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Madagascar > Past Activity Report

2008 Overview

Total beneficiaries served:     245,410

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Emergency Relief

  • 1,540 open wells disinfected
  • 23,796 families (95,000 people) supplied with WASH kits
  • 47,500 people in 3 communes provided with emergency hygiene promotion


Rehabilitation

  • 118 new flood-proof boreholes drilled and fitted with hand-pumps and drainage (14,160 beneficiaries)
  • 1 gravity-fed water-supply system built for village (1,000 beneficiaries); 1 gravity-fed water-supply system in construction
  • 197 family latrines installed (beneficiaries: 2,410)
  • 53 women’s associations trained in hygiene promotion; another 170 hygiene volunteers trained
  • 15,000 adults taught in 219 hygiene sessions
  • 25,000 children taught in 118 school hygiene sessions; 270 school teachers trained
  • 66,000 people reached through 172 puppet or cinema hygiene promotion sessions
  • 41 workshops held on WatSan policy and technical issues
  • 7 communes and 51 community-based water-user associations trained
  • 480 households surveyed about disaster risk-reduction issues
  • 7 training workshops held for disaster- and risk-management committees
Shelter & Infrastructure

Emergency Relief

  • 19,000 metres of evacuation channel rehabilitated
  • 323 families supplied with plastic sheeting


Rehabilitation

  • 3 bridges rehabilitated for access to 9 villages and 20,000 villagers

2007 Overview

Total beneficiaries served:     150,000

Water & Sanitation

Emergency Relief

  • 25 displaced-person camps equipped with latrines and hand-washing facilities
  • 1,300 open wells disinfected
  • 2,410 homes and 123 tents disinfected to promote the return of displaced people
  • 15,049 water purification solutions distributed, along with 13,384 soaps
  • 50,000 people in 6 communes received emergency hygiene promotion, plus many more within the displaced person camps

Rehabilitation

  • 70 new flood-proof water points built, equipped with Canzee hand pumps
  • 250 family latrines installed
  • 6 communal authorities and 35 community associations trained in the management of water infrastructures
  • 35 women’s associations trained in hygiene promotion
  • 10,000 people reached by hygiene promotion activities from 18 campaigns
  • 4 emergency committees trained in cyclone management
Shelter & Infrastructure

Rehabilitation

  • 15 bridges rebuilt and 11,000 metres of evacuation channel rehabilitated

2006 Overview

Total beneficiaries served: 35,000

Health Services

Emergency Relief

  • 165 tonnes of food distributed in 17 supplementary food distribution centres
Water & Sanitation (WatSan)

Emergency Relief

  • Water points, latrines, and hand-washing facilities established in therapeutic feeding centres

 

Rehabilitation

  • 50 flood-resistant water points constructed
  • 20 water points rehabilitated
  • 100 latrines provided to families at subsided prices
  • Four schools equipped with latrines and safe water access
  • Training provided to water technicians, local enterprises, and communities
  • Hygiene training provided to schools, women’s associations, and village volunteers

2005 Overview

Total beneficiaries served: 100,000

Health Services

Emergency Relief

  • Over 60 tonnes of emergency food supplies distributed to remote feeding centres
  • Emergency food programme started with UNICEF, WFP, and local partners
  • 17 feeding centres supported, plus four mobile feeding centres
  • Two food distributions to pregnant and elderly beneficiaries

 

Rehabilitation

  • AIDS prevention training provided
  • 15 village pharmacies opened and supplied
  • Hygiene promotion provided to schools and teachers
  • Distribution of 3,000 mosquito nets
Water & Sanitation

Emergency Relief

  • Disinfection of 440 wells in Ambanja
  • Water purification solutions and soaps distributed to 5,000 families

 

Rehabilitation

  • 30 hand-dug wells and 160 latrines established for families
  • 20 water technicians trained
  • 11 schools equipped with latrines and hand-washing facilities