Over the years, PAPHyR continued to build a foundation for empowering communities to achieve open defecation free (ODF) status while advocating at the sub-national level to increase institutional engagement and resourcesfor hygiene and sanitation. The programme implements Benin’s national sanitation and hygiene strategy. Covering 16 communes in four departments, the programme complements other WASH initiatives, aligns with Benin’s decentralized system, and collaborates closely with the Ministry of Health. While local governments serve as official Implementing Partners, they delegate responsibilities to civil society organizations which are known as delegated  Implementing Partners.

Wash JMP sanitation & hygiene - household
Sanitation stats
Open defecation
54%
Unimproved
10%
Limited
20%
Basic
16%
Safely managed
N/A
Hygiene stats
No facility
73%
Limited
16%
Basic
11%
Wash JMP sanitation & hygiene - health care facilities
Sanitation stats
Open defecation
N/A
Unimproved
N/A
Limited
N/A
Basic
N/A
Safely managed
N/A
Hygiene stats
No facility
73%
Limited
16%
Basic
11%
Country data
U5 mortality rate
37,578
Mortality rate from diarroheal diseases kids 1-4y
1,689
Cholera #deaths/yr
165
Rural population (% of total population)
53
Maternal mortality rate
397
Mortality rate, sepsis-related
40,074
GDP
14,250.99

Strategic Plan Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) linked to the Global Sanitation Fund. Inline with GSF's Theory of Change, we advocate for countries to adopt a national ODF protocol that, as a minimum, expects people in ODF communities to have access to limited sanitation and handwashing facilities.

Outcome Indicators Cumulative 2017-2020

Communities declared ODF

22

People living in ODF communities

6,223

People with improved sanitation facilities*

41,369

People handwashing with soap/substitute**

33,692

*JMP: limited, basic and safely managed sanitation service levels
** At least basic service level and includes people using soap substitutes such as ash

Source: GSF Executing Agencies 2019 Annual Reports

Our engagement in Benin

PAPHyR implements a sanitation marketing model based on local innovations. In 2019, community consultants were trained and subsequently transformed into local engineers to cover the demand for construction of slabs, latrines and handwashing stations. This successful pilot is being scaled up this year. The programme continues to exchange lessons learned and best practices with other WASH actors and GSF-supported programmes such as in Togo and Madagascar. 
 
Sustaining ODF environments remains a challenge. As a response to the 2019 outcome survey, an in-depth programme analysis and reorientation plan for 2020 was developed with support from WSSCC and partners from Madagascar. An increased focus on transferring skills to community leaders will consolidate and strengthen good sanitation and hygiene behaviours. This will avoid communities slipping back to open defecation practices. In addition, increased engagement with local governments will ensure a solid anchor for scaling up and sustaning ODF communities.

Financial delivery figure

US$ 5,618,399
GSF disbursement to country programme

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