Cooperative Agreement # AID-660-A-14-00003 –“Community Water, Sanitation & Hygiene in Kasenga, DRC” – DGP Sanitation Program, M/OAA/GRO/EGAS- DGP-10-001May 20th, 2015
FiledMay 20th, 2015The ‘Community Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (CWASH)’ project is implemented in Kasenga Health Zone, which has a population of approximately 133,500 people spread over 13 health areas. CWASH is a three-year project designed around a program hypothesis that lack of potable water supply and poor sanitation and hygiene can best be solved by matching direct improvements to community, school and household infrastructure with an effective community mobilization effort. Such an effort must ensure citizen ownership of the process, management and sustainability of locating, creating and maintaining water points. It must also lead the entire population to understand and recognize the vital need for proper sanitation and hygiene to prevent disease and improve living standards.