Our Work in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation

Agnes Montangero

Director Water & Infrastructure

Who We Are

•Founded in 1955 in Zurich: first private Swiss development NGO•2011 merger with Intercooperation•$136M annual budget•Politically and denominationally neutral•Over 100,000 members and Swiss donors•1,200 staff (17% Swiss & international experts)•US presence since 2012 •Fiscal sponsorship•NICRA, Registered with USAID

• Long country presence (12+ years)• Build the capacity of local partners• Multi stakeholder approach• Cross-cutting themes: gender equality

and social justice• Strong monitoring and evaluation: 11

impact assessments from 2009-2011• Low overhead: 10-15%• Focus on rural and peri-urban areas• South-south collaboration• Implementation - Advisory Services -

Advocacy

Our Programs

Rural Economy Environment & Climate Change

Water & Infrastructure

Skills Development and

Education

Governance and Peace

• Sustainable agriculture systems

• Agriculture extension

• Organic farming & fairtrade

• Value chains

• Citizen engagement & participation

• Political accountability

• Civil peace building & conflict sensitivity

• Artistic expressions for an open society

• South-south labour migration

• Climate protection and conservation of resources (land, water, forests).

• Risk reduction and adaption

• Safe drinking water & sanitation

• Irrigation & efficient use of water

• Bridges, roads & trails for access to ideas, services and markets

• Private-sector & labor market oriented training

• Linkages: basic education & youth skills development

• Mobile trainings

• Life skills• Tracer study

toolkit

Cross-cutting themes: Gender & social equity, capacity development, learning & innovation

Where We Work

32 partner

countries

CRITERIA

•High level of poverty

•High potential for impact

•Government collaboration

•Relevance of our programs

•Civil society or government as partners to collaborate

•Donor interest

Past & Current U.S. Partners• IDB

• US State Department

• USDA

• World Bank & World Bank Institute

• USAID

• CARE

• Chemonics

• Mercy Corps

• RTI

• Winrock

 

• United Nations

• UNCTAD

• UNDP

• UN Forum on Forests

• UNICEF

• UNIDO

Foundations

•Blue Moon Foundation (renewable energy)

•Ellysium Foundation (Bhutan)

•Ford Foundation (CATIE)

•Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (water study)

•McKnight Foundation (rural economy)

•Open Society Foundations (governance)

 

NGOs

•Bridges to Prosperity (trail bridges)

•KickStart International (water pumps)

•Rights & Resources Institute (forests/rights)

•Partnership for Transparency Fund

•The Nature Conservancy (forests)

•Women World Banking

•Wildlife Conservation Society

•World Resources Institute

International AssociationsRural Economy

•Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

•DCED

•ICAC

•IFOAM

•FLO (Fairtrade Label Organisation)

•ISEAL

•Textile Exchange

Education

•Centre International d’Etudes Agricoles

Microfinance

•CGAP

•Social Performance Task Force

•Women World Banking

Democracy & Peace

•CIVICUS (World Alliance for Citizen Participation)

•INTRAC (International NGO Training and Research Centre)

Water

•End Water Poverty (UK): Member Executive Committee

•Global Water Challenge

•World Water Council (France

•Water Integrity Network

•Rural Water Supply Network

•WHO – International Network on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage

Roads & Bridges

•International Forum for Rural Transport and Development

Climate Change & Adaptation

•Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) (HSI = lead author)

•International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)

•Global Environment Facility (GEF)

•Rights and Resources Initiative

6

Financial

Funds by Program Area %

Rural Economy 35

Water & Infrastructure 27

Skills Development & Education 16

Governance & Peace 15

Environment & Climate 7

Total 100

Use of Funds %

Asia 32.3

Africa 18.7

Latin America 16.9

Eastern Europe, Caucasus & Central Asia

9

Program coordination & support 2.4

Advisory Services 5.1

Swiss programs 3.8

Fair Trade 3.2

Head office 4

Fundraising 4.6

Total 100

Income: Sources %

Swiss Development Corporation 61.0

Private 19.9

Other Official Development Aid 11.0

Advisory Services 4.8

Other 3.3

Total 100

Table of Contents

1. About us

2. HELVETAS’ WASH sector: an overview

In which countries do we work?

