-e-Naw 50 2,874 0 34 195 0 0 0 0
Ab Kamari 50 2,986 0 37 149 0 0 0 0
2 Helmand Lashkargah 20 1,150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NahriSeraj 50 2,580 0 4 173 0 0 0 0
Nawa 30 1,588 0 36 224 0 0 0 0
3 Kunar Asad Abad 50 3,135 4 39 165 0 0 0 0
Noorgal 50 2,809 3 9 31 0 0 0 0
4 Urozgan Tarinkot 24 1,526 3 5 13 0 0 0 0
Chorah 23 1,489 3 4 12 0 0 0 0
5 Zabul Qalat 70 4,732 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shahr e Safa 70 4,107 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 487 28,976 25 168 962 0 0 0 0
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Table 1: HPU Activities in October 2015
Project Implementation Challenges
Risks and Issues
Security constraints in all abovementioned provinces
Late arrival of confirmed budget
Lack of qualified staff at the provincial level
Lack of budget in hand
Plan for the Next Month
Follow up of all those villages which have been verified ODF;
Carrying out the certifying process at ODF villages;
Conducting hygiene education workshops for the community elders of the CLTS
implementing areas;
Conducting hygiene education sessions in the CLTS implementing areas for female
Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Family Health Action Groups (FHAGs);
Monitoring the field activities;
Conducting CLTS refresher and hygiene education trainings for the CLTS teams in
provinces;
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II. Ministry of Finance (MoF) Funded-Projects
Projects Implementation Progress
During October 2015, out of 54 MoF newly-planned projects including water supply
networks, deep wells and shallow wells, a number of these projects have been contracted
with related Community Development Councils (CDCs) and others have been sent to
procurement department for bidding process.
Apart of that, the following tasks have been carried out during this month:
A pipe scheme project in Rahim Abad village of Faiz Abad in Badakhshan province is completed and handed over to the community. This project costs AFN (3,162,048)
and was funded by MoF. Upon completion of this project, around (400) families could
get access to safe drinking water.
A pipe scheme project in Zulfiqar village of center district of Parwan province was
completed and handed over to the community. This project costs AFN (1,340,745)
and was funded by MoF. Upon completion of this project, around 100 families can get
access to safe drinking water.
All technical and financial documents for Qasaba pipe scheme project was prepared and sent to finance department for its last installment.
A project, covers the construction of four deep wells, was contracted with Sharak
Kochi Abad Haji Monji CDC in Bagrami district of Kabul province.
All technical and financial documents for four deep wells project of Sharak Kochi Abad
Haji Monji was prepared and sent to finance department for its first installment.
A project of 10 bore wells was contracted with Tawachi CDC in Andkhoy district of Faryab province.
A project of 12 bore wells was contracted with Popalzai CDC in Dawlat Abad district
of Faryab province.
All technical and financial documents of a 10-bore well project of Tawachi was prepared and sent to finance department for its first installment.
All technical and financial documents of a 12-deep wells project of Popal Zai was
prepared and sent to finance department for its first installment.
A project of six rain water reservoir was contracted with Abshara Mohammad Zai DarweshSha Khan CDC in Moqur district of Badghis province.
All technical and financial documents of a six -rain water reservoir project of Abshara
Mohammad Zai DarweshSha Khan CDC was prepared and sent to finance department
for its first installment.
A project of two bore wells is contracted with ShahrakAshab Baba CDC in Mohammad Agha district of Logar province.
All technical and financial documents for two bore wells of ShahrakAshab Baba was
prepared and sent to finance department for its first installment.
A project of 30 bore wells is contracted with Padkhab Shana CDC in Pole Alam district of Logar province.
All technical and financial documents for 30 bore wells of Padkhab Shana was prepared
and sent to finance department for its first installment.
A pipe scheme project in Guzare Haji Salim village of Faiz Abad in Badakhshan is
contracted with Farzad Gustaresh Construction Company (FGCC).
All technical documents and design of one pipe scheme project in Inch village and one pipe scheme in Badgahak village of Faizabad distrct of Badakhshan province, and a pipe
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scheme project in Gonbad village of Yakawlang district of Bamyan province are
prepared and have been sent to procurement department for bidding process.
Project Implementation Challenges
Risks and Issue
No risk or issue has been reported during this month.
Plan for the Next Month
Handover of Ghazni pipe scheme project;
Handover of pipe scheme project in Chagan village of Deh Salah district of Baghlan
province;
Singing contracts of new projects.
Prior to the water supply pipe scheme in Zulfiqar village in the center of Parwan province, community people collected rain water and used it for drinking
and cooking
Community people happily taking water from the water supply pipe scheme in Zulfiqar village in the center of Parwan province, recently
handed over by M&E unit/Ru-WatSIP
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III. Project Implementation Unit
Project Implementation Progress
Based on the Rolling Work Plan (RWP) of 2015-16 signed between the Ministry of Rural
Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
for implementation of Water supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) activities, capacity
building, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) etc. UNICEF is supporting Ru-WatSIP/MRRD to
implement WASH activities and provide WASH facilities for the rural inhabitants throughout
the country.
