IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS

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Activities Implemented from June to October

• Water Management Training   workshop for the Kweiman Danfa water board and stakeholders

• Two person’s from GII receive training on Participatory videoing (PV) in Uganda

• Development of a risk map to aid monitoring

• PV training for the Kweiman/Danfa water system

• PV video developed by community members

• Revenue collectors training from the Ga East Municipality organised

• Monitoring Visit by PCA coordinator from TI’s

• Visited the Kweiman and Otinibi communities and held meetings with the Water Board

Success Stories

• Water board and other stakeholders in the Kweiman/Danfa water system built to better manage their water system

• Appreciation of PV as a community empowerment tool

• Community produced PV video

• Appreciation of the challenges and gaps in the water system through the development of a risk map.

• A WATSAN committee  set up and trained to manage their new water system

• A contract awarded and Contractor already on site constructing the system

Strategies From June 2010

• PV a tool is now used by the PCA team

• A risk Map which identify risk of possible corruption and lack of transparency in the system

• Continued collaboration between the stakeholders like the Municipal Assembly, Municipal Water and Sanitation Team, and the community

Challenges

• Different community expectations
• Media management
• Community expert to receive allowances for attending meetings
• Low community participation in one group
• Community used to old habits (do not get sick when they drink water because they have built resistance over time)
  

Community integration experiences

• Community reception by the Chiefs, community, elders and the people has been encouraging
• Support from MCE, the Assembly and technical staff
• Increased involvement of community
• Community supporting with small funds (eg. the first travel to Aburi)

Strategies in moving forward

• Develop a communication strategy to increase community buy-in based on test results
• Use PV to increase community participation
• Develop more PCA IEC materials
• Media Soiree, develop activity specific media briefs
• Public sensitization programmes on poverty and corruption for different groups
• Document results and evidence of change for publication to aid mobilization of funds and replication in other communities

Pictures from the Revenue Collectors Training (Group Picture of Revenue Collectors )