Project:

Proposal for Provision of Sanitized Water

Project on the supply of hygienic water in the community of Danishabad

Area:

Danishabad community (Peshawar)

Organization: The Water Bearers

Project Goal:
Providing the inhabitants of Danishabad with proper tube well system
through collaboration of the community members and semi-government
organization.

Project Objectives:
1. To spread awareness about hygiene and maintaining health standards.
2. To develop a tube well system for provision of sanitized water in the
community.
3. Controlling the already initiated health problems caused by using
unhygienic water; example cholera, malaria etc.
4. Ensure participation of community members, promoting use of clean
water and maintaining proper health standards in the community.
Water is the basic necessity needed by everyone every day. Clean water is
a precious gift that is usually taken for granted. Only those know the value
of water that are deprived from it.
Being a community psychologist it is our responsibility to facilitate the
underprivileged. For this purpose we have to ensure the participation of
the targeted communitys members and involvement of semi-government
organization to channelize funding and resources for this problem.
Stimulate bottom-up participation and active system of water provision for
the community.

Project Implementation Strategy:

1. Baseline survey to find out the problems and needs of the
community:
a. To find out the basic attitudes of the community towards
provision of hygienic water and enhancement of water
sanitation and finding out other problems (diseases) that have
risen due to low health standards by observation and
conducting interviews in the community.
b. Assessing validity of the issues realized/raised by the
community members.
2. Spread awareness about the value of hygienic water by and to
promote realization of their problem and maintaining health
standards in the community by setting up awareness raising
camp/sessions (community mobilization).
3. To devise an appropriate solution for the existing problem:
Identify areas and make plan for:
a. Designing and constructing standard tube well water system
and maintaining water sanitization effectively.
b. Setting up small temporary camps for disease control caused
by lack of hygienic water and poor health standards in the
community.
4. To collaborate with an appropriate semi-government organization
(that would help in working for our cause) and stakeholders in order
to achieve the objectives of the project.
5. To work within the existing resources (i.e. funds etc.) and keep the
strategy/design flexible.
6. Anticipate affectivity of the project by weekly progress reports and
evaluations and adjust the project design on basis of (community)
feedback and available resources.
7. To assure active community involvement in providing safe water
supply and safeguarding the tube well system for purposeful future
use.
8. To encourage the community members and volunteers for funding
and maintenance and sustainability of the project.

Project Estimated Budget:

The calculated estimate of the budget is PKR Rs. 07 million.

A total of 5 million PKR is allocated for the construction of tube well

and resource supply.
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The rest 2 million will include employee salaries (including 8

labourers) other cost and expenses of food and shelter.

Project Modalities:

Monitoring the Project and

Progress Reporting on a Weekly
Basis

Project Beneficiaries:
This project will benefit mainly the inhabitants of the community of
Danishabad. According to a recent survey the town consists of about
28,000 people. A large number of them have migrated here from rural
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Weekly Progress Reporting

and Evaluation of the Project

areas such as Lund Khwar, Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Parachinar, Hangu,

Kohat, Karak, Bannu and Regy. This community mainly consist of low
income families mostly living in rented houses. These people dont have
proper channels to voice their demands i.e. improving health standards in
the community and supply of hygienic water for their daily use.

Schedule of Personnel:
N
o.

1.

2.

Position

Board of directors

Manager

Responsibilities
Programme management
Planning strategies of
implementation
Funding sources identification
and
Planning for sustainability
Training and advising
Operations and performance
tracking
Research and innovation
Program accounting and finance

Administration
Service/problem identification

3.

Community Psychologist

4.

Social Mobilizers

and supervision
Consult with stakeholders/semigovt. organization
Arrangement of meetings with
the community
Devising appropriate solution by
collaboration of professionals
(engineers, doctors etc.)
Channelize resources
Volunteers supervision
Field support
Maintaining records

Set up awareness raising

sessions/camps in the
community with the help of
stakeholders
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5.

6.

Engineers

Doctors/Dispensers

Designing standard tube-well

system for the supply of
hygienic water in the community
Setting up temporary camps for
disease control caused by lack
of hygiene
Providing medication and other
health facilities to control
prevalent diseases in the
community

Position
Labourers

Board of

Constructing the tube-well system

Help setting up the camps in the
required areas

Manager

Community
Psychologist

Social
Mobilizers

Engineers

7.

Responsibilities

Doctors
/
Dispens

Labourers

Monitoring, Evaluation Plan and Reporting:

The progress of the project will be monitored and evaluated from day 1
through proper assessment, evaluation and recording on a weekly basis.
The evaluation will be achievement based with reference to time and will
be done keeping in mind the projects main objectives and goals.
A water committee will be set up in the community so that information
regarding any problems etc. will be managed through a proper channel
and directed towards the stakeholder in a timely manner. This committee
will discuss progress and if any hindrances in it twice a year with the stake
holder. Feedback from the local community members will be taken
immediately and processed for further progression.
Our weekly evaluation plan will consist of the following points:
WEEK 1

Initially observations will be made in the community as well as

interviews taken to get a feel of the problems that are faced by the
inhabitants.
Further in depth research and assessments of the realized needs will
be made to find out the major problem at hand.
These problems will then be discussed with an influential member of
the community (stakeholder).

