Pacific Health and Sanitation Solutions

Objectives

Improve sanitation and hygiene practices of targeted communities, addressing issues such as open defecation, handwashing, and menstrual hygiene management.

Improve adaptative management of community-based water resources.

Empower women and girls by directly engaging with them to address their needs as beneficiaries of grant activities.Improve the capacity of partner service providers (FSPK SIDT) in community WASH facilitation, community engagement, and planning skills.

Award Summary

Supported by USAID’s Pacific American Fund, Action on Poverty (AOP) is working with local organizations to co-create solutions to improve sanitation and hygiene practices, services, and climate-resilient water management in vulnerable communities across the two countries. Women and girls will play a critical role in developing and implementing WASH strategies to ensure equitable and inclusive programming.

Expected Outcomes

• The project seeks to improve access to safe, climate-resilient WASH programming for 1,920 beneficiaries in 18 communities in Kiribati and Solomon Islands. At conclusion, this award will have:
• Improved the capacity of FSPK and SIDT on community engagement techniques for WASH, GESI, and climate change adaptation.
• Changed attitudes, norms, and practices around open defecation and handwashing.
• Strengthened local, climate-resilient water resource management practices.
• Improved menstrual hygiene management norms and practices.