On World Water Day, March 22, 2021, USAID announced its second annual Water Warrior Awards, which recognizes the value of its water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) leads who work on the front lines with local partners and communities.
Haiti’s decentralized water utilities across the country are intended to operate as self-reliant business units. However, an absence of information management has hindered efficient operations and revenue collection.
Despite the demonstrated health, economic, social, and environmental benefits that sanitation improvements provide, governments consistently underfund and place a low priority on sanitation.
This year’s Global Water and Development Report of Water and Sanitation Activities explores USAID water, sanitation, and hygiene programming two years into the implementation of the
USAID Water and Sanitation Project is supporting Haitian communities in Haiti to gain access to sustainable water supply services (CTEs) and Sustainable sanitation services.
The USAID Water and Sanitation (WASH) project works to build the capacity and increase the number of people with access to basic drinking water services.
When the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, the country had just undertaken a massive reform of its water sector. The recovery from the initial disaster and subsequent cholera outbreak shifted the focus from structural reform to disaster response.