Water Sanitation and Hygiene

4.Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

AHC has extensive experience implementing WASH programming both in the communities and specialized settings. This involves construction of emergency WASH facilities, conducting hygiene and sanitation campaigns in in the schools and communities, training of hand pump mechanics, water management committees repair and rehabilitation of boreholes across various counties in South Sudan. Our WASH response is linked to UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 of “Ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all” Protection and GBV: Since 2021, AHC has implemented various programs in child protection and GBV in various locations in South Sudan. The aim is to eradicate the involvement and recruitment of children in armed conflicts and ensure gender equality where women participate equally in community development and their access to and control over productive resources. In collaboration with other actors, AHC has been training teachers, women, girls and caretakers on psychosocial and mental health support. AHC has also established and supported a comprehensive child protection reporting and referral mechanisms in supported schools. The programming is linked to SDG goal 5 and 10 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”