Assistant (e) WASH

It was established in 1946 by the UN General Assembly as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. It was in 1953 that it became a permanent agency. UNICEF supports governments in long-term programmes to improve children’s quality of life: health, immunization and nutrition, health prevention, primary education, especially difficult situations. UNICEF mobilizes political will and material resources to help countries, especially developing countries, prioritize children, and strengthen their capacity to formulate appropriate policies and services for children and families. UNICEF works with all its partners to achieve the sustainable human development goals set by the global community and the ideal of peace and social progress enshrined in the United Nations Charter. UNICEF works in some of the most challenging parts of the world to reach the most disadvantaged children, save their lives, defend their rights and help them realize their potential. In 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works for every child, young person, everywhere and every day to build a better world for all. For every child, every young person, a future! The situation of access to water, hygiene and sanitation services remains precarious. République Central African Republic. Worsened by conflict and natural disasters, access to basic water services and sanitation facilities deteriorated, reaching 37% (rural: 28.1%) and 14.1% (rural: 5.9%) respectively in 2020. A quarter of the population uses open defecation (rural: 39%). Only 16 per cent of primary schools have access to basic water and 41 per cent to sanitation, putting children at risk of childhood diseases and malnutrition. The main bottlenecks are limited institutional capacity, limited funding and low community involvement. In response to this, the vision of the UNICEF CAR country programme is that all children, girls and boys in République Central African Republic, especially the most vulnerable, fully benefit from quality, inclusive and sustainable basic social services in a protected environment. The security and socio-political situation has improved, but it remains fragile. Humanitarian needs remain high. UNICEF, as the lead agency of the WASH Cluster, supports the coordination of water, sanitation and hygiene actors to ensure an effective humanitarian response that is harmonized and in line with international standards. In this context, UNICEF intends to recruit a consultant to support the function of Coordinator of the WASH Cluster and to participate in the humanitarian response. Under the supervision of the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Section Manager, the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Assistant (WASH) should support the strategic and operational coordination of the WASH Cluster as well as the humanitarian response, in order to ensure an effective, equitable and quality response to the needs of the affected populations. The specific tasks will be: Living conditions and remarks CAR is a post-conflict country. Since 2013, there has been a bloody conflict between the Seleka (a Muslim-dominated rebel coalition) and the Anti-Balaka (a Christian-dominated coalition), in almost the entire territory of the country. Fearing the risk of genocide, the United Nations has decided to send peacekeepers into the country to protect civilians and bring peace, imposing an arms embargo on the country. As the fighting has ended, there are still some areas of the country where armed men continue to carry out attacks on villages, private individuals and even NGO and United Nations personnel. Following the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation signed on 6 February 2018 between the 14 armed groups and the Government of CAR, the State has begun the deployment of its services in particular, the Armed Forces, police, gendarmerie, justice in several regions of the country. According to the country’s authorities and partners, 100% of the territory is under state control. The situation has changed considerably and the country is entering the development and recovery phase. The CAR has only one international airport (Bangui-M’Poko) which provides all air links with the outside and regions of the country. There are airfields in the 16 capitals of each prefecture, as well as in some major sub-prefectures. The road network is very poor, since there is only one main road connecting the CAR to Cameroon, via Bouar, which is bituminous. Two seasons alternate the climate in CAR. A dry season and a rainy season spread over 6 months each. The most feared disease is malaria, which kills many people every year. The hotel network is growing rapidly, but remains very expensive. In terms of food, there are Bangui and in some major cities of the country a wide variety of local and imported products. But access to these products is not the same across the country. All these difficulties make the cost of living more expensive. It is the same for services such as banks, hospitals, electricity, water, etc., whose access is very limited and focuses only on the Bangui, the capital. However, it is possible to find on site the necessary according to needs. Declaration of Inclusion

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