Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene

According to World Vision, more than 80 percent of those lacking access to safe water and sanitation live in rural areas, especially in the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Resources available in this sub-theme include assessments of interagency collaboration in rural water and sanitation projects and assessments of rural water supply and emergency needs worldwide, among other resources that support the rural access to water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Resources

Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS)

Publication date:
April 27, 2017
This workshop offers an introduction to types of water sources and contamination, the water treatment process and household water treatment and safe storage options. It also addresses which criteria to consider when looking at different options within HWTS. You will have the opportunity to practice...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Household Water Treatment Chlorination- The Safe Water System

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
This resource is intended for public health professionals, community organizations, non-governmental organizations, and others interested in learning more about household water treatment using chlorination. Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Community Water Projects

The Coca-Cola Company
This map shows how Coca-Cola is working to help ensure the long-term availability of water, a critical resource to both local communities and Coca-Cola's operations. Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Global

Increasing school attendance by improving WASH access

Publication date:
July 1, 2016
Desert Research Institute
July 22 2016, TAMALE, GHANA – More than 70-percent of households in Northern Ghana have no access to toilets and fewer than 15-percent of those Ghanaian households have handwashing facilities, according to the recent UNICEF statistics. Lack of access to improved water, saniation and hygiene (WASH)...Read more
Regional/Country focus:
Ghana
Sub-Saharan Africa

Water: At What Cost? - The State of the World’s Water 2016 (ENGLISH)

Publication date:
March 22, 2016
WaterAid
Today, more than 650 million people are living without access to an ‘improved’ source of drinking water. The price paid by these communities – in wasted income, ill-health, and lost productivity – is extremely high, and has a devastating impact from the family to the national level. This report...Read more

Our approach to WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region

Publication date:
November 1, 2016
World Vision
This two-page document summarises World Vision's strategic drivers and approaches for WASH in the Middle East and Eastern Europe Region. The second page includes summaries and links to more detail about World Vision's WASH work in specific countries in the region.�Read more

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