Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Mahmood immediately went to work to pass on the lessons he had learnt. He found a water container, cleaned it out, tied a string with a piece of rope to the bottle opening and made a tippy tap, just as he had learned in the WaSH lessons back home. He hung the tippy tap on a ladder near his nephew’s latrine.
Children’s lives are improved through WaSH
In the areas where our WaSH (water, sanitation and hygiene) project is running, we find very high child mortality rates due to lack of basic sanitation facilities and the lack of knowledge about hygiene and disease prevention.
Clean and Healthy Water
Our WaSH (water, sanitation and hygiene) project staff support volunteer community trainers to reach their families and neighbours with life-saving messages about hand washing, safe water and safe faecal disposal.
Sharing Ideas and Building Community
Mahmood immediately went to work to pass on the lessons he had learnt. He found a water container, cleaned it out, tied a string with a piece of rope to the bottle opening and made a tippy tap,
Empowering Communities
It was exciting to see their desire and willingness to work together, and the initiative they took to help one another and to ensure clean water for their community.
Hygiene Knowledge Impacts a Village
Besides hygiene and sanitation, Azad also learned how to obtain clean water through solar water disinfection.