{"id":15920,"date":"2023-02-21T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/?page_id=15920"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:15:08","slug":"wash","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/uk\/wash\/","title":{"rendered":"Our WASH approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)<\/font><\/span><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>

WASH for healthy lives, livelihoods and resilience<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Since 2009, we have reached more than five million people with safe water access, and more than one million households have built toilets following our interventions. WASH is key to our work and reinforces our mission by improving the health, livelihoods and resilience of the communities we serve.<\/p>\n

Our merger with United Purpose<\/h6>\n

In 2021, Self Help Africa merged with United Purpose<\/a>, an NGO with a similar mission and vision. The milestone moment expanded our reach to new countries in Africa as well as Bangladesh and Brazil, and brought new expertise to our joint organisation \u2013 making us stronger and more effective as we face the many challenges confronting disadvantaged communities worldwide.<\/p>\n

Our union has created exciting opportunities to expand our WASH portfolio, specialising in integrated approaches relevant to the contexts we work within, such as WASH-agriculture, to achieve our organisational vision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our WASH vision and objectives<\/h6>\n

We believe everyone should be able to access resilient water, sanitation and hygiene services that help support sustainable livelihoods and healthy lives in a changing climate.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, our three interconnecting objectives for WASH are:<\/p>\n