''The repair work and upgrades carried out will improve the lives of some 2,400 people," said Mary Werntz, head of the ICRC delegation in Kathmandu. "The new pipelines and improved sanitation facilities will result in a cleaner and more healthful environment for local people."

The projects provided three Dailekh communities with over 9,000 metres of new pipeline, upgrades to existing pipelines, seven water tanks, 24 tapstands, and over 20 school sanitation facilities. In addition, information was provided on how to maintain adequate personal hygiene.

Families displaced from the three communities had received assistance from the ICRC and the Dailekh chapter of the Nepal Red Cross during the conflict period. Upon their return to their homes, they discovered that their water supply network had been damaged during the conflict and was in urgent need of repair.

The ICRC and the Nepal Red Cross have been providing water and sanitation facilities for victims of the armed conflict since 2004. Now that the conflict is over, the ICRC is gradually phasing down its water and sanitation activities and transferring its projects to the communities. In 2007, the ICRC handed over a completed water project in Jumla district.