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Let us Build Ourselves Kanombe: Mr. Greenwood is our Liaison-
will fight the issue of violence against women related to women's limited access to water.
According to the team, violence is triggered by a lack of knowledge about the importance of
clean water, whereby women are getting sick and can't take care of their families. Poor hygiene
and women's incapacity due to illness leads men to cheat on their wives. Women living in
mountainous areas where there is limited water access have to travel long distances to collect
water. Not only do they experience the risk of violence at these remote water collection points,
but when women are late returning home and cannot prepare meals on time, domestic violence often
occurs. Additionally, children who are tasked with collecting water are often unable to attend
school. In the Kanombe Sector, there are many temporary or migrant residents that are unwilling
to invest in local development, and so this community has continued to suffer from a lack of
water access.

Mission: To solve problems facing women associated with lack of access to water by installing a
public water access point and offering trainings to men and women about women's rights.

Vision: That everyone in the community will have access to water. Men and women will realize the
negative effects of violence (triggered by issues like water), and domestic violence will end.

Project Activities: The project will construct a water distribution point, consisting of an
authorized tap into local water pipelines, a protective hut for the access point and holding
tanks. They will sell water to cover their ongoing costs, and then hold trainingson the
importance of clean water and violence against women. The training course will teach how women
are important to community and family development, will highlight how women in high positions
hav made valuable contributions to society, and will share ways that men and women can respect
one another. Over its first year, the water project will benefit 100 families and the trianing
will reach 30 couples.

Goals:
Men will respect women's rights.
Domestic violence will decrease.
Children will be on time for school.
People in the community will have access to clean water.
Physically disabled women will have access to free water.
People will have knowledge about the importance of clean wtaer, and learn the effects of using
dirty water.
Women will be able to teach others how clean water is important.
People will respect where water is colected.
Personal hygiene will increase.
Water related illness will be reduced.
Men and women will understand how water can be a trigger for domestric violence.