Project profile — Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the Artibonite and Centre Departments of Haiti

The expected outcomes of this project include: improved access, in a sustainable and equitable manner, to drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as to hygiene education for children, women of vulnerable families, especially in rural areas.

Results achieved as of (June 2020): (1) mobilized community approach in sanitation for 326, including 192 in the Artibonite and 134 in the center localities for total sanitation, reaching 211,810 people (including 110,141 women). Furthermore, 180 localities have been verified and certified as "community without open defecation" (including 120 in the Artibonite and 60 in the Center); (2) the project's financial support provided consumable drinking water infrastructure for 105,000 people (including approximately 54,000 women); (3) reached 60,859 people (including 31,038 women) in 98 sub-communities with 81 accessible outlets supplied with water conservation and treatment products for home use; (4) purchased and installed Five incinerators in five health centers in the Artibonite. Built four waste and shelter storage sites to reinforce the waste treatment area on the sites; (5) 27,113 students (including 13,657 girls) in 102 schools, of which 51% girls, benefited from a hygiene program including handwashing awareness, menstrual hygiene management, and the construction of separate clean toilets for girls and boys. Carried out infrastructure work in 46 schools in the Artibonite and 30 schools in the Center departments; and (6) the project has significantly promoted gender mainstreaming in water and sanitation issues in Haiti and empowered women in the beneficiary communities.