Currently, Ru-WatSIP with support from UNICEF WASH section has been implementing a
number of projects in different provinces of Afghanistan which include boring of new wells,
repairing of non-functional wells and pipe schemes, construction of pipe schemes, establishing
latrine marts production centers, conducting hygiene and sanitation awareness programmes,
provision of safe drinking water for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), construction and
distribution of Bio Sand Filters (BSFs) and equipping water sources with solar pump
systems, distribution of water purification tablets, distribution of hygiene kits and monitoring
and controlling of water quality.
During this month, in north region four WASH projects completed: these projects include
construction of 10 bore wells with installation of hand pumps in Cluster Marghab village in
Shabarghan city of Jowzjan province; construction of one water reservoir with water
distribution and solar systems in Rahmania mosque in Nahri Shahi district of Balkh province;
construction of three bore wells with installation of hand pumps in Khamab district and
construction of four bore wells with installation of hand pumps in Qarqeen district of Jawzjan
province.
In center region, two WASH projects have been completed; these projects consist of
construction of one bore well in Shekhan village of Baraki Barak district of Logar province and
construction of a pipe scheme (phase 2) in Dokani village in center of Bamyan province
In addition, 20 bore wells in different villages in Bost district of Helmand province and five
bore wells with hand pump installation in Qalia Mirza and Qalia Guljan villages in Behsood
district of Nangarhar province have completed.
To sum up, during October 2015, a total number of eight UNICEF-supported WASH projects
have been completed and handed over to the community for exploitation. These projects
cost AFN 6,678,964 and upon its completion, safe drinking water is provided for almost 2,075
households. For further details, refer to Annex I at the end of this report.
Apart of this, 15 new WASH projects have been contracted between MRRD and District
Development Assemblies (DDAs)/CDC’s in different provinces throughout the country. For
details, please refer to Annex II at the end of the report.
Project Implementation Challenges
Risks and Issue
Delay in the payments;
Low technical capacity of Provincial Rural Rehabilitation Departments (PRRDs);
Security constrains;
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Plan for the Next Month
Monitoring and evaluation of ongoing projects in Sari Pul, Nangarhar, Kunar, Wardak,
Paktika and Jowzjan provinces;
Handover of completed projects (if any);
Preparing payments and liquidation documents and submitting them to UNICEF for
further process;
Processing of final payment documents to UNICEF WASH section and regional offices.
Community People happily taking water from a water supply pipe scheme in Dokani village in center of Bamyan province
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IV. Water Quality Control Unit
Project Implementation Progress
During October 2015, the Water Quality Control (WQC) unit of national Ru-WatSIP has
collected and analyzed two water samples, taken from water sources in Kabul province.
Among those water samples, one water sample was taken from the water supply scheme
located on Tapa-e Sadat 315 area in eleven district and another water sample was taken from
a deep well located in Kharoti village of Mir Bachakoot district of Kabul province which are
tabulated below.
After these samples were tested and analyzed in Ru-WatSIP laboratory, the quantity of
physical/chemical and bacteriological parameters in these two water samples was less than
the permissible limit of Afghanistan national drinking water quality standards and World
Health Organization (WHO) water quality guidelines. Therefore, its water is safe for drinking
and are not risky for health.
In addition, during this, Ru-WatSIP’s laboratory staff had a field trip to Parwan, Baghlan and
Takhar provinces to collect water samples from Ghorband district of Parwan province; Bagh-
e Choqurak village of Pule Khomri city of Baghlan province; Farkhar and Namakab districts of
Takhar province. The samples have been collected and its results and details will be published
in the upcoming month.
Besides, during this month, Ru-WatSIP’s laboratory staff did recalibratation/installation of
electrical conductivity pH meter and flame photometer and made it fully functional for
operation and prepared four kind of mediums for cultivate of Coliform Bacteria.
1. Pepton water Medium, 500 Ml.
2. Single strength MacConkey Medium, 500 Ml.
3. Double strength MacConkey Medium, 500 Ml.
4. Brilliant Green Bile Lactose Medium, 500 Ml.
Project Implementation Challenges
Risks and Issues
During this month, no risks or issue has been reported.
Plan for the Next Month
1. Based on to the Quality Control Mitigation Plan to harmonize procedures and
standard documentation of water quality Lab:
a. Harmonizing the existing equipment/chemicals and staff qualification by water
quality technical group;
b. Preparing checklist for water sampling and quality sampling systems;
c. Preparing and editing Water Samples Collection Manual and sampling form, and
d. Harmonizing and editing the water quality result sheet.
