COWASH empowers and supports communities in rural Ethiopia to design, operate and maintain their WASH facilities

Tap water

Community Water Points

Improving the sustainable supply of safe water to rural communities.

School WASH

School WASH

Supporting full WASH facility development including menstrual hygiene management to keep girls in school.

Health Facility WASH

Health Facility WASH

Coordinating with the Ministry of Health to improve WASH facilities.

Gender Equity

Gender Equity

Empowering women through the development of their leadership potential at community level.

Health Facility WASH

Market-based Sanitation

Supporting the development of community-level WASH entrepreneurship and micro-financing.

Climate Resilience

Climate Resilience

Mainstreaming climate change mitigation for the sustainability of WASH infrastructure.

Community Ownership

Community Ownership

Placing communities at the heart of WASH development through the Community Managed Project approach.

Disability Inclusion

Disability Inclusion

Ensuring accessibility to water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities for all members of the community.

Social and Behaviour Change

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.

Afar Gambela South West Somali Dire Dawa Harari Oromiya Tigray Amhara Benishangul-Gumuz SNNPR Addis Ababa Sidama 66,740 School WASH BENEFICIARIES 251,978 Population CWP HIDE 81 Health Instituions WASH 947 Comunity Water Point 104 WOREDA 7 REGIONS VIEW MORE -- School WASH BENEFICIARIES -- Population CWP HIDE -- Health Instituions WASH -- Comunity Water Point 2 WOREDA SWEP VIEW MORE -- School WASH BENEFICIARIES 1,913 Population CWP HIDE 1 Health Instituions WASH 6 Comunity Water Point 4 WOREDA BENSHANGUL GUMUZ VIEW MORE 8,437 School WASH BENEFICIARIES 44,726 Population CWP HIDE 4 Health Instituions WASH 191 Comunity WaterPoint 40 WOREDA AMHARA VIEW MORE 19,381 School WASH BENEFICIARIES 104,090 Population CWP HIDE 33 Health Instituions WASH 505 Comunity Water Point 30 WOREDA OROMIA VIEW MORE 3,841 School WASH BENEFICIARIES 48,948 Population CWP HIDE 5 Health Instituions WASH 118 Comunity Water Point 5 WOREDA SIDAMA VIEW MORE 35,081 School WASH BENEFICIARIES 53,301 Population CWP HIDE 38 Health Instituions WASH 127 Comunity Water Point 11 WOREDA SNNP VIEW MORE -- School WASH BENEFICIARIES -- Population CWP HIDE -- Health Instituions WASH -- Comunity Water Point 12 WOREDA TIGRAY VIEW MORE

Explore our interactive map and discover COWASH IV’s achievements in each of our partner regions.

Document Total 0 100 75 50 Coverage (%) 25 Drinking Water Sanitation Hygiene Rural Total Rural Total Rural Safely Managed Basic Limited Unimproved Surface Water Safely Managed Basic Limited Unimproved Open Defecation Basic Limited No Facility 12.58 37.04 26.74 18.64 5.01 5.25 34.78 30.19 23.50 6.29 6.68 2.23 8.83 65.27 17.00 4.12 1.33 2.64 70.97 20.93 8.17 53.70 38.13 4.83 52.09 43.09

Household Data Ethiopia - 2020 - Service Levels

Document Total 0 100 75 50 Coverage (%) 25 Drinking Water Sanitation Hygiene Rural Total Rural Total Rural Basic Limited No Service Basic Limited No Service Basic Limited No Service 15.49 37.11 40.49 22.92 20.12 1.02 2.04 96.94 79.88 53.65 23.44 20.08 39.43 12.89 50.00 8.14 76.37

School Data Ethiopia - 2021 - Service Levels

Document Total 0 100 75 50 Coverage (%) 25 Drinking Water Sanitation Hygiene Rural Total Rural Total Rural Basic Limited None Insufficient Data Basic Limited None Open Defecation Basic Limited None Open Defecation 55.39 24.51 3.00 24.47 46.72 28.81 64.71 91.69 8.31 32.30 77.58 22.42 26.45 49.04 44.61

Health Care Facility - Data Ethiopia - 2020 - Service Levels

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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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    Ministry of Water and Energy,
    Haile Gabreselassie Street,
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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