Water, Sanitation & Hygiene – WASH

Water is a vital resource, indispensable to life, essential for overall economic and social development of a country. Access to safe water is considered an inalienable right for its people, thus making its provision a top priority of the Government of Pakistan. Water is an essential element for our survival. However rapid population growth, urbanization and unsustainable water consumption practices have placed immense stress on the quality as well as the quantity of water resources in the country.

The provision of safe water, sanitation and hygienic conditions is also essential in protecting human health during all infectious disease outbreaks, including the COVID-19 outbreak. Ensuring good and consistently applied WASH and waste management practices in communities, homes, schools, marketplaces, prisons and health care facilities will further help to prevent human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 virus. One of the most cost-effective strategies for increasing pandemic preparedness, especially in resource-constrained settings, is investing in core public health infrastructure, including water and sanitation systems. Good WASH and waste management practices, that are consistently applied, serve as barriers to human-to-human transmission of the COVID-19 virus in homes, communities, health care facilities, schools, and other public spaces.

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• Poor and vulnerable communities
• Riverine Communities
• Women, children, youth & specially abled persons
• Students

• Social Mobilization
• Promotion of volunteerism
• Awareness Raising
• Advocacy and Lobbying
• Networking and Coordination
• Capacity Building

Safe drinking water family club will be formed in all the targeted communities and people will share their experiences, challenges and constraints alongside achievements. clubs formed in each community separately for men and women. Members of the club meet once in a month and discuss about the quality of water, water borne disease and ways they learnt during community sessions regarding purifying water and making it safe for drinking. Safe drinking water family clubs formed consisting of 70 members each to highlight the problems of their respective villages and prioritize the solutions as well after brain storming.