Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

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  • WASH stands for:
    • WA- Water
    • S- Sanitation
    • H- Hygiene
  • Water: Essential liquid for survival of human, animals and plants. It includes:
    • Access and availability of safe drinking water
    • Access to adequate water supply
  • Sanitation: Conditions related to clean drinking water and adequate treatment and disposal of human excreta and sewage. It includes:
    • Clean toilets
    • Access and practice of basic latrines and techniques to distinct human waste from interaction with people
    • Management of water and waste material
    • Clean household/environment
    • One key area of works for sanitation is to finish the exercise of “open defecation,” and enable community-led resourcefulness to construct, uphold and practice basic toilets.
  • Hygiene: Hygiene is vital to avoid disease and health of the children. It includes:
    • Personal hygiene
    • Handwashing with soap
    • Menstrual hygiene
    • Food hygiene
 
This Committee assists Clubs to:
  • identify, develop and participate in sustainable Water, Sanitation, Health and Hygiene projects and programs in developing countries;
  • select appropriate water and sanitation technologies for cultural, climate, geographical and soil conditions;
  • plan and establish ongoing maintenance and monitoring procedures to ensure sustainability;
  • work with local Host Clubs, NGO’s, Provincial Health Officers and Educational or other Government Officials and Local Communities to establish projects and/or programs which may require implementation over a number of years
  • educate and train local communities to construct and maintain components and works;
  • establish and train local businesses to assist in achieving project aims and objectives.
 
  • The five principles of sustainable WASH are:

  • Water Status:

  • In 2015, 663 million people lack improved drinking water sources.
  • Only 5.2 billion people used safely managed drinking water services
  • 1 billion people are still live without safe drinking water
  • 8 billion people use drinking water source with possible contamination of faeces. (World Toilet Day, 2018)

  • Sanitation Status:

  • In 2015, 2.9 billion people used safely managed sanitation (JMP Report, 2017)
  • 4 billion people worldwide do not have access to basic sanitation services like toilets or latrines (WTD, 2018)
  • And, 4.5 billion do not have safe toilet.
  • 13% people practice open defecation
  • 40% people used basic with none used safely managed sanitation in landlocked developing countries (JMP Report, 2017)
  • More than 80 per cent of wastewater discharged into rivers or sea without any pollution removal.

  •  Hygiene Status:

  • Only 19% of people worldwide wash their hands after potential contact with excreta (Freeman et al., 2014).
  • Diarrhea is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among children under 5 (WHO/Unicef, 2015).
  • At least 500 million women and girls globally lack adequate facilities for MHM (World Bank, 2018).
  • Limited data exist on food and environmental hygiene practices.
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