The Improving Access to Safe Drinking Water project sought to address the challenge of low access to safe water sources by building the capacity of households and schools to use clean drinking water supplies and promoting water, hygiene and sanitation practices within 8,500 households and 20 primary schools. Key project approaches were water purification using the Procter & Gamble purification technology and intensified hygiene and sanitation awareness campaigns.

• To increase the number of households and schools adopting the recommended hygiene and sanitation practices.
• Increased access to safe drinking water reaching 8,500 households and 20 schools.

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Community Efforts for Child Empowerment

Kyankwanzi District Local Government

• Kyankwanzi

• Learners from the 20 participating schools became Change Agents among their households, thus influencing their families to adopt the P&G water purification technology and reaching over 122,000 individuals.
• 92% of participating households adopted boiling as a drinking water purification technology.
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WATSAN) practices improved: latrine coverage increased by 34%, hand washing facilities were installed in 96% of the participating households and 64% built new bath shelters.
• 225 Village Health Volunteers’ capacity built in WATSAN.