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Palestine: New report 'Down the Drain'
This report has just eben launched two weeks ago on Israeli restrictions on the WASH* sector in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and their impact on vulnerable communities.
Palestinians throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory face severe restrictions in accessing adequate water and sanitation. While the Palestinian authorities, with support from donors and EWASH agencies, have been working to improve Palestinian access to safe and adequate water and sanitation services, Israeli policies and practices have hindered both the development of the WASH sector, geared towards long-term sustainability, and the delivery of humanitarian aid. EWASH agencies are therefore operating “under the bottom line”, unable to either support longterm sustainability in the WASH sector through developmental approaches or to effectively deliver basic services to the most vulnerable. Restrictions that have hindered the ability of EWASH agencies to respond to the identified WASH needs of Palestinian communities are summarized as follows:
- Protracted administrative and bureaucratic requirements as precondition to project implementation in some of the most vulnerable and marginalized areas
- Damage or destruction of WASH infrastructure vital for civilian life
- The blockade and associated policies applied to the Gaza Strip
- Movement and access restrictions on aid personnel
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* The EWASH Advocacy Task Force is a sub-committee of the Emergency Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Group (EWASH.( EWASH members include local and international NGOs and UN Agencies. The EWASH Advocacy Task Force coordinates messaging among EWASH members to raise awareness of the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in the occupied Palestinian territory at local, national and international levels so that tangible improvements to the lives of Palestinians are realized
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| Contact information |
Ghada Snunu E-WASH; Advocacy Task Force Officer- Gaza Oxfam GB Hejji building
(email: gsnunu@ewash.org ) Phone: (08) 2822553/4, Fax ext.:109 Cell phone: 0598910834 |
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| News type | Inbrief |
| File link |
http://www.ewash.org/files/library/Down%20the%20Drain%20-%20Israeli%20restrictions%20on%20the%20WASH%20sector%20in%20the%20Occupied%20Palestinian%20Territory%20and%20their%20impact%20on%20vulnerable%20communities.pdf |
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| Source of information | E-WASH |
| Subject(s) | AGRICULTURE , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFRASTRUCTURES , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.semide.net/countries/fol749974/country608613 |
| Geographical coverage | Palestine, |
| News date | 17/04/2012 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
