The WASH program is dedicated to increasing access to clean water and improved sanitation in households, communities, and schools, with a focus on women and female youth as key drivers of these interventions. In areas such as islands where conventional water access technologies are challenging, the program employs innovative methods, such as rainwater harvesting and prioritizing borehole construction near schools, to ensure sustainable water supply. The program also enhances maintenance through the training of repair committees and water user groups, fostering self-governance in water management. In sanitation, eco-friendly technologies like ecosan are promoted, along with improved faecal management techniques to encourage latrine use and faecal matter reuse as manure. WASH sensitization efforts are further strengthened through community dialogues, campaigns, and creative methods like music, dance, and sports to promote behavioral change. Capacity building, skilling, and the development of WASH businesses, including faecal treatment centers, are integral to the program’s strategy for sustainable water and sanitation management, with an emphasis on engaging youth and supporting self-advocacy for increased WASH services.
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Water
Access to water is improved by employing diverse technologies like rain water harvesting tanks, boreholes and sky hydrants, to increase access to water at household and community level including schools. To complement approaches to increase access to water, maintenance is enhanced through skilling of repair committees and strengthening self-governance by training water user committees and communities.
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Sanitation
Access to sanitation is improved by promoting appropriate technologies such as ecosan to increase access to sanitation at households and communities including schools. Additionally approaches to empty latrines to sustain use are strengthened through improved faecal management and communities are trained on re-use of faecal matter as manure to motivate emptying. Self-governance of communal facilities is harnessed by capacity building of the various toilet user committees and the entire communities. WASH sensitisation, community dialogues, WASH campaigns, use of music dance and drama; sports are key strategies to promote behavioural change on WASH.
