About SRH
Rainfall generally occurs everywhere in the Pacific in abundant quantity and since most people live in houses with roofs they already have catchments surfaces from which rainwater runoff can be collected. Thus Rainwater Harvesting has not generally been given the attention it deserves. It has often been looked upon as a technology of last resort to be used only when no other alternative could be used such as on some of the Pacific low lying islands fresh surface water or groundwater.
This project aim is to use the Rainwater Harvesting training manual for ongoing participatory training of stakeholders for the benefit of improving water qualities and sustainable implementation of rainwater harvesting in Tonga.
Working collaboratively with stakeholders on rainwater harvesting: government departments, water tanks construction companies, NGOs and CBO's involved in water tank project, and water tanks owners (householders: women and men from the communities) to raise public awareness and bring about behavioral change on proper management and harvesting of rainwater.
Aim
To engage stakeholders in the protection, improvement of water quality and sustainable implementation of rainwater harvesting through public awareness and behavioral change activities especially to train and raise the Awareness of Target Participants to ensure sustainable access to safe drinking-water through good water supply practice, and basic sanitation
Expected Outcomes
• Ensure sustainable implementation of rainwater harvesting in rural community through targeting the women's development groups
• Improve access and quality of rainwater harvesting by using develop guidelines according to WHO guideline for water quality
• Increase Public Awareness of importance of safe drinking water in relation to basic sanitation and hygiene practices
• Empower and increase women's participation in Rainwater Harvesting
• Inspect various design criteria that can applied for rainwater harvesting systems with operation and maintenance aspects (roof, gutter, tank)
• Increase the quantity and quality of rainwater harvesting for remote Tongan communities
• Improve standard of health
Activities Undertaken
• Liaison and Networking to improved coordination among stakeholders on Rainwater Harvesting
• Development of Training and Awareness Materials. Various training materials was prepared for Community Awareness basically on the Rainwater Harvesting Training Manual and Guidelines
• Conducted Community Awareness Workshops
• Media Campaign Program {Television and Radio Penal discussions, spots)
• Designing and Printing of Rainwater Harvesting Poster and Leaflets for Public awareness
• Monitoring and Evaluation - Conduct a Monitoring and Evaluation of H2S Test and baseline behavior
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