It is a tragedy and a scandal that, in the 21st century, 2,6 billion people in the world lack something as basic as a toilet.
The goal of the Global Sanitation Fund programme in Madagascar is to cover the entire nation as soon as possible. It has a strategy of expansion starting by targetting a few regions with both large and small grants. The regions represented here today are the first group of regions to be targeted. They are in proximity to each other in order to reinforce programme messages and to create a ripple effect to other regions.
Le fait que 2.6 milliards de personnes n’aient pas accès à quelque chose d’aussi basique qu’une toilette au 21e siècle est un scandale et une tragédie.
L’objectif du Fonds d'Appui pour l'Assainissement est d’assurer la couverture de l’ensemble de la nation le plus rapidement possible. Le FAA a une stratégie d’expansion qui commence par cibler quelques régions avec de larges et de plus petites subventions. Les régions représentées ici aujourd’hui sont le premier groupe de régions ciblées. Elles se situent à proximité les unes des autres afin de renforcer les messages du programme et de créer un effet boule de neige dans les autres régions.
Engr. Ebele Okeke is committed to improving sanitation and hygiene practices in Nigeria, and throughout Africa. She advocates for the development, financing and implementation of a National plan for Sanitation in Nigeria involving all stakeholders from federal, state, local government, development partners and the civil society.
Given that many of those who lack access are extremely poor and given the public-health benefits of universal access to sanitation, public subsidies to increase access seem an obvious policy response. But many believe that public subsidies have failed to significantly increase access and may indeed have stifled service provision. Others suggest that there are insufficient public funds to address the global sanitation crisis so discussion of subsidies is little more than a distraction. The argument is often heated and rarely draws on empirical evidence.
WSSCC takes a hard look at hygiene and sanitation promotional or "software" activities. This presentation clearly describes how activities such as policy development, training, monitoring and evaluation, and social interventions empower individuals and communities, enable a change in behaviour and create demand for services.
Jon Lane spoke about the politics of water and sanitation in developing countries over the past 30 years, referencing various shifts in approach and the International Year of Sanitation.
