Partner: UNICEF
Year of Implementation: 2009
This project addressed the negative impacts of rapid urbanization on water-quality management and focused on practical, community-level solutions in four villages across Luxor and Gharbiya governorates. Working with UNICEF, Etijah aimed to identify effective strategies for both government and civil-society actors to improve local water conditions and protect children’s lives.
Etijah’s responsibilities included:
- Raising public awareness on domestic solid-waste management, household wastewater treatment, and agricultural-waste management.
- Producing “sillage” (livestock feed) from rice straw to reduce the environmental problems caused by leftover straw.
- Cooperating with UNICEF to establish four water-purifying stations.
The intervention combined behavior change, waste-to-resource practices, and infrastructure support to improve water quality and reduce related health risks at the community level.
Etijah implemented this project in collaboration with UNICEF