Insuring sustainability
The unique nature of Habitat for Humanity Ethiopia’s work is that it does not just focus on constructing water service structures. Habitat Ethiopia implements multiple integrated activit
ies to ensure sustainability of projects. Urban Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative, which was implemented to serve Shewa Robit community in north Shewa Zone, includes tree plantation campaign as its components. The purpose of tree plantation is to protect water sources and water service facilities constructed by Habitat Ethiopia from erosion. The campaign staged in July 2022 under the theme ‘Let’ s conserve ground water though afforestation’.
Main Components of the project
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- A reservoir with the capacity of 500 cubic meter
- pressure and distribution lines
- Pater points and container seat for water Kiosk
- Water source development: drilling of boreholes, spring development
- Installation of submersible pump and diesel generator
- Community led total sanitation
- Hygiene awareness creation and capacity building