PWP has succeeded in increasing water services coverage in areas which need it most by implementing water supply subprojects relying on renewable water sources: construction of water reservoirs, cisterns and tanks. The subprojects are based on surveys and assessments in these areas to determine the most suitable location - a matter that has led to considerable success felt by people in target areas. Completed subprojects have helped increase the number of households benefiting from the water supply subprojects and the increase of the annual per capita share of water.

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PWP implements civil works for the various water projects, such as drinking water tanks, rainwater harvesting reservoirs, extension of some water delivery networks. Additionally, PWP gives priority to remote areas that rely mostly on rain water for their drinking and irrigation needs.

As of the end of December 2021, 360,000 cubic meters of water had been provided through the implementation of 358 projects that benefited more than 1 million people and created 311,000 work days.

Water Availability During Drought

Provision of water in general and facilitating access to clean drinking water in particular is a high priority for target communities, who have expressed a high level of satisfaction with all interventions related to the construction of rainwater harvesting reservoirs and water supply networks by PWP.

A key benefit realized in this sector is the reduction of effort and time spent, especially by women and children, in fetching water. This has positively impacted their ability to enroll in schools and attend regular classrooms.

Water subprojects have improved public health, reduction of infectious diseases, improved environmental conditions and public hygiene.
Major economic returns directly felt by the communities in the form of savings of money that used to be spent in buying water storage tanks, and reduction in medical expenses due to improved health outcomes.

Easy access to water sources has contributed to reduced conflicts between members of the communities as well..

Reducing Hardship

Since the chore of fetching water for domestic use is usually the responsibility of women, especially in the rural areas. Women have to travel long distances of rugged roads under the mercilessly scorching sun to fetch water for their homes. Thus, it can be said that rural women are the primary beneficiaries of the water subprojects.

Interventions by PWP in implementing water subprojects have reduced this hardship, improved the public health situation for the community, and freed girls to enroll in schools to continue their education, instead of wasting most of their day hours fetching water for their homes.

Fetching water is a daily hardship and an arduous task for women and children. The severity of this problem has been exacerbated by the current situation in the country, and the resulting massive wave of internal displacement. Moreover, it has put tremendous pressure on the already scarce water resources, and increased the burden on women and children to fetch water for domestic use.

Girls especially have been under undue hardship, where fetching water from far distances has become their number one priority, but at the expense of their education.

Given the dire situation in the country, securing a sustainable water source for drinking water is not something to be taken lightly. This is a strenuous and onerous task, and at the same time, very costly, especially for remote areas that lack sustainable and safe drinking water sources.