BRAC WASH II is the second phase of the WASH programme. It aims for a sustained change in personal/family hygiene, sanitation and water safety. The programme focuses on sustainably improved household and school sanitation and hygiene practices, and safe drinking water use. The BRAC WASH II programme is jointly funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands (EKN)/DGIS, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). IRC provides targeted inputs BRAC to strengthen the design, methods and capacities for achieving a measurable leap in WASH in Bangladesh.
Published on: 30/05/2012
BRAC WASH II aims for a sustained change - a measurable leap – in personal/family hygiene, sanitation and water safety. However, real changes in practices (such as handwashing with soap, continued use and maintenance of latrines, using safe water sources or keeping water safe from source to mouth) take time to become habitual. Behaviour change takes time and does not move at the same speed everywhere.
The programme focuses on sustainably improved household and school sanitation and hygiene practices, and safe drinking water use. Improvements are community-based and -managed. Support comes from about 5,000 programme workers, of whom more than 96% are field-based. The BRAC WASH II programme is jointly funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands (EKN)/DGIS, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and has the following objectives:
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