Ethiopia - WASH KAP and Coverage Survey in Refugee Sites – Gambella Region Kule, 2017

Gambella region is one of the nine regional states of Ethiopia, the region is located in the western part of the country and has international boundary with South Sudan. The region total population is approximately 328,271. Following south Sudanese conflict the region hosts 397,455 South Sudanese refugees in seven different refugee camps located in the Gambella regional state.The aim of this study is to measure the performance of intervention against the project indicator and thereby determine the outcome as a result of project implementation in the community of Kule refugee Camp.A community based cross sectional quantitative survey was conducted among households of Kule refugee camp from 11-15 December 2017, a total of 384 households were interviewed. Data was collected by using UNHCR standard questionnaire. The questionnaire contains specific questions that provide answers to measurable indicators under current grants for core performance indicators of the International Rescue Committee (IRC).Regarding the latrine coverage and utilization, it shows improvement but still some parts of people use open defecation, in particular children. Knowledge of the community towards hand washing is good but during observation of availability of hand washing facilities most households had no specific place for hand washing.