PHP Strategy -

OXFAM Tanzania
Burundian Nine Months Response Plan
April – December 2016
Updated 22 March 2016
KEY TOPICS
 Geographical Focus and Target number of
beneficiaries
 Overall Key PHP Strategy Objectives
 PHP strategic activities –
 Public health/hygiene promotion activities:
 Hygiene Promotion Methods
 Key PHP Messaging:
 Social Mobilization
 Public Health Innovation
 Monitoring and Evaluation
 PHP Exit Strategy:
Geographical Focus and Target
number of beneficiaries

Target population :
Nduta camp 55000
Nyarugusu 77,780

Host community:
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 Strategy Objectives
To contribute to reduction of communicable diseases
and increase community resilience for the 145,000
Burundian refugees in Nyarugusu and Nduta.

Expected results
• At least 145,000 Burundian refugees in Nyarugusu and Nduta are
enabled /access to the hygiene promotion activities and practice
• At least 145,000 Burundian refugees in Nyarugusu and Nduta are
enabled to practice safer hygiene practices in a dignified and culturally
appropriate manner
• At least 145,000 Burundian refugees in Nyarugusu and Nduta have
access to hygiene enabling items like soap, jerry cans, buckets, basins,
as well as Menstruation Hygiene Materials (MHM), etc.
PHP strategic activities
• Assessing WASH needs
• Identify key WASH/Hygiene materials needed
• Develop community action plan
• IEC material development and dissemination
• Identify and training of community volunteers/
CHPs and WASH committee members
• Create an umbrella of WASH committee at camp
level
• Disease surveillance at community level.
• Conduct regular meetings with community
leaders ,CHPs and WASH committees
• HH monitoring Visit
• Coordination and collaboration (IP, government)
Hygiene Promotion Methods
• Develop participatory tools to be used, example:
drama/theatre groups; Child-to-Child, etc.
• Conduct Household visits for hygiene promotion
• Conduct community hygiene sessions
• Conducting separated FGDs
• Conducting mass campaigns
• Demonstration of use of WASH facilities.
• Use games and flash cards.
Key PHP Messaging:
• Hand washing with soap at critical time
• Promote safe excreta disposal practices.
• Promote safe water chain practices
• Promote food hygiene practices.
• Environmental cleaning
Social Mobilization
• Social Mobilization entails close collaboration with
the Protection, Gender, communication and MEAL
teams
• It focus on building confidence, trust and respect,
increasing knowledge base, and enabling
community members to participate, and become
more proactive with regard to their own health
Assessment of Community Status.
Social Mobilization Act..
• Support in raising beneficiary awareness of Oxfam
programming and services provided.
• Ensuring better participation in community
meetings
• Sensitize community about the project activities
• Networking with community leaders
• Mobilize, interact and dialogue with individuals
representing beneficiary households
• Assist in the development of activities and
implementation specially designed for Women,
children and populations with Special needs
Social Mobilization Activities Cont.

• Identification and reporting of population with

special needs and their vulnerabilities.
• Capturing success stories and lessons learned in
each phase of program implementation.
• Distribution of NFI for hygiene promotion.
Public Health Innovation
• Entails Involving the community in designing and
constructing children user friendly latrines.
• New latrines support groups (composed of 8
families per latrine) and champions (1 carer and 1
child per latrine) shall be facilitated to establish
monitoring and reward system through competition
of best utilized toilet.
Monitoring
• Post Distribution and Monitoring
• Conduct monitoring, daily, weekly and monthly
with Volunteers
• Daily monitoring of WASH infrastructures (at HH
latrines. Bath shelters, waste pits, tippy taps),
water points
• Weekly meeting with staff (incentive workers)
• Water use at household survey
• FGD with different groups
• Involve hygiene clubs in monitoring of activities
Evaluation
• Baseline and End Line KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes,
and Practices) Survey
• Monthly WASH surveys will be conducted to
calculate actual volumes of water consumed by
families and advise on water storage to maintain
safe water chain.
PHP Exit Strategy:
• Complete ongoing emergency response activities
as planned
• Work closely with other agencies to ensure follow
up as a future exit strategy.
• Responsibility hand over to partners (TWESA).
• Provide Technical PHP Capacity Building to
TWESA
• For Nduta a partner will be identified and analysed
before the handover of activities
• Establish links and share learning with others
partners and donors to influence medium to longer
term strategies.
The End

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