Description
Humanitarian Project " Provision of drinking water for the municipalities of Shekhka and Hasan Ava" in Iraq aims to provide sufficient drinking water to meet the needs of local residents as well as IDP communities that arrived in municipalities in August 2014 due to armed conflict unleashed by Da'esh Islamists . The project is aimed at building wells and providing the necessary material and technological equipment (diesel generator, submersible pump, piping and protective brick shelter), which will supply sufficient water to the municipal water supply system, which will be available to local communities with a total of approximately 6,500 residents. Support for water infrastructure is a key factor in the further development of both municipalities. Sufficient drinking water eliminates the risk of tensions between the home and IDP community, raises the standard of living of the population by saving their money that they would otherwise have to spend on the purchase of drinking water and improves the conditions for the cultivation and breeding activities of local communities and thus contributes to their better economic situation. Iraq is currently in a post-conflict phase of restoring basic infrastructure, and the local government is unable to finance the simplification of drinking water availability for residents of municipalities outside the region's largest cities. Thus, the lack of drinking water forces local residents to buy drinking water in plastic containers or mobile tanks. As summer air temperatures reach 50 ° C in this region, easy access to drinking water is essential not only for disease prevention, but also for hydration. The project will also include training focused on the protection of water resources, cultivation activities and for teachers and students of the second grade of primary school training on the importance of hygiene and drinking regime.