Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability 2 (WASHPaLS #2)

Operational research and technical assistance to enhance WASH programming effectiveness

Celebrating World Toilet Day. During World Toilet Day celebrations, the BRAC women hold sanitation products, such as SATO pans. Photo credit: Dorothy Nabatanzi

Overview

Celebrating World Toilet Day. During World Toilet Day celebrations, the BRAC women hold sanitation products, such as SATO pans. Photo credit: Dorothy Nabatanzi

Partners

Tetra Tech Logo

TETRA TECH has over 40 years of successful WASH sector programming and thought leadership experience. Tetra Tech provides technical assistance in the areas of rural water supply and sanitation, the sanitation value chain including fecal sludge management, infrastructure and municipal services including WASH financing, and sustainability assessments.


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FHI 360 brings three decades of experience in integrated WASH programming, implementation research, and behavior change approaches. FHI 360 provides technical assistance in the areas of WASH integration including WASH and nutrition, hygiene, social and behavior change communication and comprehensive behavior-centered programming.


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FSG offers a formal business analytics perspective to understanding successes and challenges of market-based sanitation interventions. FSG provides technical assistance in the areas of market-based WASH services, market assessments, and inclusive market development.


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IDINSIGHT a global advisory, data analytics and research organization, offers experienced scientists and field-based researchers who bring an objective and rigorous approach to implementation research. IDinsight provides technical assistance in sanitation financing, research design, data analysis, and program evaluation.


Iris Group Logo

IRIS GROUP brings extensive experience in mixed methods research on women and WASH and gender-equitable approaches to rural and urban sanitation programming. The Iris Group provides technical assistance in the areas of gender mainstreaming, social inclusion, menstrual health and hygiene (MHH), and women’s empowerment.

Photo Credit: USAID/WASHPaLS

Resources

WASHPaLS #2 Grant: The Sanitation Learning Hub WASHPaLS #2 Grant: The Sanitation Learning Hub
Brief

Even in areas that have made significant strides in achieving area-wide sanitation, challenges persist in effectively leaving no one behind. To ensure that all people have access to safely managed sanitation services, service implementation must…
Improving Handwashing and Food Hygiene Behaviors for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Rural Malawi Improving Handwashing and Food Hygiene Behaviors for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Rural Malawi
Technical Report

Hands are central to the fecal-oral contamination pathway, transmitting pathogens from contaminated environments to the mouth through hand contact and the feeding of contaminated foods. Pathogen consumption from contaminated food causes significant…
Menstrual Health and Hygiene in Fiji: A Landscape Assessment Menstrual Health and Hygiene in Fiji: A Landscape Assessment
Technical Report

USAID’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability (WASHPaLS) #2 project conducted a landscape assessment of menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) in Fiji in February and March 2024. The objective was to understand the…
Reflections on Materials and Methods for Latrine Pit Design Reflections on Materials and Methods for Latrine Pit Design
Technical Report

Pit latrines, a common form of on-site sanitation in low-income settings, can collapse in areas with unstable soils, in flood-prone areas, or when they contain excess moisture. Pit collapse poses not only a safety concern for users, but also results…

Gender - Making Soap in Liberia. Photo Credit: Alex Bobor Keimbe, Global Communities Liberia

Contact Us

Morris Israel, Chief of Party, Tetra Tech, [email protected]

Jesse Shapiro, Environmental Health Team Lead, USAID, [email protected]