WEEK 2

Devise proper solutions to overcome these problems.

These solutions will then be discussed with the stakeholder.
Cross checking for probable errors in the design.

WEEK 3

Social mobilization.
Setting up awareness camps and health camps with the help of
stakeholders.
Educating the people about hygiene and health standards.
Making them realize their problems.
Motivating them to take action.
Providing them with proper medication to control already present
diseases caused by unsanitary conditions.

WEEK 4

Encouraging inhabitants to step forward to help in fund raising for

the project at hand.
Call for volunteers.
Accumulation of the funds.
Estimate the cost/benefit of the project.

WEEK 5

Looking for efficient and capable engineer to design the tube-well

system.
Discussing blue prints of the tube well system with the inhabitants
through the stakeholders.

WEEK 6

Locating proper site for construction.

Asking for land permit to start construction.
Providing material and labourers for construction.

WEEK 7

Starting construction on the tube-well.

WEEK 8-9

Construction continued.

WEEK 10

Inauguration of new tube well system with community members and

stakeholders and organizations.
Testing the water of the tube well system

WEEK 11

Putting the tube well into practice.

WEEK 12

Forming a water committee for the maintenance and sustainability

of the tube well system.
Inviting doctors for monthly visitation for regular check on disease
control

Risks to Successful Implementation:

Insufficient participation from stakeholders, community members

and relevant semi govt. agencies in deciding the type of system
to be implemented.
Land issues:
Locating proper site for construction.
Permits for land will be needed to lay pipes, construct tube
well-system, storage tanks, treatment systems etc.
Objection or blockage from community members during
construction of project.
Land acquisition not finalized before construction work
starts.
Quality of water:
Quality of water from the tube-well may be low.
May contain high iron or manganese, may be smelly.
Well head protection will be required.
Lack of proficient and qualified engineers.
Lack of fund and manpower for operation.
Continuous maintenance will be required to ensure the filtration
system and other equipment and components of the tube-well
system function efficiently and effectively.

Project Sustainability:

Sustainability before the project will be achieved through:

Motivating the community members and stakeholders to take
active part in this project by explaining their problems and
sharing their views, ideas on solution towards their problems.
Sustainability during the project:
Social mobilization.
Active participation ensured by community members,
stakeholders, relevant semi-govt. organization.
Stake holders will be asked to invite other influential parties
and or organizations to take part in providing funds and
helping out in this project.
Doctors and dispensers will be encouraged to educate the
people about hygiene and improving health standards; and
work on disease control.
Sustainability after project:

 Once the new tube well has been properly built and put into
practice management and care will be done through a water
committee.
Regular sanitation of the water to ensure cleanliness of its use
for the inhabitants.
Testing/disinfecting the water so it is according to WHO
standards.
Monthly feedback by the inhabitants consuming the water.
Regular visits by doctors for looking at patients and providing
proper treatments.

Pilot Study:

Need Based Research

Aim/Objective:

The supply hygienic water in the community of

Danishabad and improving health standards (by
disease control etc.).

Method:

Observation & Unstructured Interviews

Procedure:

The community of Danishabad is ghetto

neighbourhood located in periphery of University
Town; Peshawar. It has an estimate of about
28,000 people. A large of number of them have
migrated here from rural areas such as Lund
Khwar, Mardan, Charsadda, Swabi, Parachinar,
Hangu, Kohat, Karak, Bannu and Regy. We got to
know from a source that there are some problems
in that community. Our team went there and
conducted a survey to find out the prevalent
issues over there. We observed the state of the
community and conducted some interviews from
the community members to find out/locate the
major problem at that time. Our interviews were
unstructured and most of the questions were
thought of at the spot, relevant and according to
the situation at hand.

Description:

Water scarcity /shortage occurs where there are

insufficient water resources to satisfy long term
average requirements which may be caused due
to high population density ,intensive agriculture
and excessive water demands or an inadequate
water supply/source.
The main problem felt was prevalent in the
community was the shortage of potable water and
an unhygienic environment(stagnant water and a
canal containing filthy water due to which many
water borne diseases were spread).

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During our observations we saw that the community had a canal running
through that was filled with filthy water, along with stagnant water in
parts of the areas. These were the main nesting places for flies and
mosquitoes and were the major source of water borne diseases.

We also found an old water tank over there but it was dysfunctional,
rusted and was of no use.

Result/Conclusion:

According to our survey a need was felt for

the supply of hygienic water and control of
prevalent diseases in the community due to
unsanitary conditions and poor health standards.

Interventions:

Set up awareness raising sessions, set up

temporary camps for disease control and
providing necessary medications, designed and
constructed a proper tube-well system for hygienic
water supply to the inhabitants of the community.

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