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Soap,toiletsand taps
a oundationor healthy children
How UNICEF sUpports watEr,saNItatIoN aNd HygIENE
 
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Introduction 3Global Access to Water and Sanitation 4WASH Makes a Dierence 8UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Strategy 12Good Hygiene is Critical to Good Health 16A Toilet in Every Household                                                            20Improving Access to Sustainable Water Supplies 24Ensuring Water Quality – in the Home and at the Source 28WASH in Schools 32WASH in Emergencies 36WASH, Environment and Climate Change 40Scaling up WASH 42
Soap,toiletsand taps
a oundationor healthy children
How UNICEF sUpports watEr,saNItatIoN aNd HygIENE
UNICEF’Miin
UNICEF is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to advocate or the protection o children’s rights, tohelp meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their ull potentialUNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights o the Child and strives to establish children’s rights as enduringethical principles and international standards o behaviour towards children
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The Millennium Development Goals have been described by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as “ourcommon vision or building a better world in the twenty-rst century”In 2000, all 189 United Nations Member States committed to the Millennium Development Goals as well as to theMillennium Declaration Since then, the United Nations has expanded to 192 Member States and all are committedto the Goals and the DeclarationBy 2015, all 192 United Nations Member States have pledged to:1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger2 Achieve universal primary education3 Promote gender equality and empower women4 Reduce child mortality5 Improve maternal health6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases7 Ensure environmental sustainability8 Develop a global partnership or development© United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)February 2009United Nations Children’s Fund3 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017, USAWebsite: wwwuniceorg/The interpretations expressed in this documentdo not necessarily reect positions o the UnitedNations Children’s Fund
 
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NICEF’s long-standing support to improvingwater supply, sanitation and hygiene stems roma rm conviction, based on evidence, that theseare central to ensuring the rights o children to survive,grow and develop into healthy and ullled citizens o the world In the broader context, UNICEF’s activitiesin Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) contribute tothe achievement o the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs)While progress in water supply and sanitation is generallytracked through MDG target 7c – to halve, by 2015, theproportion o people without sustainable access to saedrinking water and basic sanitation – the contributionWASH makes to other MDG targets, particularly relatedto child mortality, disease reduction, primary education,environmental sustainability, gender equality andpoverty reduction, is clearly recognizedThe strong link with child mortality in particular isone reason why UNICEF, in its Medium Term StrategicPlan, has included WASH as a key component o across-sectoral package o high-impact interventions,together with health, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS, to achieverapid progress in child survival and developmentThis strong ocus on child survival and developmentis an organizational priority and, as such, has led tothe strengthening o the WASH component o UNICEFcountry programmes and renewed advocacy on inter-sectoral linkages with Governments and other partnersUNICEF also recognises the important contribution thatWASH makes to achieving the MDGs 2 and 3: to achieveuniversal primary education, and promote genderequality and empower women Having adequate andappropriate water supply and sanitation acilities inschools is a major actor inuencing whether children,and especially adolescent girls, attend schoolUNICEF’s long history o practical support to watersupply in particular, dating back to the early 1960’s, hasgiven us a unique position o trust with our governmentpartners in the countries in which we work Our partnersknow that they can rely on UNICEF to work with them ina pragmatic and supportive manner UNICEF’s standing,both with government and other key sector stakeholders,enables us to play an important role in establishing andmaintaining the collaborations which are vital, in order tomeet the challenges acedUNICEF does not attempt to tackle all the challengesacross the broad spectrum which is the water supply andsanitation sector There are some areas where we havea comparative advantage and track record o successThere are other areas which are better covered by otherorganizations This document outlines our activities inthose areas which are o key importance to UNICEF’soverall mission, against the overall perspective o theglobal challenges in water supply, sanitation, hygiene,and child survival and development It gives examplesdrawn rom our work in Arica, Asia and Latin AmericaAnd it examines how UNICEF is preparing or newchallenges by building appropriate humans resources,leveraging partnerships and providing leadership withinand beyond the United Nations on water, sanitation andhygiene
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Mary Kithei Waila

This is awesome. They should be taught and be empowered to save loss of life just because failure to adhere to hygiene rules. Continue en-lighting these young generations.

reply03 / 14 / 2012
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Marvin Whitehead

UNICEF is a very good organization and does a lot to help the children I have support Unicef before,God Bless:)))

reply07 / 26 / 2011
BillKelly34

Very good read. I highly recommend it.

reply06 / 14 / 2011
Clama Pinto

Soap, toilets and taps

reply06 / 06 / 2011
Saundra L Washington

I agree with the biblical writer of Ecclesiastes, when you care, the more you know, the more you hurt. It is difficult to comprehend that over a billion people on this planet have no sanitation facilities.

reply05 / 18 / 2011
jfarr

I'd love to see the subject(eradication of non-native species )added to sewage treatment and sanitation. We've had this problem here.

reply03 / 26 / 2011
Mariko

"1.2 billion people in the world have no sanitation facility and defecate in the open." Wow.

reply03 / 22 / 2011
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