Sphere WASH Standards

Sphere WASH Standards
1. WASH Forum, 15. Nov. 2013, Bremen
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Outline
•  Explain the philosophy and
approach of the Sphere
Project
•  Introduce the use of the
Sphere handbook to address
WASH related problems
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
The Sphere Initiative
Who worked with the Sphere Handbook before?
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-­‐Unfall-­‐Hilfe e.V. Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer Information about Sphere Handbook 2011
•  The Sphere community involves international and national NGOs,
UN agencies, funding partners, governments, advocacy groups,
community-based organizations and individual actors around the
world
•  wide consultation within the humanitarian sector for 2 years and a
half
•  network–like nature (650 experts, 300 organizations, 20
countries)
•  production in several languages, free of charge on the internet:
http://www.sphereproject.org
•  You can subscribe to a monthly Sphere Newsletter under
http://www.sphereproject.org/enewsletters/
•  An e-learning course is available as well as targeted in-house
courses
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Sphere Humanitarian Charter (p. 21)
•  the right to life with dignity
•  the right to receive
humanitarian assistance
•  the right to protection and
security
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Core Principle (of International Human Rights law)
Everyone has a right to life with dignity, including food,
water, sanitation and hygiene, housing, clothing, basic
education and medical care
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Specific outline of chapters on standards
Minimum Standards:
- the minimum level to be attained in humanitarian response
- facilitate planning
Key Actions:
- are practical suggestions to attain the minimum standards
- some actions may not be applicable in all contexts
Key Indicators:
- serve as “signals” that show whether a standard has been
attained
Guidance Notes:
- provide guidance on tackling practical difficulties, benchmarks or
advice on priority and cross – cutting themes
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Sphere Handbook, page 82
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Water supply
Minimum standard
Access and water quantity
All people have safe and equitable access to a sufficient
quantity of water for drinking, cooking and personal and
domestic hygiene. Public water points are sufficiently
close to households to enable use of the minimum water
requirement.
From Guidance notes:
Key indicators:
Water Supply – average of 15 liters of water per person
per day
The maximum distance from any household to nearest
water point is 500 meters
Queuing time no more than 30 minutes
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Water Supply - “average use is at least 15 liters of water
per person per day”
So… 20,000 people would need 20,000 X 15 liters = 300,000 liters per day. This
amounts to a storage container of 300 cubic meters. That is to say a cube of
water 6m x 7m x7m.
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
What does this mean for planning and programming?
300 cu. m. =… 10 X 30,000 liter bladder tanks or
30 X 10 m ton water tankers
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Water quality
Minimum standard
Water is palatable and of sufficient quality to be drunk and
used for cooking and personal and domestic hygiene
without causing risk to health.
Key indicators:
There are no faecal coliforms per 100ml of water at the
point of delivery.
All people drink water from a protected or treated source
in preference to other readily available water sources.
There is no outbreak of water-borne or water-related
diseases.
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Excreta disposal
Standard 1: Environment free from human faeces
Standard 2: Appropriate and adequate toilet facilities Key Indicators:
Toilets are appropriately designed, built and located to meet
the following requirements:
•  They can be used safely by all sections of the population.
•  They provide a degree of privacy.
•  They are sufficiently easy to use and keep clean.
•  They do not present a health hazard to the environment.
•  They allow for the disposal of women’s menstrual hygiene
materials
•  They minimize fly and mosquito breeding.
•  They are provided with appropriate mechanisms to empty
them.
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Dr. Oliver Hoffmann, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V.
Public Health Advisor and Sphere Trainer
Sphere Training of the Johanniter-Team, Pakistan
Thank you.
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