Sustainable Water Supply & Sanitation for All People
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a global multi-stakeholder partnership organisation that works to improve the lives of poor people. WSSCC enhances collaboration among sector agencies and professionals around sanitation and water supply and contributes to the broader goals of poverty eradication, health and environmental improvement, gender equality and long-term social and economic development. The activities undertaken by WSSCC were recognized in the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/45/181 of 21 December 1990. WSSCC's network of National WASH Coalitions and individual members gives it the legitimacy and flexibility to work effectively at the community level. Through Networking & Knowledge Management, Advocacy & Communications and the Global Sanitation Fund, WSSCC is at the forefront of knowledge, debate and influence on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for all.
In focus
- An international Hygiene Practitioners’ Workshop organised by BRAC, IRC, WaterAid and WSSCC took place 1-4 February in Bangladesh. 50 prominent professionals from South and South East Asia sought to improve understanding of the key success factors to large-scale hygiene behaviour change. Read the presented papers here and a blog here.
- WSSCC's Carolien van der Voorden is one of the co-authors of a new paper published by the American Journal of Infection Control. To access the paper, "Prevention of the spread of infection: The need for a family-centered approach to hygiene promotion", click here (by subscription).
- Information about the International Symposium on Rural Water Services, Providing Sustainable Water Services at Scale, taking place in Uganda in April 2010, is available here.
- WSSCC's well-known Global WASH Campaign will get a re-boot in 2010; see our Request for Proposals for new campaign materials here.
- WSSCC has changed offices, address and e-mails. To find out about the new location click here. For individual e-mails please check the programme contacts.
- Our December 2009 newsletter has the latest WSSCC updates in English, French and Spanish here.
- The World's Longest Toilet Queue takes place 22 March, World Water Day 2010. Visit the website to join the online queue or find out what you can do in your country.
- Hot off the press: Zimbabwe's Global Handwashing Day Report; Colombia's Aquacol Bulletins 2 and 3 (in Spanish); India's Right to Water and Sanitation Report, and reports on sanitation committments in South Asia and Africa.
- WSSCC Executive Director Jon Lane is interviewed by the Reuters News Agency about sanitation financing. Read the article here.
- We've been tubed! Watch our short video here.
Make a Difference -- Be a Member!
Networking ... publications ... knowledge on water, sanitation and hygiene -- WSSCC membership has many benefits and, best of all, its free! Join our community here.
