Bridging the WASH humanitarian-development divide : building a sustainable reality /
The provision of safe and sufficient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is essential to protecting human health and providing an environment in which people can develop and maintain livelihoods. This is especially true in humanitarian crises, during which safe access to these services is...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Rugby, UK :
Practical Action Publishing,
[2021].
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| Summary: | The provision of safe and sufficient water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is essential to protecting human health and providing an environment in which people can develop and maintain livelihoods. This is especially true in humanitarian crises, during which safe access to these services is frequently disrupted, often for long periods of time. Humanitarian crises are growing in length and complexity due to external destabilizing forces that include the impacts of climate change and ongoing geopolitical instabilities. As a result, traditional emergency programming does not effectively address the needs of modern WASH crises. Humanitarian and development WASH professionals must work together in a more coordinated manner to develop effective humanitarian WASH programming that keeps long-term development goals in mind. The authors discuss lessons learned across Africa, Asia and the Middle East that will inspire humanitarian, development and other professionals, in and outside the WASH sector, to improve the long-term impact of sustainable WASH programs in humanitarian contexts. Case studies and conversations with WASH thinkers and program designers invite readers to reflect on the WASH humanitarian and development divide and reflect on the future of the WASH sector. This book also reflects on how WASH is more than just water service delivery. It is a major contributing factor in facilitating child protection, education, health and economic recovery. When there is strong intersectoral coordination with a strategic, adequate, coherent and effective response to a humanitarian crisis with a vision for the transition to development, everyone wins. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 113 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-110) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781788531740 1788531744 9781788531733 1788531736 |