Baseline Survey for the Guatemalan Highlands Rural Water and Sanitation Project
To achieve project goals and objectives, 200 potable water systems and 24,000 domestic latrines will be constructed. to complement the provision of water and sanitation activities, a sanitary/health education component will be implemented on a sustainable basis by the communities served. Six hundred community health workers (CHWs) will be trained to provide sanitary/health education messages to their peers on a permanent basis. Institutional health personnel will support the CHWs to ensure that educational messages reach the target audience. Sanitary health education will be provided in Spanish, or in the language or languages spoken by the populations served.