Project profile — Enhanced Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services in Schools and Communities in Ghana

The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: 1) increased use by women, men, boys and girls of water, sanitation and hygiene services, and related behaviours and practices, in schools and communities in the five most deprived regions of Ghana; and 2) strengthened gender-responsive water, sanitation and hygiene institutions and systems for coordinated, effective and accountable management of sustainable decentralized service delivery in schools and communities in Ghana.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2018) include: (1) 72,344 children (of which 35,055 were girls) from 244 schools gained access to improved school drinking water; (2) 71,355 children (of which 34,472 were girls) from 236 schools have gained access to gender-sensitive toilet facilities in schools; (3) 20 health facilities were provided with water and handwashing facilities; (4) 30 health facilities were provided with 44 improved sanitation facilities (for women and men); (5) 39,391 girls have been trained on menstrual hygiene management; (6) gender-based water, sanitation and hygiene planning and monitoring activities were completed; and (7) 281,433 persons have gained access to improved sanitation in their households with an estimated 205,168 people now living in 767 open defecation-free communities.