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: Ramal de Tierra Firme Project
Discussion Forum
Sustainability
By WaterAid Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2006, over 19 years ago
Thank you for the proposal as well as the supplementary information attached. WaterAid found the women's engagement component very compelling as well as the scale of your work (i.e. sand remover and sewage treatment plant). What role does CARE (in this particular proposal) play in the sustainability of these engineering projects as components of the larger aim of providing access to water and sanitation?
cost of project, long-term viability
By El Porvenir Posted on Wed 18 Oct 2006, over 19 years ago
For 2000 people, this project has a cost per person of $81, very far above the BPR goal of $25 per person. This seems a relatively "hi-tech" project including maintenance of a dam, filtering and distribution functions to a large population. Has MAMUCA agreed to maintain the larger components of the system? Do they have financial capacity to do so? I know of no local government in Nicaragua which is able to maintain its municipal water system functioning 7 days a week. All are delapidated, inadequate, not maintained, not updated. Is Honduras different? I understand that the beneficiaries will be trained in maintenance of the smaller components of the system but this project appears to me to have uncertain sustainability without ongoing CARE support.
Some questions
By Water for People Posted on Thu 12 Oct 2006, over 19 years ago
Thanks for the overview of the project. I guess it is hard to evaluate this project because there is not much in the way of detail. There is a fair amount of narrative on why components like capacity building are important, and some suggestions on what might happen (training materials, skills building) but I see very little in the way of detail and see nothing about the financial management of the scheme once completed. Would love to know more, and thanks
Ned
RE:Some questions >
By CARE Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2006, over 19 years ago
CARE will work with municipal and private partners to consolidate the two water systems into one refurbished distribution network. This includes repairing a dam (shared with the municipality of La Masica), a sand remover and a sewage treatment plant as well as a pipeline that connects to both area water tanks. In addition, a separate water distribution network was planned for the remote Boca Cerrada community, which was not connected to either original system. (This community can be reached only by boat).
Like the water systems, the two local water administration boards were slated to be consolidated. CARE is working with the new board on leadership training. Various community stakeholders received training on topics that included the operation and maintenance of the water and sanitation systems, income & expense controls, financial reporting, protection of the micro-basin and gender equity. This information will help the community ensure that the water and sanitation improvements can be maintained after CARE’s role in the project ends.
Implementer involvement
By Blue Planet Network Posted on Sat 14 Oct 2006, over 19 years ago
Do you see in the long-term, the local implementers becoming members? As PWX grows, we will need more members and it would be interesting to see if the local implementers have the skills or can develop the skills to be members.
Would Care be interested in developing organizations in this fashion?
RE:Implementer involvement >
By CARE Posted on Tue 17 Oct 2006, over 19 years ago
In this case CARE Honduras is a local implementer in partnership with the Commonwealth of Municipalities of the Center of Atlántida (known as MAMUCA) and the 10 communities. CARE places great emphasis on building both organizational and technical capacity for local organizations.
Application Summary
| Applicant | : | CARE |
| Status | : | approved_accepted |
| Country | : | HONDURAS Map |
Funding
| Amount Funded | : | $20,000 |
| Funded By:- | ||
| Blue Planet Network | : | $20,000 |
Funds Used |
: | $20,000 |
Funds Available |
: | $0 |
Projects Summary of Application
| Number of Projects | : | 1 |
| Overall Start Date | : | TODO! |
| Overall Completion Date | : | TODO! |
| Date of Last Update | : |