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Note from the field: Mapping progress and the challenges ahead in Sierra Leone
Making the transition from humanitarian emergency programming to long-term development is not easy. The challenge for WASH practitioners in Sierra Leone is to ensure basic services can be delivered efficiently, sustainably, and ‘at scale’. Between December 2011 and April 2012 the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MEWR) mapped more than 28,000 water points. The mapping survey revealed that more than a third of water points constructed are non-functioning and 40 per cent function only on a seasonal basis. The three challenges now for government are to ensure visually mapped data can be kept updated, fund gaps in coverage, and deliver sustainable services before a second water-point mapping survey in 2014.
Making the transition from humanitarian emergency programming to long-term development is not easy. The challenge for WASH practitioners in Sierra Leone is to ensure basic services can be delivered efficiently, sustainably, and ‘at scale’. Between December 2011 and April 2012 the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MEWR) mapped more than 28,000 water points. The mapping survey revealed that more than a third of water points constructed are non-functioning and 40 per cent function only on a seasonal basis. The three challenges now for government are to ensure visually mapped data can be kept updated, fund gaps in coverage, and deliver sustainable services before a second water-point mapping survey in 2014.
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