World Vision Zambia has extensive experience in implementing various donor-funded water, sanitation and hygiene programmes in communities and refugee settlements. With an average annual budget of US$4 million, World Vision Zambia’s WASH programme addresses goal number 6 of the SDGs, which is to ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. We have been implementing the Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme (iWASH) since 2008 to improve the health status of mothers and children under the age of 5. The programme focus is on the following three outcomes.

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Access to clean water is a milestone in rural Mozambique where communities must walk long distances to find this vital resource to secure daily needs. World Vision-Moçambique, through Educating Children Together – Phase III (ECT-3) project, implemented in the districts of Muecate and Nacarôa, in Nampula province, has managed to provide safe water to 160 schools in both districts.

The goal of the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) in Healthcare Facilities project was to provide 100% of 40 healthcare facilities in the Kolokani and Koro districts in Mali with sustainable WASH services. This project used an integrated approach in collaboration with community members, local government, and health/WASH partners that were operating in the programme areas. At the end of the project, 34 healthcare facilities, including 33 community-based health centres and one district hospital, received the WASH package that met national and World Health Organization (WHO) Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT) standards.  Due to insecurity in Koro district affecting six health facilities, World Vision was unable to implement the Clean Clinic Approach (an initiative to promote safe care practices and accountability in healthcare facilities) as well as improve long-term WASH facilities there. Instead, these six health centers received a short-term WASH package and stakeholder capacity building.

In West Africa, World Vision has been implementing WASH interventions since 1985 focusing on development and fragile contexts. Our goal is to provide clean water and sanitation to everyone in every community where we work – including those in hardest-to-reach places.