Juba Nabari (Thongpiny) , Plot No: 143 Block (1), South Sudan

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Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Providing clean water and sanitation solutions to communities across South Sudan

WASH Program Overview

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programming is critical to HFO's mandate, providing life-saving assistance, promoting public health and supporting dignity and well-being of the affected people and communities through Emergency, Development, Urban and Public Health WASH.

Our Reach

HFO delivers WASH services at the Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) Camps, Returnees and Refugees camps, urban and rural settings responses, schools, health care facilities and within host communities.

Cross-Sector Impact

Safe WASH is not only a prerequisite to health, but contributes to livelihoods, school attendance and dignity and helps to create resilient communities living in healthy environments.

Access to safe water and sanitation is a human right

Right now, Healthcare Foundation Organization (HFO) is at the forefront in Upper Nile, Bahr El Ghazal Equatoria regions responding to WASH needs resulting to thousands of people in the targeted states having access to safe water, improved sanitation and hygiene promotion.

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WASH Sector Leadership

HFO plays an active leadership role within the South Sudan WASH Sector:

Hygiene TWG

Leads the South Sudan Hygiene Technical Working Group

Sanitation TWG

Active member in Sanitation Technical Working Group

Global Cluster

Member of South Sudan and Global WASH Cluster

Our Comprehensive WASH Approach

Hardware Components

HFO constructs WASH infrastructures to create lasting solutions:

  • Institutional and communal latrines
  • Water points (small water treatment systems, boreholes, hand-dug wells)
  • Nutrition centers, health centers, and school WASH facilities
  • Solar powered water system upgrades
  • Repair and rehabilitation of water systems and hand pumps

Software Components

HFO implements behavior change and capacity building:

  • Hygiene promotion and behavior change activities
  • PHAST & CLTS methodologies
  • Proper handwashing education
  • Community management training for WASH facilities
  • Government capacity building (WASH Database and Reporting)

Our WASH Focus Areas

Emergency WASH

Providing immediate and reliable WASH services to people affected by crises:

  • Small Water Treatment Systems (SWATs)
  • Emergency latrines
  • Hygiene promotion
  • WASH NFI distribution

Development WASH

Implementing resilient and recovery projects for long-term impact:

  • Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS)
  • Community capacity building
  • Government institution strengthening

Public Health WASH

Promoting hygiene and preventing disease outbreaks:

  • Good hygiene promotion
  • Disease prevention programs
  • Response to Covid-19, Ebola and Cholera

Urban WASH

Addressing unique WASH challenges in urban settings:

  • Slum area interventions
  • Urban sanitation solutions
  • High-density population approaches

10,000+

Water points installed

500+

Communities reached

1M+

People served annually

100%

Community Led