Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
According to the Centers for Disease Control, global access to safe water, adequate sanitation, and proper hygiene education can reduce illness and death from disease, leading to improved health, poverty reduction, and socio-economic development. However, many countries are challenged to provide these basic necessities to their populations, leaving people at risk for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)-related diseases. Resources available within this theme offer information on providing access to safe water and appropriate sanitation facilities, and introducing sound hygiene behaviors.
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Resources
Case Study: Increasing Safe Water Consumption in Ghana Through Pipeline-Connected Remote Kiosks
Foundation Center
Safe Water Network has been active in Ghana since 2009, when it established five water systems in peri-urban areas there. Based on research that found a steep decline in household penetration based on distance from a water station, SWN began installing 'remote kiosks' ''...Read more
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GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaHaiti - Success Story: Helping Communities Rebuild, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a success story showcasing the effort to help communities in Haiti rebuild after the 2010 earthquake.Read more
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HaitiLatin America and the CaribbeanProject Activities Completion Report: Rural Water and Sanitation
U.S. Agency for International Development
PACR of a project (1980-89) to provide potable water and sanitation systems in rural Honduras. The targeted 430 water systems were completed, and 420 are working satisfactorily; watershed deterioration is to blame for those not functioning. However, the water delivered by these functioning systems...Read more
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HondurasLatin America and the CaribbeanCase Study: Water.Org and PepsiCo Foundation Supporting Safe and Clean Water With Microcredit Markets in India
Foundation Center
From 2006-2009, The PepsiCo Foundation committed $4.1 million to support Water.org's MicroCredit Initiative in India. Through this program, PepsiCo Foundation seeks a market-based approach to the global water crisis by expanding the micro-loan market to individuals and families in India's...Read more
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IndiaSouth East AsiaIndonesia - Success Story: Humanitarian Transportation Bridge Enables Tsunami Response to Remote Islands, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012
U.S. Agency for International Development
This is a success story showcasing a humanitarian transportation bridge built to enable tsunami response to remote islands in Indonesia.Read more
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IndonesiaEast Asia and PacificImpact Evaluation of a Large-Scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia
Foundation Center
This impact evaluation assesses the results of Indonesian Total Sanitation and Sanitation Marketing (TSSM) program. Unlike many RCTs that are carried out on pilot programs, it looks at an intervention that has been implemented at scale and led by the government under real-world conditions,...Read more
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IndonesiaEast Asia and PacificCase Study: School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Plus (SWASH+) Community Impact Program: Research for Policy Changes
Foundation Center
Since 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has supported the Sustaining and Scaling School Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Plus Community Impact program (SWASH+) in Kenya, contributing $9.5 million to CARE for the 5-year project. The initiative is an action-research and advocacy project...Read more
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KenyaSub-Saharan AfricaReal Impact: Senegal the Water and Development Alliance
U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentThe Coca-Cola Company
USAID's Real Impact series highlights examples of water sector projects around the world. Each case example provides from-the-field insights about successful approaches, challenges faced, and lessons learned.Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaMicrobes Increasingly Viewed as Water Quality Threat
The National Institutes for Water Resources
Many U.S. citizens believe that thanks to our advanced technology and enlightened public policy we can consume without risk the food and water that are readily available to most of us, as citizens of a rich and privileged country. Some of those who subscribe to this buoyant and comforting attitude...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaA Note on Gender Issues in the Provision of Improved Potable Water Supplies in Developing Countries
U.S. Agency for International Development
There is renewed recognition in the international community of the importance of improved water and sanitation to people in both rural and urban areas in developing countries. Read more
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