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Stockholm World Water Week is the leading conference on global water, championing cooperation across sectors and national boundaries. This year’s theme is Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World. World Water Week is an inclusive meeting place to foster collaboration, inspire…
Mr. John Dunam, Director, USAID/South Sudan Political Office, joined DT Global officials and local citizenry to inaugurate several new important community and sanitation centers in Chukudum town, Budi County, Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. DT Global implements two USAID projects in South…
It is estimated that two billion people—a quarter of the world’s population—live without access to safe, sanitary toilets. To achieve SDG 6.2 (‘Achieving access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030’) investment must quadruple.
However, current subsidy and demand…
From accelerating water services through public-private partnerships in Tajikistan to building climate-resilient solar water systems in Kenya, the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) water security, sanitation, and hygiene (WSSH) portfolio can look very different in different places…
The Subwatershed Population Tool (link is external) allows users to quickly estimate the population living in a given subwatershed at the Pfafstetter 6 level. Users can simply click any location on the map or enter coordinates to get an estimate of the number of people living in a given…
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From accelerating water services through public-private partnerships in Tajikistan to building climate-resilient solar water systems in Kenya, the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) water security, sanitation, and hygiene (WSSH) portfolio can look very different in different places. In order to bring together the global impact of USAID’s work, it is a requirement for USAID-funded activities to report on a set of standard indicators, as applicable. These indicators complement activity-specific custom indicators and allow USAID and the American people to track progress toward targets, explore our impact, and capture the story of American investments in global water security.
From accelerating water services through public-private partnerships in Tajikistan to building climate-resilient solar water systems in Kenya, the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) water security, sanitation, and hygiene (WSSH) portfolio can look very different in different…
Blockmakers at a workshop making blocks and sanitation products.
Photo credit: James Winter, USAID
Improving household access to safe latrines is crucial, especially in areas like Avrankou, Benin, where open defecation rates are alarmingly high, and individuals often have to travel long distances to find a toilet.
To address this issue, USAID is implementing the West Africa Municipal Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (MuniWASH) Activity. As part of this initiative, USAID is training local entrepreneurs on how to build, promote, and install latrines. The training includes not only technical guidance on latrine construction but also workshops on marketing strategies, attracting customers, and maintaining business records. This approach aims to increase the availability of high-quality latrines in communities while providing income opportunities for local small businesses.
Toussaint, sanitation micro-entrepreneur, and Jules Hountondji, WASH Lead for USAID/Benin.…
CIRCLE OF LIFE: A worker in Nairobi collects waste from a toilet developed by the startup Sanergy. The waste will later be converted to fertilizer and bio-gas.
Photo Credit: Nestlé
When considering urban sources of greenhouse gas emissions, sanitation is not usually the first sector that comes to mind. Transportation, sure. Electricity generation, certainly. But not waste treatment. And yet, one study showed that up to half of the greenhouse gas emissions emitted from Kampala, Uganda could be traced to sanitation. This is because methane–a gas that is created from the breakdown of fecal matter–has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the short-term. If fecal sludge is not treated properly, methane is released into the atmosphere.
Because of all the health challenges that result from poor sanitation, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has long supported efforts to expand safely managed sanitation. USAID is broadening this work to…
Globally, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) plays a key role in addressing issues related to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). USAID partners with governments, the private sector, civil society, and other stakeholders to improve access to safe, clean water and sanitation services. USAID’s investments in improving WASH saves lives by engaging with partner countries to plan, finance, and deliver safe water and sanitation services for women, children, and families, while sustainably managing water resources. Over the last ten years, USAID has contributed to 21 million people globally gaining access to basic drinking water.
In India, USAID partners with the Government of India’s (GOI) Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in achieving their targets related to Atal Mission For Rejuvenation And Urban Transformation 2.0 and the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0. USAID’s engagement with the GOI focuses on moving beyond the achievement of open defecation-free status…