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Water-borne disease and disruption of child education due to flooded homes are issues all too familiar to the journalists from West Africa and beyond who gathered in Senegal this week. Reporting on a community-led response in this slum area on 9 April brought to light common experience of the challenges, solutions and obstacles to highlighting complex water hygiene and sanitation issues in print and on-air.

Villagers in Matam, a region of Senegal,  celebrated a major milestone in the implementation of the community-led total sanitation approach (CLTS), namely the end of open defecation.

In January, WSSCC will begin elections to fill three open seats on WSSCC’s government body, its member-elected Steering Committee. 

WSSCC is currently seeking to recruit a number of National Coordinators for priority countries in Africa and Asia. This concerns a voluntary position with only small, partial compensation and an appointment for three years.

National Coordinators are an essential part of WSSCC’s operational structure. They benefit from their link to WSSCC through their increased ability to influence sanitation and hygiene programming and sector coordination, strengthen advocacy, access funds, link to international campaigns or otherwise use WSSCC’s international profile. The relationship between WSSCC and its National Coordinators is one of mutual benefit and strength for advocacy for sanitation and hygiene, at all levels. Read more!