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Executive summary
• The needs assessment was carried out in-house by a CIS team led by the MEAL Coordinator, the assessment took place in South Kordofan State covering Abaseya,
Rashad and Tadamon deposits. The aim of the assessment is to assess the current situation, identify gaps and needs of the target communities and recommend key interventions that meet the real needs of the target people.
Various data collection methods were used, including individual interviews with HH leaders, FGDs with representatives of various community groups, document review of existing information, and KIIs with relevant slum authorities and institutions.
• Only 44.8% of people in the assessed area have access to easy and adequate safe water for their family, 55.2% suffer from either difficulties in obtaining water, poor water quality or insufficient quantity for their households.
• All family members are involved in fetching water from sources, but the main responsibility lies with women, representing 41.5%.
• There is a lack of hygiene promotion within the assessed communities, most of them have not received any kind of capacity building in WASH 91.2%, this is reflected in the way communities deal with the environment and personal hygiene, the lack of hygiene is one of the main reasons for poor waste management and common practice of open defecation even by some of the family members who have toilets in the houses.
• Poor hygiene practices are the result of lack of hygiene awareness and capacity building. 38.5% of the people consulted use water and soap to wash their hands, most of them are in Abaseya and Rashad, 14.5% and 21% respectively, while only 3.1% are found in Tadamon locality, 58.1% use only water, 2.8% use water with sand/finger and 0.6% use ash to wash their hands.
• The assessed areas suffer from a lack of health facilities and the available facilities are poor in terms of required services, only 36.4% of the people consulted have health facilities in their villages, including health centers (31.3%), hospital (6, 5%) and clinics (2.2%).
• Of the children under 5 years of age, 19.8% were malnourished. The existence of undernutrition among children under 5 has two dimensions: 1) is the lack of capacity among mothers about the importance of intensive breastfeeding for infants and other best feeding practices for other children, 2) poverty and low livelihoods among target communities, which affect their access to food.
• There are practices of gender-based violence, including physical and sexual violence, related to conflicts and lack of services, confined to houses, as women and girls walk long distances to fetch water or relieve themselves.
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