Programme objective
Enable residents to investigate local WASH challenges, set priorities and organise sustainable community responses.
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Water, sanitation and hygiene
Community Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Development
Community-led identification and action on local water, sanitation and hygiene priorities in schools, households and neighbourhoods.
A framework for action shaped by local priorities
How we work together
BarnMD uses Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR). In practice, residents help identify local priorities, understand the causes, decide what matters most, organise local leadership, take action and review the results.
- 01Getting to know the community
- 02Understanding local needs
- 03Agreeing priorities together
- 04Building local leadership
- 05Planning and taking action
- 06Reviewing progress together
- 07Planning for the future
Examples of activities
- ✓Participatory mapping of water sources and sanitation facilities
- ✓School and household WASH assessments
- ✓Community analysis and ranking of priority problems
- ✓Formation and support of community or school WASH committees
- ✓Community-designed improvement plans and hygiene champion development
- ✓Community-led monitoring of agreed indicators
Participate in community-led change
Contact BarnMD to discuss local health priorities and how a community-led project could be planned. Activities are developed with residents and proceed after appropriate safety and operational reviews.