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Addressing Common Norms & Perceptions in WASH💧
We're concluding our September #COWASHTips series on understanding & addressing common socio-cultural norms & perceptions related challenges in #WASH.
This week, we'll focus on empowerment & encouraging locally-led solutions.💡
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Having explored how to understand socio-cultural norms & perception-related challenges in WASH, this week on our #COWASHTip, we're sharing the first set of solutions. We'll start with the power of communication & community-led design.
#WASH #SocialBehavioralChange
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Happy #Ethiopian #NewYear! ✨ The #COWASH team wishes you a joyful year ahead.
As we step into a new year, we're celebrating our key achievements from the last EFY 2017. We have now reached over 1 million water beneficiaries.
Check out our key achievements below.
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Continuing our #COWASHTips series on ways to understand & address common socio-cultural norms & perceptions in WASH, we're now moving to a more human-centered approach to understanding socio-cultural norms.
This week, we'll focus on the power of conversation & relationships.
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Our latest quarterly newsletter is out!🗞️ We're celebrating a major milestone: COWASH IV has now reached over 1 million water beneficiaries in rural Ethiopia!
Read about our progress and the stories behind the numbers. 👇
cowash.org/cowash-iv-quarter…
#COWASH #WASH #Ethiopia
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In our August #COWASHTips series, we explored common socio-cultural norms & perceptions that pose challenges in the #WASH sector & why understanding them is important. This month delving into how to effectively understand & address these deeply rooted factors.
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#WASH for Everyone: Inclusion Matters👫🏾
#COWASH IV is committed to ensuring all WASH interventions are #gender-sensitive and #inclusive of people with disabilities. Clean water and sanitation are human rights for everyone.💧🚽🌍 How do you ensure inclusivity in your community?
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Understanding WASH: Beyond the Infrastructure
Socio-cultural Norms & Perceptions play a critical role in #WASH efforts. Having explored challenges in the water sector, we now shift our focus to #sanitation & the common norms & perceptions that challenge progress in this area.
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Understanding WASH: Beyond the Infrastructure
This month, our #COWASHTips series dives deep into a fundamental aspect of sustainable #WASH programs: understanding local perceptions, culture & social norms. Let's start this week by exploring why understanding them is important.
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Beyond constructing facilities, investing in hygiene education is critical. Knowledge & good practices are crucial not only for preventing disease, but also for maximizing the benefits & sustainability of WASH facilities. COWASH is empowering communities to adopt healthier habits
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And that's not all – we've also significantly improved sanitation & hygiene for many communities.
This incredible progress is a testament to the unwavering dedication of our communities & partners. Together, we are Transforming Lives and Empowering Communities!🤝
#WASHImpact
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Our Vision: Transforming Lives, Empowering Communities!
At COWASH, our vision is to improve public health, enhance well-being, foster social development & build climate resilience in rural Ethiopia. Together, we can realize this vision & build a brighter, more resilient future!
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Do you ever wonder what COWASH stands for? 🤔 Community-led Accelerated Water, sanitation and Hygiene!
COWASH, which is now in its fourth phase, is a bilateral project working to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene (#WASH) services in eight regions of Ethiopia.
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It is funded by the Governments of #Ethiopia and #Finland and is implemented by the Ethiopian Ministry of Water and Energy in collaboration with the Ministries of Education, Health, and Finance as well as regional WASH partners. 🤝
#BilateralCooperation #Ethiopia #Finland
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What happens when two nations partner for change?
Witness the impact in our documentary "Transforming Lives: the COWASH Story."🎥 This doc shows how a collaboration between 🇪🇹 & 🇫🇮 since 2011 has empowered communities across eight regions.
youtube.com/watch?v=P9oM8AEK…
#COWASHdocs
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While initial capital and skills development are necessary to kickstart and refine Market-Based Sanitation Centers interventions, the long-term vision should be to empower permanent market players. This week on our #COWASHTips we will focus on building a supportive ecosystem.
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