A sustainable project, jointly supported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and Qatar Charity, is providing clean water and improving health conditions for more than 10,000 people in "isolates" in the governorates of Al Hudaydah and Raymah.
This project which is benefiting people in Al-Hashabra sub-district in Al-Zaidiyah district of Al-Hodeidah governorate and in Jabal Al-Qatou sub-district in Al-Jubain district of Raymah governorate, included a solar pumping system, a 100-cubic-meter tower tank, and a 1.2-kilometer-long water distribution network, benefiting 6,496 people.
The project included a significant health component that enhanced environmental sanitation. Fifty family toilets were built in the Al-Hashabra sub-district, targeting the most vulnerable families, including families suffering from cholera and malnutrition, people with disabilities, displaced persons, and female-headed households, providing protection for 311 people.
Three hundred hygiene kits and three hundred clay water filters were distributed to 300 families in the Al-Hashabra, Jabal Al-Qatou, and Bakal sub-districts, providing a safe means of purifying drinking water for 2,126 people.