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Solid and Medical Waste Management in 8 Community Health Centers (CHC) and Host their Community

The goal of this intervention is to reduce harm caused by unsafe disposal of Solid and medical waste in CHC?S and their host communities; increase the number and proportion of people with access to safe and affordable drinking water; and further creates job and income opportunities for community members in the Barri, Makpele and Tonkia chiefdoms. If this is achieved, it will reduce the high incidences of environmental illnesses affecting children, women and the elderly. Air pollution caused by burning will also be reduced; death of domestic animals caused by swallowing of plastic materials will also be reduced; alternative income generation opportunities emerge; death caused by unsafe drinking water reduced as community members and CHC staff takes full responsibility to manage their own waste in a safer and environmental friendly manner

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Project Snapshot

Grantee:

Foundation for Integrated Development

Country:

Sierra Leone

Area Of Work:

Chemicals

Operational Phase:

OP6 - Y2 (Jul 16-Jun 17)

Grant Amount:

US$ 31,000.00

Co-Financing Cash:

Co-Financing in-Kind:

US$ 7,643.60

Project Number:

SLE/SGP/OP6/Y2/CORE/CH/23/02/2017/12

Start Date:

4/2017

End Date:

3/2018

Status:

Satisfactorily Completed

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Project Characteristics and Results

Policy Impact

Communities the implementation, the community generated local bye laws against the rampant and indiscriminate burning and throwing of waste in the vicinity of the project communities. These laws include but not limited to general cleaning exercises, waste collection and transportation, and fine for defaulters

Promoting Public Awareness of Global Environment

Monthly and quarterly reports were prepared by FID Program Manager and shared with relevant stakeholders (UNDP/GEF, DHMT?s of Pujehun and Kenema). In addition to this, FID also published newsletter on a six monthly basis where stories of change were reported.

Inovative Financial Mechanisms

Over 25,000 people benefited from the waste management. In this regard, FID embarked on a community awareness raising activities through mass sensitization using rallies, training workshops, radio discussions about the harmful disposition of solid and medical waste in communities. Community members were trained to serve as the Trainers.Knowledge were documented shared with all relevant stakeholders.

Emphasis on Sustainable Livelihoods

Promotion of vegetable production as a small scale farming, will support the household income of the beneficiaries. This project provides alternative source of livelihoods and income generation support in the following ways: It will provide training opportunities for youth groups in waste collection, sorting and recycling. Some materials that are separated in the Resource Centre such as tires, metals/cans, which are difficult to burn, can be reused to generate income. Youth groups are trained by local Artisan to produce shoes, cane lamps, and candle stands etc from the resource centres. Manures that accumulate and decay in the Resource Management Centres are useful elements to support vegetable crop growth. These manures can be packaged and sold for money.

Capacity - Building Component

The organization had implemented similar work experience with SGP Sierra Leone a project number: SLE/SGP/OP5/CORE/CH/13/10/031. They will strength their capacity further on best practices and performance on this project.Further capacity support was needed in Waste utilization (Recycling, Reuse and product production). They had two (2) of its Technical staff trained for six (6) weeks at the Chinese Technical Training workshops in Freetown in Shoe making, Gas production and bottling; textile production etc. skills acquired from these training and support from the hired local Artisan were later transferred to the various community youth groups

Significant Participation of Indigenous Peoples

The planning and design of the project was done in collaboration with the indigenous community people who were allowed to share their knowledge and experiences overtime in the project communities. FID planning officials communicated with the rest of the communities in the language they speak.The training and sensitization were conducted in the local languages to reach to Indigenous People

Gender Focus

The project was inclusive of both men and women. Youths were involved in the project as they took part in the construction of the medical wastes and Resource Center/Waste management Sites as well as the water wells, this project will mainly benefit Women as they comprise about 80% medical practitioners stationed in the 8 CHC?s. Women produce garbage more than men because they are the once that manage the homes, cook and clean their various households. They therefore will form the core that will be trained in the management of wastes both at the CHC?c and Resource Centres.

Notable Community Participation

Two chiefdom stakeholder consultative meeting were organized at the headquarter towns in each of the three chiefdom. The meeting were attended by youths and community stakeholders for discussion on sustainable protecting communities from environmental hazards caused by the indiscriminate burning of medical and community waste. In each of the meetings, the youth leaders and local chief?s proposed the mitigation measures. The Community consultation led to a joint assessment tour that further comprised of local chief?s, Medical staff, Youths and women?s groups that inform the team of the real cause of the issues affecting thearea. These youth will be part of the implementation as technicians and also provide monitoring.

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Indicators

Empowerment

Number of CBOs / NGOs participated / involved in SGP project 8

Livehood

Increase in household income by increased income or reduced costs due to SGP project 3600

Livehood

Number of individuals (gender diaggregated) who have benefited* from SGP project 360

Biophysical

WHO-TEQ (Toxic Equivalency)/year reduction into the environment or elimination of U-POPs namely Dioxins, Furans and PCBs (Poly-chlorinated biphenyls) through the SGP project 50

Biophysical

Reduction in the amount released into the environment or elimination of POPs through the SGP Grams/year of Hexachlorobenzene (HCB - C6H6) eliminated or release into the environment prevented 1000

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