Current Status

WORKSHOPS

MAPPING

• Selection of pilot sites followed development of detail map with administrative boundaries, agricultural areas, channel flow, road network and polluter pin points.

AWARENESS RAISED

• Three language flyers; English, Sinhala, Tamil and one local poster have developed with the objective of introducing project for the audience such as government officers, national level stakeholders, citizens, farmers, donors and INGO.

DOCUMENTATION

• Background Report for the Kurunegla has been developed by collecting and collating secondary information of the city population, sanitary details, agricultural situation, ethnicity, education, income sources, water sources, infrastructure information etc. This report became as a successful effort of documentation majority of information hinder within many individual organization or people without comprise to an affordable source.

LEARNING ALLIANCES

• Foundation of the LA is Focus Group Discussions (FGD) have held with stakeholders; farmers and slum dwellers. Capacity built for later clustering and stakeholder analysis was the main objective.
• Building Networks for Waste Management for Agriculture and Environmental Sanitation workshop with government officers and NGO represents was conducted on 26th October in Industrial Service Bureau Auditorium.
• Workshop with grass root level government officers (Public Health Inspectors, Grama Niladari, Samurdhi Development Officers) on the establishment of network was conducted on 1st December in Kurunegala.

SURVEYS

• Household survey was conducted covering each and every household in the slum community. Used tool was a survey questionnaire with one to one discussions. Collected demographic details were analysis and developed Wilgoda Slum Community Survey Report.
• Baseline Water Quality Survey has conducted along two channels; Wan Ela and Beu Ela in ten sampling points with IWMI, Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Medical Research Institute and University of Peradeniya. There are three main objectives for water quality monitoring; to monitor the quality of water in drainage channels from the city to enable us to consider the possible health and environmental risks posed to the communities live around the project area, to investigate the suitability of the water for use in agriculture, particularly in relation to the levels of nutrients and substances (such as heavy metals or salinity) that may damage crops and to monitor the impacts of project interventions in terms of improved water quality.