Western Kenya Sanitation Project (WKSP)
Felix stands outside his hardware store. Felix is a participant in USAID’s training to increase the availability and use of more durable, safe, and affordable sanitation products and services in Kenya. Photo credit: Marian Siljeholm/USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project
Activity Description
USAID’s Western Kenya Sanitation Project (WKSP) works in eight target counties (Kisumu, Siaya, Migori, Homabay, Bungoma, Kakamega, Kisii, Busia) to create a sustainable, locally owned sanitation marketplace.
Activity Objectives
- Increase access to and uptake of market-based, improved sanitation and fecal sludge management (FSM) products and services
- Increase access to and uptake of market-based, improved menstrual hygiene management (MHM) products and services at the household level
- Increased availability of sanitation products and services
- Expanded sales and marketing channels reaching potential customers
- Increased financing for sanitation and MHM businesses from both public and private resources
- Increases in the number of women and youth engaged in sanitation and hygiene businesses and of women-led enterprises in the WASH sector
WKSP engages with government representatives and a range of other stakeholders to ensure inclusivity, innovation, and sustainability in sanitation and MHM products and services. The Activity has adapted the “catalyze and transform” methodology to mobilize entrepreneurs to enter the sanitation marketplace while strengthening small-scale service providers’ capacity to expand operations and practices.
Related Links
- Fact Sheet: Western Kenya Sanitation Project
- RTI’s Activity page
- USAID/Kenya Agriculture, Food and Water Security page
- WKSP documents on the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse.
- Kenya | GlobalWaters.org
