Working Group Description

The WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) sector has as its strategic axis the provision of these services to other sectors seeking: to reduce morbidity associated with limited access to water, sanitation and hygiene; to maintain or improve school retention and to reduce gender-based violence. Actions are focused on the refugee, migrant, and host community population in settlements, dining halls, learning spaces (Child Development Centers and educational institutions), health centers, and border crossings. Actions include rehabilitation and sometimes construction of water, sanitation and hygiene services (water points, sanitary batteries, showers, sinks); implementation of strategies for the promotion of key hygiene practices including hand washing, water treatment at the point of consumption, solid waste management, menstrual hygiene management, water quality surveillance and monitoring, among others.