Effective Management of Freshwater Through WASH

Effective Management of Freshwater Through WASH

A WORKSHOP for the Tokelau participant look to provide strategy to better manage freshwater on island. The water from the rain is Tokelau's only source of freshwater.

Funded under the Australia’s International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (ICCAI) in collaboration with Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to provide Tokelau participants support.

The workshop provided participants with initiative of how it could counter climate change impacts and ways on how to best preserve water during extreme weather events and daily livelihood.

The participants were put through several interlinked activities addressing key priority areas identified for Tokelau, including improving water resource assessment and monitoring capabilities; improved drinking water quality and safety; enhancing rainwater harvesting and strengthening governance frameworks.

Workshop highlighted areas on Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). It's an initial step towards empowering members from each of the three atolls, Nukunonu, Atafu and Fakaofo to be able to carry out WASH activities in the communities and schools.

The aim was to reduce the impact of waste on water resources and improve community health outcomes. These included activities such as media programmes and development of information support materials.

The training also features some of the activities that need to be undertaken in order to strengthen the water governance framework through Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).

These inter-linked activities include introduction to the concepts on drinking water safety planning (DWSP), water quality monitoring, gender mainstreaming in WASH and water security issues faced in Tokelau.

The participants will be returning to Tokelau next week with the view to convey the key messages and commence implementing some of the key activities in their villages.

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