WASH ALLIANCE

Promoting Excellence in WASH in Institutes as an Alliance

UNICEF, Maharashtra office and CYDA India have made an effort to conceptualise the Maharashtra WASH Alliance to ensure co-creation, co-location and cross learning. They have been taken a step to establish WASH Alliance by involving partner organizations who had interest and experience of WASH sector such as CSRs, NGOs, Government departments representatives, development organization, Pvt. Ltd. companies, individual researchers, knowledge institutes, etc. The main aim of this Alliance is to optimally make use of partners’ knowledge, experience, expertise and networks to improve existing WASH in Institutes facilities. This initiative is for engaging the partners as allies in efforts to make schools and other institutions WASH compliant where every child and human being have access to safe drinking water, improved sanitation and proper hygiene.

Vision, Mission & Strategy

Vision: As WASH Alliance, we envision a nation where all children & people have access to sustainable and affordable water and sanitation services.

Mission: Improving health, environmental and sanitation conditions by empowering people and creating an enabling environment thus achieving increased sustainable access of safe water and sanitation services and improved hygiene practices.

Strategy: There are many development partners who are working in the State to strengthen the WASH infrastructure and Associated behaviours. In order to streamline the support to WASH in Institutes and effectively reach out to the geographies where there is actual need as well as resources are lacking, the idea of an alliance is promoted. The alliance is collectively working to localize the SDG mandate and improve the learning and enabling environment in schools and communities.

The operational area of the WASH Alliance is all districts of Maharashtra. To attain the intended objectives, the coordination committee is conducting a quarterly meeting with allies. The objective behind this is to share WASH updates, plans, innovations, etc.

WHAT WE DO

Objectives

To enhance the access and use of safe water and sanitation services and improved hygiene practices.
To strengthen the support of NGOs, CSRs, International organizations, Govt & Educational Institute, and individual researchers for jointly and individually better respond to the needs of the schools & other institutes and influence decision-making on WASH service delivery.
To provide the opportunity for learning, sharing and consultation on partner experiences and challenges;
To strengthen and fostering a stronger team approach to deliver quality results.