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I NGO U RBAN W ASH C ONSORTIUM

I NGO U RBAN W ASH C ONSORTIUM. UWC in Freetown Sierra Leone MAY, 2010. Summary. Overview WHO WE ARE The problem we are trying to solve How we will tackle the problem OUR STRATEGY Goal, purpose and outputs Management of the consortium Why a Consortium? Questions. UWC Overview.

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I NGO U RBAN W ASH C ONSORTIUM

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  1. INGO URBAN WASH CONSORTIUM UWC in Freetown Sierra Leone MAY, 2010

  2. Summary • Overview • WHO WE ARE • The problem we are trying to solve • How we will tackle the problem • OUR STRATEGY • Goal, purpose and outputs • Management of the consortium • Why a Consortium? • Questions

  3. UWC Overview • 5 INGOs building upon collective expertise • Oxfam: • Lead agency in Liberia • Gender, Protection, WASH, Advocacy, Partnership • Concern: • Equality, prevention of Gender Based Violence, Disaster Risk Reduction, participatory community development • GOAL: • Urban Sanitation and Community Development • ACF: • WASH, Advocacy, DRR (cholera prevention) • Save the Children: • Advocacy, WASH, Child Protection, Emergency Preparedness WHO WE ARE

  4. Overview: The problem

  5. UWC Overview: tackling the problem

  6. UWC Strategy • Start February 2010 • 3 to 5 year period Strategy • Target is 750,000 beneficiaries in 47 sections of Freetown including 15 slums • Forecast budget of £10.5m for the first 3 years, with £4m secured from DFID • Work with local institutions who will continue after the consortium strategy APPROACH

  7. UWC Strategy • To support the GoSL to • improve the health status of selected vulnerable Freetown urban communities • attain water, sanitation and health MDGs • Improve capacity in handling disasters and emergencies such as flooding and cholera GOAL • Vulnerable Freetown communities have • greater access to basic WASH services • better coping mechanisms • greater ability to influence GoSL stakeholders to meet the WASH MDG and PRS targets PURPOSE

  8. Areas where we will work

  9. UWC Approach • 5 INGOs committed & linked through formal MoU • Oxfam: an experienced lead agency • 3 of the 5 agencies experienced in Liberia consortium • A strategic management board established • A technical advisory committee to agree implementation standards en route • Consortium Coordination Unit MANAGEMENT

  10. Why a Consortium • Combining knowledge and experience of working in Sierra Leone • Building an harmonious strategy • Sharing learning to develop innovative solutions • Advocating and campaigning on WASH issues • Increasing accountability by peer reviews • Providing a single funding point • Improving sectoral coordination and decreasing overlaps ADDED VALUE

  11. Why a consortium?

  12. Questions ?Answers ! Urban Wash Consortium in Freetown July, 2009

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