What are our key activities?

The WASH team

Partners and networks

3. Strategic orientation

A few lessons learnt

What is our strategic framework?

Safe Water

Sanitation

4. Selected key projects

2. HELVETAS WASH Sector: An Overview

Kyrgyzstan

VietnamLaos

Nepal

Pakistan

Afghanistan

MaliNiger

BeninBurkina Faso Ethiopia

Tanzania

Mosambique

HaïtiGuatemala

Nicaragua

Bolivia

Togo

Senegal

Bhutan

Working area/field # projects Budget 2012 (CHF)

26 13 Mio

3 3 Mio

5 2.5 Mio

11 10 Mio

6 2.5 Mio

WASHWASH

Water for FoodWater for Food

Madagascar

BangladeshHonduras

Governance & PeaceGovernance & Peace

Agriculture & MarketAgriculture & Market

Environment & Climate

Environment & Climate

Water-related projects in other sectors

Safe water (household water treatment, safe storage, hygiene)

Sanitation Drinking water supply Water for food Integrated Water Resource

Management

2. HELVETAS WASH Sector: An Overview

• International: e.g. steering committee EWP (SWA)• Advocacy in Switzerland • Policy development in the countries

Internal & External• Project support (planning, evaluation, technical assistance)• Research & development • Documentation, publications• Impact assessment• Tool development• Training, Knowledge sharing• Development of partnerships• Development of networks and platforms

Short CV Agnes Experience

Key competencies sustainability assessment management models of water and sanitation strategic sanitation planning decentralized sewage treatment institution and capacity building advocacy and policy development

Countries of experience Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, India, Nepal Haiti, Argentina Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova

Since 2010 HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation

Director Water & Infrastructure

2007-2010 Skat Consulting Water & Sanitation Specialist

2003-2007 Eawag/Sandec Programme Officer Sanitation / PhD student

1998-2003 Eawag/Sandec Project Officer Sanitation

A life without toilet?Unthinkable. Sanitation is a human right!

3. Strategic orientation

A few lessons learnt Investing in empowerment, involving local population including disadvantaged

groups in the planning process increases the level of functionality of water supply schemes (functionality study, Nepal, 2011)

Putting emphasis on understanding the determinants of behavior change helps design more effective behavior change interventions (e.g. use of Eawag RANAS behavior change model)

Behavior change interventions are key in increasing the impact on health of water projects (hygiene, sanitation, safe storage, household water treatment)

Rural sanitation: scaling up is a challenge, rather work at scale from the beginning (piloting at scale approaches)

Improving sanitation in small towns requires specific approaches, which may be different from the ones applied in rural or densely populated urban areas)

Water is a good entry point to improve local governance structures Creating income generating activities (e.g. through multi-use systems providing

drinking and irrigation water) helps communities invest in maintaining and improving/extending their water supply systems

3. Strategic orientation

Safe water (household water treatment, safe storage, hygiene)

Sanitation Drinking water supply Water for food IWRM

3. Strategic orientation

Water supply Sanitation

Safe Water

Treatment Safe Storage

Hygiene

Safe Water Household water treatment (SODIS, filtration,

chlorination, boiling) Safe Storage (during transport and at home) Hygiene Education (personal, household and

environment)

Objectives Increase the health impact of WASH projects

through integration of the Safe Water approach Promote solutions for unserved households (pro-

poor/innovative approaches)

Working principles National partner to facilitate scaling up (Ministry

of Health) Private sector/supply chains (products and

services to reach the poorest, financing mechanisms)

Facilitate behaviour change Partnership with Eawag (SODIS)

3. Strategic orientation

Sanitation Focus on rural areas and small towns

Key principles Creating demand (programmatic approaches such as CLTS) Developing a dynamic private sector (producing affordable latrines,

sanimarts, business skills, competition) Appropriate policies Financing mechanisms (ODF incentives, cross-subsidies, etc.)

