Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

IOM supports the Government of Mozambique in providing WASH services in areas affected by natural hazards and insecurity, aiming to ensure sustainable and reliable access to safe water and sanitation, whilst promoting hygiene practices, and enhance the resilience of IDPs and host communities. These interventions include strategic plans of decentralized water supply and sustainable water networks, wastewater treatment systems (including latrines and decentralized systems), and fecal sludge management. Hygiene promotion activities are carried out to promote behavioral change, including hygiene sessions, establishment of hygiene committees in displacement sites, and distribution of hygiene kits, including those for menstrual hygiene management. The program also integrates Gender-Based Violence (GBV) mitigation across all activities. Assessments, participatory designs, infrastructure construction, monitoring, and community participation contribute to delivering inclusive and durable WASH interventions. The WASH Programme works alongside other services such as CCCM, shelter and housing, mental health and psychosocial support, protection and health, among others, to meet the immediate and long-term needs of displaced persons in Mozambique. 

Objective 

Ensure sustainable access to safe water and sanitation, promote good hygiene practices, and enhance the resilience of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and host communities. 

Key Results 

• Displacement-affected populations have access to adequate, scalable and suitable WASH services in a timely and non-discriminatory manner 

• Displacement-affected populations have access to information regarding WASH services. 

• Displacement-affected populations have better and improved knowledge on maintenance and operation of WASH services. 

• The Government and associated water companies have increased capacity to provide inclusive and quality WASH services and maintenance. 

• WASH supports water governance, ensuring systems are well maintained by the community and relevant committees with support of the government and associated water companies. 

• Communities and artisans are trained to build with local materials, resilient and durable WASH services, with high-quality technique, that contributes to having a full comprehensive WASH response. 

• Government, public and private partnerships are supported for the provision of WASH services that allow long-term solutions and opportunities of economic inclusion to displacement-affected groups and host communities.