{"id":238078,"date":"2020-07-23T16:52:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=238078"},"modified":"2020-07-30T11:23:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T15:23:54","slug":"providing-latrines-in-the-southern-west-bank-providing-latrines-in-the-southern-west-bank-an-opt-humanitarian-fund-success-story","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/providing-latrines-in-the-southern-west-bank-providing-latrines-in-the-southern-west-bank-an-opt-humanitarian-fund-success-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Providing Latrines in the Southern West Bank: An oPt Humanitarian Fund Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Posted on\u00a023 July 2020<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n

An oPt Humanitarian Fund success story<\/h3>\n

\u201cFor many people, this might be simply a latrine. For us, women living here, it means the world.\u201d (Thurayya, a resident of Khirbet ar Ratheem)<\/em><\/h3>\n

Sanitation is a basic need, without which health, hygiene, privacy, safety and dignity are undermined. But for many Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank, access to sanitation is scarce.<\/p>\n

Like members of other Area C communities, people living in Khirbet ar Ratheem (southern Hebron) are restricted in their ability to build or rehabilitate basic structures. As a result, they have limited access to the most essential services, such as shelter, water, sanitation and education. But their main concern, according to an assessment conducted in 2019, is limited access to sanitation.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe Palestinian herding community of Khirbet ar Ratheem<\/h6>\n

Carried out by Action Against Hunger, the assessment showed that many community members used rudimentary or outdated latrines, if they were available at all. Women in particular reported that they often felt ashamed and embarrassed, when forced to go outside, especially in the winter, when the weather is cold, windy or rainy. Since the community is in an open and uninterrupted landscape, women and children needed to travel long distances to find suitable, private locations.<\/p>\n

Thurayya, a mother of three girls and five boys, recalls: \u201cThe girls usually needed to go in pairs and walk far distances to have some privacy… when the girls had their periods, it was the hardest: what is supposed to be a simple practice, in fact needed time, planning and efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nRudimentary latrine with no water, only standing walls for privacy, located a few hundred metres from the nearest home in the Palestinian community of Khirbet ar Ratheem.<\/strong><\/h6>\n

This situation changed in 2019. With funding received from the\u00a0Humanitarian Fund for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt HF)<\/a>\u00a0Action Against Hunger and the Rural Center for Sustainable Development (RCSD) installed 20 mobile latrines near the homes of such families, including five in Khirbet ar Ratheem. Thurayya\u2019s family was one of them. The latrines are designed to ensure maximum safety, privacy and dignity for their users.<\/p>\n

Now, all of Thurayya\u2019s family members have access to appropriate facilities, metres away from their home. As Thurayya testified: \u201cthe latrines have eliminated the embarrassment and risks… They are clean and nearby, and they maintain our privacy, so the need to go is no longer a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nNew latrine beside a home in Khirbet ar Ratheem community, connected to water, and serving one family<\/strong><\/h6>\n

* Thurayya\u2019s name has been changed to protect her privacy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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