2. Participating in one technical workshop which will be held by Afghanistan National
Standards Authority (ANSA) and Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)
3. Analysis the sample of water which were taken from Parwan, Baghlan and Takhar
provinces.
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Table 2: Examined water sources coordinates P
rovin
ce
Districts Villages Location
Sam
ple
s
co
de
Source of Water
Kabul Eleven
district
Tapa-e Sadat
315
Beside
HazratAyob
Mosque
015-193 Water supply
scheme
Kabul Mir Bacha
koot Kharooti
ShahrakRejal
Barjasta
015-194 Deep well
V. Hydrogeology & Geophysics Unit
Project Implementation Unit
During October 2015, the H&G unit of Ru-WatSIP has reported its work progress as below:
Data interpretation and analysis including geophysical investigations final report preparation of 11 sites at Mazar-e-Sharif, Baghlan and Kabul provinces have been
completed.
Hydro-geological observation survey and data collection for two wells site selection
at Malikzadaha village in Astailf district of Kabul province have been completed.
Monitoring of well development/cleaning in coordination with implementation department of RuWatSIP of one well located at Sari Khotali Khairkhana have been
done.
Monitoring of well drilling activities and lithological samples analysis of one deep well
located at Masjid Hazrat Ali in Haesa-e-2 of KhairKhana is completed.
In addition, in the course of this month, the H&G unit three hydro-geologists and two
geophysicists participated in three workshops: these workshops include Geophysical Borehole
Logging Interpretation of Data, Pumping Test Data Interpretation and Advanced Online GIS Maps
which were organized by NORPLAN.
The aims of these workshops were to show the geophysicist, hydrologists and those who
work in this field various methods of logging systems and its advantages as well as to review
the online GIS mapping system and its utility.
Project Implementation Challenges
Risks and Issue
During the month of October 2015, no challenge has been reported by the G&H unit.
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Plan for the Next Month
Conducting geophysical investigation of one site located at Arqkishlak village of Khwaja
Bahawodin district, Takhar province.
Conducting geophysical investigation of one site located at Chaghcharan centre of
Ghor province.
VI. Financial Updates
Table 3: Financial Updates
VII. Outlook
The national Ru-WatSIP is currently working in various areas trying to provide safe potable
water, sanitation facilities and promote hygiene practices for all rural inhabitants of the
country.
During this month, national Ru-WatSIP, through a capacity building project by NORPLAN,
conducted three different workshops in the field of hydrogeology and geophysics for
geophysicists, hydro geologists and those who are being involved in this field.
These workshops include ‘Geophysical Borehole Logging Interpretation of Data’, ‘Pumping
Test Data Interpretation and Advanced Online GIS Maps’ that lasted for eight days, and
around 15 participants from Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW), Danish Committee for
Aid to Afghan Refugee (DACAAR), Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), Kabul and Polytechnic
participated.
The workshops aimed to raise the participants’ capacity in utilizing various methods for
borehole logging, information about different types of bore logs as well as review and usage
of the online GIS maps.
Currency: US Dollar
No Projects Budget Works Operations Total
Expenditure
Utilized % Remarks
1 UNICEF 8,000,000.00 510,977
510,977
2 Badghais 0.00 0.00
3 CLTS 0.00
Grand-total
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VIII. Annexes
Region S/No Provinces District Activities Remark
Western
region
1
Herat
Karokh Construction of Pipe scheme
Zenda Jan Construction of Pipe scheme
Engil WASH in Schools
2
Farah
Shep Dara Construction of 15 wells
Center Rehabilitation of 50 wells
3 Badghis
Ab Kamari Rehabilitation of 50 wells
QaliaNaw Construction of eight wells
4
Ghor
LalSarjangal
Center Construction of 10 wells
Central
region
5 Khost Tani Construction of two Pipe scheme
6 Paktia
Ahmad Aba Construction of 13 wells
Ahmad Aba Construction of eight wells
Meta Khan Construction of 15 wells
7 Bamyan Center Construction of Pipe scheme
Center Construction of Pipe scheme
Annex 1: Completed UNICEF Funded-WASH Projects in October 2015
Region S/N
o
Province District Activities Status Remark
Northern region 1 Balkh NahriShahi Construction of reservoir
and solar system
completed
2 Jowzjan Center Construction of 10 wells completed
3 Jowzjan Qarqin Construction of four wells completed
4 Jowzjan Kham Ab Construction of three wells completed
Center region 5 Logar Baraki Barak Construction of one well completed
6 Bamyan Center Pipe scheme construction completed
Southern region 7 Helmand Bost Construction of 20 wells completed
Eastern region 8 Nangarhar Behsod Construction of five wells completed
Annex 2: Newly Contract UNICEF-Supported WASH Projects