South Asia WASH Results Programme
A lack of clean drinking water, safe sanitation and good hygiene affects girls and women disproportionally throughout their lives. That’s why water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes are one of our top priorities at Plan International UK.
The first phase of our South Asia Wash Result Programme (SAWRP) reached 6.6 million people in Pakistan and Bangladesh between 2014 and 2018, enabling them to access improved water facilities, sanitation and hygiene. We are now expanding the programme to additional communities in Bangladesh until 2021, aiming to reach an additional 650,000 people.
As well as the construction of facilities and promotion of behaviour change, SAWRP includes a sustainability phase, enabling us to ensure communities continue to use their water and sanitation facilities and to practice positive hygiene behaviour, such as handwashing with soap at key times, to the end of the programme and beyond.
CHANGING LIVES THROUGH INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
SAWRP is delivered by a diverse group of NGOs, private sector actors and academic institutions, each bringing valuable skills and experience to the partnership. Led by Plan International UK, the first phase of the programme was delivered in partnership with WaterAid, Unilever, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) and Plan International.
Each organisation worked through national partner NGOs and local government institutions in Pakistan and Bangladesh and in close collaboration with other relevant local, regional and national government stakeholders. Ipsos MORI and Loughborough University (WEDC) supported the monitoring, verification and evaluation components of the programme.
The second phase of the programme in Bangladesh, again led by Plan International UK, is being implemented by WaterAid and Plan International with national partner NGOs and local government institutions, with Ipsos MORI and Loughborough University (WEDC) continuing to support the monitoring, verification and evaluation components.
SAWRP: Phase 1 impact
279,417 peoplegained access to clean water
1,940,847 peoplegained access to improved sanitation
7,121,559 people were reached through our hygiene campaigns
Both phases of SAWRP are funded by the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) under the multi-country DFID WASH Results Programme. The first phase contributed towards the UK Government’s target of reaching 60 million people with WASH initiatives to contribute towards the Millennium Development Goal 7, 'Ensuring environmental sustainability', by 2015.
Featured blogs
World Water Week 2018: sharing key learnings on Payment by Results
Our highlights from the South Asia WASH Results Programme and beyond.
Where do we start? Assessing sustainability in water, sanitation and hygiene programmes
Highlights from the WEDC Conference.
Improving the way we promote sustainable behaviour change
Our reflections from the 2018 International Social and Behaviour Change Communication Summit.
Sharing WASH learning at the WEDC Conference
Updates from WEDC from our WASH Programme Specialist, Mimi Coutlas.
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT SAWRP
Our Approach to WASH
Our approach to improving WASH within the South Asia WASH Results Programme
Payment by Results
Ensuring results are verifiable and sustainable