We are proud to work alongside local partners and service providers to overcome complex challenges and achieve lasting water security and sustainable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene for all. Learn more about how Chemonics is improving water sector governance and utilities in Jordan, pioneering women’s involvement in rural water service in the Democratic…
In complex environments with political challenges and evolving conflict dynamics, equitable access to water and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services is increasingly critical and yet often constrained by ineffective or outdated governance systems. Not only are governance initiatives central to meeting the challenges that rapid urbanization poses for the provision of WASH services, but…
Lagos, Nigeria is a densely populated city with rapidly growing urban and peri-urban areas and over 200 informal settlements that pose unique challenges for water supply access. These challenges are exacerbated by poor performance of existing water utilities, inadequate public financing, insufficient water infrastructure, and lack of revenue generation. The lack of access to safe…
For over 30 years, Chemonics has worked with local governments, private sector partners, local communities, and other stakeholders to effectively implement water security, sanitation, and hygiene (WSSH) programs worldwide, ensuring those living in both urban and rural areas have access to safe, clean water. To ensure that WSSH interventions are sustainable and responsive to people’s…
The USAID Tajikistan Rural Water Supply Activity (RWS) partners with local governments, communities, and businesses to develop and improve safe drinking water infrastructure and related services for underserved rural communities. Because the lack of access to safe drinking water disproportionately affects women and children, RWS involves them in every stage of the process. Bakhtiyor Inamov,…
Many women and girls, persons with disabilities, and ethnic and religious minorities experience challenges in accessing safe and clean water and sanitation, sometimes placing them at greater risk of gender-based violence (GBV), which affects one in three women. According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) practitioners and policy…