Social and Behaviour Change Interventions for Better Health
Social and Behaviour Change Interventions for Better Health
Building Capacity for Sustainable School WASH: COWASH IV Training of Trainers Ensures Ongoing Operation and Maintenance
The COWASH IV has commenced training of trainers on school WASH operation and maintenance in the workshop being held at the Bin International Hotel, Bisshofstu city.
Members of the COWASH Regional Support Units and Education Bureaus from all COWASH regions are participating in the training. The main purpose of the training is to ensure water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities built in schools are sustainable. The training will continue from 25 to 27 October 2022.
Boosting Business Skills for Better Hygiene: COWASH FTAT Provides Micro and Small Enterprise Development Training in Bishoftu
The COWASH Federal Technical Assistance Team is currently in Bishoftu working in cooperation with the Oromia COWASH Regional Support Unit to provide training on Micro and Small Enterprise Development.
The main objective of the training is to enhance the business skills of COWASH-established Micro and Small Enterprises to increase the communities’ use of sanitation and hygiene.
Participants are from regional COWASH Regional Support Unit, Abay-chomen and Tole woredas, a total of 12 trainees, who are related to the development of Micro and Small Enterprises.
The training is mainly provided by Mulatie Yinager, Federal COWASH Technical Assistance Team, WASH Business Development Specialist, together with Oromia COWASH Regional Support Unit.
The training will continue for three days from October 25-27/22.
Sidama National Regional State COWASH IV Steering Committee Approves Performance Report and Core Plan for Sustainable Water Projects
On 21 October 2022, a Sidama National Regional State COWASH IV Steering Committee meeting was held in Hawassa involving representatives of the Bureau of Finance, Bureau of Water, Irrigation and Mines Resource Development, Bureau of Health, Bureau of women, Youth and Children, Bureau of Education, the Ministry of Finance, and members of the Embassy of Finland to Ethiopia. Representatives of the COWASH IV Federal Technical Assistance Team attended in an advisory capacity.
The Steering Committee held a wide-ranging discussion on the 2014 EFY performance report and the 2015 EFY Core Plan for the project in the region with particular reference to the need for scheme sustainability. Both documents were approved.
Strengthening Collaboration and Addressing Challenges: NIRAS Country Director Visits COWASH IV Project Office
On 17 October 2022 NIRAS Country Director, Ms. Mari Helminen visited COWASH IV in our office. The main objective of the visit was to continue the results obtained during the project implementation process and to solve the challenges encountered by discussing them with the relevant parties.
COWASH IV conducts Behavioural Change Communication Training for SNNPR and Sidama Regions' Experts in Hawassa City
COWASH IV started Social Behavioural Change Communication training of trainers for SNNPR and Sidama regions COWASH stakeholders in Hawassa City on 12 October 2022
The objective of the training is to help the regional, and Woreda WASH experts to design, implement, monitor, and evaluate WASH social and behaviour change interventions at their local level and to cascade the training to frontline community workers at the woreda and kebele levels.
The training participants are Sanitation and Hygiene experts from SNNPR, and Sidama Regions’ Health, Education, Women and Children and Water Bureaus, together with woredas who have well-established and functional micro and small enterprises in WASH.
The training will be carried out over three days.
Ato Ebsa Feyisa, FTAT Behavioural Change and Communication Specialist is the lead trainer for the event.
Forging Sustainable Partnerships: COWASH IV Expands Collaboration with South-west Ethiopia for Rural WASH Development
On 08 October 2022, the COWASH IV Federal Technical Assistance Team (FTAT) had a preliminary discussion with the COWASH IV project stakeholders of the newly established South-west Ethiopia Peoples’ Regional State (SWEPRS).
Before the split of the SWEPRS from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR), two woredas (Kechi and Mare Mansa) in Dawro Zone of the current SWEPRS were benefiting from the COWASH IV project. In order to continue the working relationship with these woredas, discussions were held between the COWASH IV FTAT and higher officials of the Regional Water and Finance and Economic Development Bureaus and their directors and experts.
Opening the meeting with a welcoming speech, Engineer Beyene Belachew, Head of SWEPRS Water Mines and Energy Resource Development Bureau, said that it is a pleasure for the region to cooperate with projects such as COWASH IV which are working in the rural WASH sub-sector.
Engineer Beyene added that the region is ready to provide any necessary support and committed to the achievement of the project as much as it can with all the challenges it has such as shortage of budget, poor infrastructure, and the like as a new region. He also expressed his hope that the COWASH IV project will support the region in solving the WASH-related challenges it has.
In the discussion, important issues were raised and agreed upon to make the project effective, and all the relevant parties agreed to complete the appropriate preparations in a short period of time and start project implementation.
As per the MoU signed between the Bureau of Finance SWEPRS and the Ministry of Finance, the total budget for the region from the Government of Finland is Euro 363,139 and the expected contribution from the region is Birr 26,418,364 a total of more than 46 million Birr.
Keressa Woreda, One of the Best Achieving Woredas under COWASH IV
Keressa Woreda, One of the Best Achieving Woredas under COWASH IV
COWASH IV CMP Investment Fund Management Guideline Using MFIs
GENERIC CMP INVESTMENT FUND MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE FOR COMMUNITY WATER SCHEMES USING MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS (MFIS)
COWASH FTAT provides training on Micro and Small Enterprise Development to increase sanitation and hygiene in SNNPR and Sidama regions
The COWASH Federal Technical Assistance Team is currently in Hawassa working in cooperation with the SNNPR and Sidama COWASH Regional Support Unit to provide training on Micro and Small Enterprise Development.
The main objective of the training is to enhance the business skills of COWASH-established Micro and Small Enterprises to increase the communities’ use of sanitation and hygiene.
Participants are from the SNNPR and Sidama regions COWASH Regional Support Units, Hadero Tunto (SNNPR) and Chirone (Sidama) woredas a total of 15 trainees who are related to the development of Micro and Small Enterprises.
The training is mainly provided by Mulatie Yinager, Federal COWASH Technical Assistance Team, WASH Business Development Specialist, together with SNNPR and Sidama regions COWASH Regional Support Unit.
The training will continue for three days from August 30- September 1/22 and will continue in the Oromia region to create a common understanding and commitment to the functionality of Micro and Small Enterprises in creating commercially viable and sustainable Market-based Sanitation.
It is recalled that the same training was given to COWASH stakeholders in the Amhara region from August 1-3/2022.