Challenges Scaling up rural sanitation CLTS in schools (as part of a broader approach; linking with a

community component for more effective taking up) Post-ODF monitoring and interventions (climbing up the ladder, SWM,

etc.) Sanitation in small towns

4. Selected key projects

Kyrgyzstan

VietnamLaos

Nepal

Pakistan

Afghanistan

MaliNiger

BeninBurkina Faso Ethiopia

Tanzania

Mosambique

HaïtiGuatemala

Nicaragua

Bolivia

Togo

Senegal

Bhutan

Madagascar

BangladeshHonduras

Water & sanitationin fragile states

Clean water andhealthy schools

Rainwaterharvesting

Enhancingparticipation

Water for healthyschools

Blue schools

Improving ruralsanitation

Supporting sanitationentrepreneurs

Equitable use ofwater resources

Improvingtransparency

Improvingrural sanitation

More cropsper drop More crops

per drop

Safe Water

Water and sanitation in fragile states

Improving access to water supply and sanitation in fragile states – the case of Haiti

Improved access to water supply and sanitation Building capacity of the local actors (communities,

water committees, local authorities, private sector, decentralized services)

Improved sector policy

Clean water and healthy schools in Guatemala

Building capacity to better plan and implement water projects and introducing „healthy schools“

Construction of water supply systems, drainage and waste disposal infrastructure, as well as latrines, with the active participation of local people

Capacity building at municipalities and village level officers and water committees for operating and maintaining the infrastructure.

Women’s participation in decision-making is explicitly encouraged

Healthy schools

Rainwater harvesting in EthiopiaRural Roof Water Harvesting Initiative

Tigray region in Northern-Ethiopia characterized by water shortage

Design and test low-cost roof water harvesting systems (ferro-cement cistern with a storage volume of 7.2 m3)

Improving domestic hygiene, skills development and job creation

Blue schools

Enhancing participationEnhancing political participation and improving service provision in Mozambique

The project focuses on enhancing political participation through capacity building of civil society organizations in development planning and linking up to district governmental tiers (demand side).

It facilitates improved public service provision through technical assistance and the provision of sector funding at district level for projects in the area of water & sanitation (supply side).

The project contributes to minimizing conflicts (humans and wildlife) and reduces water-borne diseases such as diarrhea and cholera.

Water for healthy schools and safe births

Transforming wells to improve water quality in schools and health centers (Bénin)

Cleaning, consolidating and closing existing large shallow open wells

Installing small-piped network to school or health centre

Handpump for community Accompanying measures such as

hygiene promotion, handwashing with soap, chlorination (WATA) in health centres

Cleaning and closing existing wells is a cost-effective measure to improve water quality.

Winner 2006 Development Marketplace

Blue schools

Blue schools in Bénin

Sustainable access to safe drinking water,

Sustainable access to sanitation and hygiene,

A school garden as practical place to show relationships between food production and an efficient management of water,

A demonstrative place for watershed and land management practices, wherever it is suitable (depending on the surrounding of the schools).

