This guideline has been developed for MUS projects in Zimbabwe. It aims to help addressing water for livelihoods in a structured way in different steps of the project cycle. It is geared towards district level staff, who work on the provision of water supply to rural communities.It provides tools and methods which can be used as complement to existing guidelines for WASH project, to specifically include livelihoods. This guide consists of three parts:

Part 1: conceptual framework. This part aims to define key concepts in relation to water and livelidhoods

Part 2: addressing water and livelihoods in the project cycle.

Part 3: tools and methods. This part provides tools and methods that can be used in the planning process