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Community Water Supply and Uses Project (COWS&UP)

Tgis project was fully funded by UNDP TRAC fund thruogh Country Small Grants Programme Team.
The Top-up project, COWS&UP, was developed in consultation with local communities, authorities of village representatives, and commune councilors. It also draws on the priorities of the commune development plans. It will benefit the whole population of Lovea commune in Prey Chhor district of Kampong Cham province, which is adjacent to the Mekong River system. This sub-project will complement and will enhance the outcomes of the UNDP-GEF/SGP funded Mekong Impact Mitigation and Environmental Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (MIMERIP). The COWS&UP Top-up-project will be implemented for a period of about four (04) months starting from September to December 2007, plus Top-up project wrap up activities and reporting for half a month (0.5).

Overall goal of the Top up project is to improve health and living conditions of the target communities in Lovea commune. It is specifically aimed at: (1) increasing availability of (clean) water supply for communities, which will also improve both health of local people and their natural environment; and (2) promoting usage of safe water for households and water use saving technique in agricultural production for livelihood improvement.
This addendum component will achieve generally beneficial impacts on health, local environment, and living conditions of local communities. The important outcome of this component will be that some 1967 local community households will be able to derive, directly and indirectly, health and livelihood benefits due to water availability, cleanliness, safety, and efficient and effective water usage; and following results are expected:

- More reliable water supply sources for at least 200 households;
- Available water supply for the Commune Health Centre benefiting 1967 community households, and at least 30 households adjacent to the health centre having direct access to clean water supply;
- At least 60 households in Taing Trapeaing village having access to clean water supply;
- At least 200 households using water filters for their families? good health outcomes; and
- At least 30 households using drip irrigation system / technique for growing crops, esp. vegetables, to improve household income

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Agri-Business Institute Cambodia

Country:

Cambodia

Area Of Work:

Community Based Adaptation
Community Based Adaptation

Operational Phase:

OP4 - Y1 (Jul 07-Jun08)

Grant Amount:

US$ 38,148.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 2,385.00

Project Number:

KHM/UNDP/07/21

Start Date:

9/2007

End Date:

12/2007

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

Project Characteristics and Results

Capacity - Building Component

Cambodian farmers, overall, have limited knowledge of good farming techniques and of efficient use of water for growing crops. They only hold a belief that with only a lot of water that they can grow crops. The sub-project will introduce drip irrigation technique which will economically and efficiently use water to grow crops, especially vegetables. Demonstrations of use of drip irrigation system in producing crops, in particular vegetables, will be conducted. This will help save water in and diversify crop production, and thus will enhance livelihoods of local farm households.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Overall goal of the sub-project is to improve health and living conditions of the target communities in Lovea commune. It is specifically aimed at: (1) increasing availability of (clean) water supply for communities, which will also improve both health of local people and their natural environment; and (2) promoting usage of safe water for households and water use saving technique in agricultural production for livelihood improvement.

Gender Focus

Target communities will be the 10 villages in Lovea commune of Prey Chhor district in kampong Cham province. The sub-project will not discriminate any groups in the target commune. However, given dominant roles of women and children, in rural countryside, in household and farming chores as well as water delivering, the sub-project will benefit generally women and children more than any other groups by easing their burdens. It will also ease the concerns of patients and communities? members who use healthcare services of the Commune Health Center.

Project sustainability

The GEF SGP project staff will continue to provide follow up support to UNDP TRAC SGP and ensure it sustainability and create more impact in term of environment as well livelihood of communities.

Linkages gef projects

This project is fully funded by UNDP TRAC fund in the same target areas that funded by the GEF SGP funded. This project provided clean water facility to communities to improve their health and livelihoods.

Notable Community Participation

This sub-project has a built-in sustainability mechanism. Regular interaction and close working relationship with communities and local authorities will encourage their active participation, and their contribution to sustaining the sub-project outputs (e.g. wells, ponds, lake, etc.). ABiC will encourage commune council to incorporate the maintenance and repair of the sub-project outputs (i.e. wells, ponds, lake, etc.) in the next Commune Development Plan. The farmer-cooperators, who will carefully and successfully conduct the demonstrations of the use of water filters to promote safe and clean water uses; and drip irrigation technique will continue and improve the practices. Local ABiC station will do the same. The success of the demonstrations will encourage replications, and extrapolations of local farmers and communities. ABiC will encourage farmer-cooperators to establish a sale / distribution point of water filters and drip irrigation accessories in the target commune. In the interim period ABiC station will act as a center for coordinating and facilitating the sale / distribution of these materials and accessories.

Project Results

The project will achieve generally beneficial impacts on health, local environment, and living conditions of local communities. The important outcome of this component will be that some 1967 local community households will be able to derive, directly and indirectly, health and livelihood benefits due to water availability, cleanliness, safety, and efficient and effective water usage; and following results are expected:

- More reliable water supply sources for at least 200 households;
- Available water supply for the Commune Health Centre benefiting 1967 community households, and at least 30 households adjacent to the health centre having direct access to clean water supply;
- At least 60 households in Taing Trapeaing village having access to clean water supply;
- At least 200 households using water filters for their families? good health outcomes; and
- At least 30 households using drip irrigation system / technique for growing crops, esp. vegetables, to improve household income

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