Benin: lessons learnt on management (pupils, teachers, parents committee), protection of vegetable gardens and reforestation

Ongoing projects in Bénin, Ethiopia and Nicaragua

Improving rural sanitation in Burkina Faso

SaniFaso (Burkina Faso)

Establishing and training water and sanitation commissions in 3 communes (Manni, Thion et Bogandé)

Training 64 village development committees Identification of more than 1500 beneficiaries Supply of sanitation products by local private

sector Supporting the development of communal

development plan (water and sanitation) in Thion Training 30 health agents and 234 community

mobilizers to work in 117 villages More than 600 latrines implemented SaniFaso at AfricaSan - YouTube

Supporting small sanitation entrepreneurs

Said – the latrine man (Mali)

Support to latrine emptying entrepreneur (Bougouni, Mali)

Said the latrine man - YouTube

Equitable use of water resources

Water Use Master Plan (WUMP) An approach to participatory and inclusive planning for integrated water resources management (Nepal)

Identification of available water resources

Identification of water needs Prioritization of water-related

infrastructure Inclusion and empowerment of

disadvantaged groups in the planning process

Planning/prioritizing the use of available water resources (drinking water, irrigation, water for nature and other uses) as a basis for sound investments, conflict prevention and empowerment.

2012 World Water Forum Solution

Ensuring transparency

Public audit practice (Nepal)

Public audit practice consists of three events (Public Hearing, Review, Audit)

Contributes to enhance participation of poor and excluded communities in planning, implementation and monitoring.

“Public audits are very important to ensure transparency. Through these events, the public is aware of the costs of the project. Furthermore, Public Audit Practice prevents any misuse of the funds, as people can control the fund flows. So it strengthens the relationship and trust between the Water and Sanitation User Committee and the users.”

ALINe Farmers Voice Award 2010

How latrines became a status symbol

Promoting the development of ODF communities in Nepal

Training of latrine builders (including people from disadvantaged social groups)

Villages where at least 50% of households already have a latrine can apply for other small projects for farm irrigation, drinking water supply or catchment protection.

The programme supported three VDCs to declare ODF in the first half of 2012

„We’ve long wanted a latrine. It’s not good to go in the jungle. It’s difficult because of the snakes. And as a woman I’m scared when I have to go out in the open to relieve myself. I finally had enough money for the low cost latrine.“

Efficient small-scale irrigation systems

Prospects towards prosperity with farmer managed irrigation systems in Nepal

Construction and rehabilitation of farmer managed irrigation schemes

Increased annual income of approx. $ 500 per hectare.

By the end of December 2011, a total of 230 Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems have been completed, irrigating 1,800 hectares and benefiting 11,500 households of which 60% belong to disadvantaged groups.

Factsheet

Food Security: Every Drop counts

Safe Water

Using sunlight to purify water in Vietnam

HELVETAS has introduced the SODIS water disinfection method in Vietnam

A simple and scientifically proven technique for disinfecting drinking water at home

Contaminated water is put in transparent PET or glass bottles, which are then left in the sun for at least six hours. During this time, UV radiation from the sun kills the germs in the water

HELVETAS offers training and assistance to local people to raise awareness about this simple and efficient method

Efficient small-scale irrigation systemsSaving water through drip irrigation in Kyrgizstan

HELVETAS strengthens and trains local organizations, cooperatives and private companies involved in agricultural extension

Men and women farmers learn on demonstration plots how to use short furrows to spread water more equally and thus save water; or how they can distribute a defined quantity of water directly to the plant by means of a perforated plastic tube.

Thanks to this simple drip irrigation method, farmers use two to three times less water, but harvest up to three times more crops. This is very important in a region where vegetables are scarce.

Swiss Water & Sanitation NGO Consortium

Swiss NGOs join hands to contribute to solving the water and sanitation crisis

Drinking water supply, sanitation, hygiene and small-scale irrigation

16 million CHF (2011-2013) 27 projects in 16 countries 3 regional hubs: technical assistance

and knowledge sharing Pooling resources and know how,

stronger voice

Swiss Water Partnership

A new platform of Swiss water organisations from academia, civil society, public and private sector

The Swiss Water Partnership intends to:

Exchange information and promote networking between its members

Advance the discussion of important international water policy issues

Draw together the substantial and diverse range of Swiss experience and knowledge in water issues into a single voice

Promote the Swiss water perspective and expertise in international conferences and networks

Thank you!