Realizing its commitment to providing universal access to sanitation, the Government of Indonesia aims to shift from open defecation free into safely managed sanitation as the national plan for sanitation is targeting to provide 15% of the population with access to safely managed sanitation. Based on the Statistics Bureau, in 2019, there are 77.44% households that have access to sanitation in Indonesia with 7.5% of […]
In rural Viet Nam, 20 per cent of the population still do not have access to basic drinking water services, leading to leaving children vulnerable to diarrhoea, dysentery, typhoid and other water-borne diseases. Following Cambodia’s example, Viet Nam has invested in the production and distribution of ceramic filters to address the issue of water access, particularly in the rural areas. Led by the Ministry of […]
Since 2016, significant progress has been made in ensuring Water Sanitation and Hygiene services (WinS) in Indonesia. The Ministry of Education (MoEC) published a WinS SDG profile and WinS Roadmap in 2017. The WinS SDG profile set the baseline for some of the indicators of SDG target 4.a.1: proportion of school with access to: (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) […]
This flagship case of the ASCEND initiative is a government-led initiative on a regional standardization/ certification process for WASH in Emergencies (WiE) related trainings amongst member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with support from the Development Partners including UNICEF. The initiative is an effort to ensure a universally accepted competency standards, certification and a mechanism to facilitate the movement and mobilization […]
On 7 April 2020, Tropical Cyclone (TC) Harold caused major infrastructure damage to 43% (128/298) of schools and 47% (164/349) of ECCE (early childhood care and education) centres in Vanuatu’s Sanma, Malampa and Penama provinces1. Pentecost, in Penama province, was among the hardest hit with all of the 23 schools in central and southern zones reported as majorly damaged. Along with efforts to rehabilitate school WASH infrastructure to ensure […]
A very centralized Department of Education (DepED) in the Philippines adopted a decentralized approach by giving all the responsibilities to school principals to adjust the school’s needs and implement a phased approach of the WASH in Schools programme. Since Typhoon Haiyan’s emergency response, addressing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) needs has become a priority for the Education Officials at division, province and national levels. The […]
A preliminary assessment was conducted to assess the need of governments to provide sustainable financing for safely managed sanitation in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in line with the new National Medium-Term Development Plan (Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional, the RPJMN) 2020-2024. The assessment started by identifying various funding options from a range of countries and assessing their transferability to Indonesia according […]
Through Community Based Total Sanitation (known in Bahasa as Sanitasi Total Berbasis Masyaralat or STBM), many rural communities in Aceh province in Indonesia have been supported to eliminate Open Defecation (OD). However, achieving Open Defecation Free (ODF) still remains a challenge for many residents. This technical paper presents the results of a study on open defecation practices in rural Aceh that was hit by a […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the restriction of movement and closure of borders in many locations in Myanmar. This coupled with lack of access and mobility to certain areas for security reasons posed challenges to monitor handwashing interventions. In response, UNICEF developed a real time remote monitoring tool for handwashing facility distribution and installation using RapidPro, a free, open source software that allows users to […]
Social media has become a surprisingly useful and effective tool in advancing Vanuatu’s national WASH in Schools (WinS) program. In late 2019, Vanuatu’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) created the WASH in Schools Vanuatu - WOSH insaet long ol Skul Vanuatu Facebook group as a tool for schools to showcase their WASH activities. With increasing access to low-cost or free Facebook data and internet […]
O funcionamento das estações de lodo fecal e de tratamento de águas residuais raramente é desenvolvido como descrito em manual ou livro didático. No entanto, pouco foi documentado sobre os desafios práticos da vida real dos envolvidos. Essa lacuna limita a capacidade dos planejadores e tomadores de decisão de tomar as decisões de investimento certas. Essa coleção de estudos de caso torna acessível as experiências e realidades enfrentadas pelas pessoas […]
La operación de las plantas de tratamiento de lodos fecales y aguas residuales rara vez se desarrolla como se describe en un manual o libro de texto. Sin embargo, poco se ha documentado sobre los desafíos prácticos de la vida real involucrados. Esta brecha limita la capacidad de los planificadores y tomadores de decisiones para tomar las decisiones de inversión correctas. Esta recopilación de casos prácticos hace accesibles las […]
Improvements to sanitation and hygiene are known to reduce the transmission of the poliovirus. This field note reports the experience of implementing Afghan Context Community Led Total Sanitation (AC-CLTS) in an urban context within an integrated polio eradication project targeted to high-risk polio districts. The Ministry of Public Health, provincial Department of Public Health and UNICEF implemented an urban variant of AC-CLTS in two slums […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives since early 2020. Children suffer especially under the outbreak, as it is estimated that, globally, over one billion school children are staying home (as at June 2020) with a high number of children not continuing their education online. Nevertheless, the COVID-19 outbreak has been addressed and controlled in some countries, and gradually workplaces, public spaces and schools are […]
The document discusses SAAHAS's scale of rural intervention, its focus areas and success stories.
Presentation at the SANCOP meeting on 29 June 2021
Presentation at the SANCOP meeting on 29 June 2021
Presentation at the SANCOP meeting on 29 June 2021
Presentation at the SANCOP meeting on 29 June 2021
SanCop Zoom Webinar Plan 18th June 2020 (9.30-11.15am) “Managing Uncertainty from COVID-19 in the UK WASH Sector: Reflections from SanCoP”