While high-level political WASH commitments are in place globally, regionally and nationally, a number of barriers exist which exacerbate the struggle to turn policy and commitments into operational and actionable plans, and these in turn into improvements in access for the poor and marginalized. In alignment with existing African and South Asian commitments (for example, the EThekwini and Sanitation and Water for All - High Level Meeting commitments), WaterAid campaigns in West Africa, Ghana, and India, to elevate sanitation as a national political priority and improve the effectiveness of public investments by national governments and international donors in these countries.
The project continually supports policy-focused sanitation campaigns in West Africa and South Asia and to ensure accountability for the effective implementation of the WSH-related Sustainable Development Goals
Capacity developmentCommunity sanitationPublic awareness, advocacy and civil society engagement Health and hygienePolitical processes and institutional aspectsSpecific to one or several countriesEnabling environment and institutional strengtheningBill & Melinda Gates FoundationOther funding source or unspecifiedJournalistsPoliticians and local decision makersInternational NGO
Burkina FasoGhanaIndiaLiberiaMaliNigerNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneUnited States
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