WaterCan

Published purpose

This program contributes to improvements in the health status and quality of life of poor and vulnerable people living in urban and rural communities in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia) by improving their access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene education in rural and urban areas. WaterCan/EauVive supports eight local non-governmental organizations in East Africa to enable them to support communities in building and maintaining sustainable water and sanitation facilities, to deliver sustained hygiene education programs in schools and communities, to expand water and sanitation programs and work more effectively with stakeholders and beneficiaries. Community groups build and maintain water and sanitation facilities and hygiene education programs that can provide 40,000 men, women and children with more access to safe water and sanitation, better health, basic education and quality of life. Partner organizations are: Cheshire Foundation Action for Inclusion/CFAI (Ethiopia), Rural Community Development Organisation/COWDO (Ethiopia), Oromo Self-Reliance Association/OSRA (Ethiopiea), Water Action/WACT (Ethiopia), Kenya Water for Health Organisation/KWAHO (Kenya), Sustainable Aid in Africa International/SANA (Kenya), Community Integrated Development Initiatives/CIDI (Uganda), Voluntary Action for Development/VAD (Uganda). Project activities ended in November 2012, but the project remains in operational status as an evaluation is being undertaken.