COWASH empowers and supports communities in rural Ethiopia to design, operate and maintain their WASH facilities
Community Water Points
Improving the sustainable supply of safe water to rural communities.
School WASH
Supporting full WASH facility development including menstrual hygiene management to keep girls in school.
Health Facility WASH
Coordinating with the Ministry of Health to improve WASH facilities.
Gender Equity
Empowering women through the development of their leadership potential at community level.
Market-based Sanitation
Supporting the development of community-level WASH entrepreneurship and micro-financing.
Climate Resilience
Mainstreaming climate change mitigation for the sustainability of WASH infrastructure.
Community Ownership
Placing communities at the heart of WASH development through the Community Managed Project approach.
Disability Inclusion
Ensuring accessibility to water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities for all members of the community.
Social and Behaviour Change
Breaking individual, social, and structural barriers to support the adoption of positive WASH practices.
Transforming lives through clean water.
Our Vision
Improved public health and well being, social development and climate resilience in the communities of rural Ethiopia.
Our Mission
Increasing the sustainable provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene in 104 rural woredas.
Explore our interactive map and discover COWASH IV’s achievements in each of our partner regions.
Household Data Ethiopia - 2020 - Service Levels
School Data Ethiopia - 2021 - Service Levels
Health Care Facility - Data Ethiopia - 2020 - Service Levels
The COWASH Project
Enhancing the Ethiopian WASH sector and working towards the national development goals.
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Working with Rural Communities
The Community Managed Project (CMP) approach is the key to the implementation and success of COWASH. By working closely with the rural communities COWASH helps to empower them to develop their own facilities leading to an improvement in public health and wellbeing.




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Contact
Cowashinfo@cmpethiopia.org
Location
Room 132, 1st Floor,
Ministry of Water and Energy,
Haile Gabreselassie Street,
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia