Resources / Hands Off! Catalyzing the market for sanitation in Cambodia

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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., USAID's strength is its field offices around the world where it works in close partnership with private voluntary organizations, indigenous organizations, universities, American businesses, international agencies, other governments, and other U.S. government agencies. USAID work supports long-term and equitable economic growth and advances U.S. foreign policy objectives in economic growth, agriculture and trade, global health, democracy, conflict prevention and humanitarian assistance. www.usaid.gov

WaterSHED, which stands for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development, is a public-private partnership designed to bring effective, affordable water and sanitation products to market in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.WaterSHED is a unique Global Development Alliance led by the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health and supported by USAID’s Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDMA). http://www.watershedasia.org /

Lien Aid is a Singapore based non-governmental organisation that seeks to build a firm foundation for human development by making safe water and sanitation accessible and affordable to poor communities in Asia. Lien Aid was set up in 2006 through the Lien Foundation - Nanyang Technological University Environmental Endeavour.  www.lienaid.org