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

Operational research and technical assistance to enhance WASH programming effectiveness

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

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

Overview

The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Partnerships and Learning for Sustainability #2 project (USAID/WASHPaLS #2) is a five-year (2021-2026) activity of USAID’s Bureau for Global Health.

WASHPaLS #2 builds on WASHPaLS (2016-2022) and aims to strengthen USAID’s WASH programming at country-level and enhance global learning and adoption of the evidence-based programmatic foundations needed to achieve sustainable development goal (SDG) 6.2, particularly in rural areas. The objective of WASHPaLS #2 is to generate and facilitate WASH sector research and learning that will contribute to an improved understanding of area-wide sanitation, which entails effective combinations of systems strengthening and contextually tailored service delivery and behavior change-focused interventions across the entire sanitation service chain. The project:

Conducts implementation research on key sanitation and hygiene interventions, specifically area-wide sanitation (AWS), market-based sanitation (MBS), and social behavior change (SBC) approaches;
Conducts a sanitation and hygiene sector workforce capacity needs assessment;
Implements a small grants program to support program-wide research efforts;
Supports USAID’s participation in strategic partnerships, and;
Provides short-term technical assistance to USAID operating units.

Please find a fact sheet here.

Acronym

WASHPaLS #2

Activity Status

Active

Start Year

2021

End Year

2026

Award or Grant Number

7200AA21C00079

Prime Implementing Partner

Tetra Tech

Implementing Partners

Funding Level

$24,794,900

Population Focus

Rural

Overview notes

*funding is inclusive of $9,900,000 ceiling for buy-ins from USAID Operating Units

Countries

Topic

Partners

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.

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.

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.

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 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 Factsheet Fact Sheet 1 Mar 2022 USAID WASHPaLS #2 seeks to enhance global learning and adoption of the evidence-based development programming needed to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal #6. WASHPaLS #2 partners with governments, the private sector,…
	Ethiopia Transform WASH Performance Evaluation Technical Report 31 Jan 2023 This report, produced by USAID’s WASHPaLS #2 Activity provides the findings from a performance evaluation of the USAID Ethiopia Transform WASH Activity to understand key contributions to advancing market-based sanitation (MBS) approaches in Ethiopia…
	Area-wide Sanitation Desk Review Briefing Note Brief 28 Apr 2023 The last few decades have witnessed substantial gains in access to sanitation, as nearly 2.4 billion people gained access to improved toilets and open defecation (OD) rates fell 12 percentage-points globally (from 21% to 9%) between 2000 and 2020.…