COWASH IV

New Year greeting from COWASH IV Team!

Addressing Common Norms & Perceptions in WASH💧 We're concluding our September #COWASHTips series on understanding & addressing common socio-cultural norms & perceptions related challenges in #WASH. This week, we'll focus on empowerment & encouraging locally-led solutions.💡

Having explored how to understand socio-cultural norms & perception-related challenges in WASH, this week on our #COWASHTip, we're sharing the first set of solutions. We'll start with the power of communication & community-led design. #WASH #SocialBehavioralChange

Every Monday morning, our team travels to different parts of Ethiopia as we work in 104 Woredas. 🚘 Join us in our travel through the beautiful landscapes of #Ethiopia to ensure Safe #WASH supply to rural communities. 🌄 Each mile is a step towards safe WASH supply! #COWASH

Happy #Ethiopian #NewYear! ✨  The #COWASH team wishes you a joyful year ahead. As we step into a new year, we're celebrating our key achievements from the last EFY 2017. We have now reached over 1 million water beneficiaries. Check out our key achievements below.

Continuing our #COWASHTips series on ways to understand & address common socio-cultural norms & perceptions in WASH, we're now moving to a more human-centered approach to understanding socio-cultural norms. This week, we'll focus on the power of conversation & relationships.

Our latest quarterly newsletter is out!🗞️ We're celebrating a major milestone: COWASH IV has now reached over 1 million water beneficiaries in rural Ethiopia! Read about our progress and the stories behind the numbers. 👇 cowash.org/cowash-iv-quar… #COWASH #WASH #Ethiopia

In our August #COWASHTips series, we explored common socio-cultural norms & perceptions that pose challenges in the #WASH sector & why understanding them is important. This month delving into how to effectively understand & address these deeply rooted factors.

#WASH for Everyone: Inclusion Matters👫🏾 #COWASH IV is committed to ensuring all WASH interventions are #gender-sensitive and #inclusive of people with disabilities. Clean water and sanitation are human rights for everyone.💧🚽🌍 How do you ensure inclusivity in your community?

Understanding WASH: Beyond the Infrastructure Socio-cultural Norms & Perceptions play a critical role in #WASH efforts. Having explored challenges in the water sector, we now shift our focus to #sanitation & the common norms & perceptions that challenge progress in this area.

Understanding WASH: Beyond the Infrastructure This month, our #COWASHTips series dives deep into a fundamental aspect of sustainable #WASH programs: understanding local perceptions, culture & social norms. Let's start this week by exploring why understanding them is important.

Beyond constructing facilities, investing in hygiene education is critical. Knowledge & good practices are crucial not only for preventing disease, but also for maximizing the benefits & sustainability of WASH facilities. COWASH is empowering communities to adopt healthier habits

Our team is on the ground in Central Ethiopia and Sidama Regions this week! COWASH IV team is working hand-in-hand with communities to implement sustainable #WASH solutions and build a brighter future. 👥 🤝 What aspect of community development inspires you most? 💡

And that's not all – we've also significantly improved sanitation & hygiene for many communities. This incredible progress is a testament to the unwavering dedication of our communities & partners. Together, we are Transforming Lives and Empowering Communities!🤝 #WASHImpact

We're thrilled to announce a monumental achievement: #COWASH IV has now provided safe water to over 1 million rural people in #Ethiopia! Our target is to reach 1.1 million beneficiaries & with one year remaining, we’ve reached over 1million people across 8 regions of Ethiopia.

Our Vision: Transforming Lives, Empowering Communities! At COWASH, our vision is to improve public health, enhance well-being, foster social development & build climate resilience in rural Ethiopia. Together, we can realize this vision & build a brighter, more resilient future!

It is funded by the Governments of #Ethiopia and #Finland and is implemented by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy in collaboration with the Ministries of Education, Health, and Finance as well as regional WASH partners. 🤝 #BilateralCooperation #Ethiopia #Finland

Do you ever wonder what COWASH stands for? 🤔  Community-led Accelerated Water, sanitation and Hygiene! COWASH, which is now in its fourth phase, is a bilateral project working to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene (#WASH) services in eight regions of Ethiopia.

What happens when two nations partner for change? Witness the impact in our documentary "Transforming Lives: the COWASH Story."🎥 This doc shows how a collaboration between 🇪🇹 & 🇫🇮 since 2011 has empowered communities across eight regions. youtube.com/watch?v=P9oM8A… #COWASHdocs

While initial capital and skills development are necessary to kickstart and refine Market-Based Sanitation Centers interventions, the long-term vision should be to empower permanent market players. This week on our #COWASHTips we will focus on building a supportive ecosystem.