Empowering Communities with Sustainable Sanitation: Highlights from COWASH IV’s Recent OJT
10 July 2025
COWASH IV team observed established SLAs, discussing their saving and loan meetings, progress in improved latrine construction, sanitation promotion and connections with plastic toilet slab suppliers. This direct engagement led to co-designing actionable plans with households to accelerate latrine construction, including clear cost breakdowns to facilitate saving.
Beyond promoting improved sanitation, COWASH team fostered motivation by sharing success stories and provided technical support on fund management to SLA committees. Crucially, the team also engaged with woreda government experts and supervisors, offering technical advice on advancing improved latrine construction and identifying local technology alternatives.
A total of 89 individuals, comprising woreda government experts and local households, participated in this OJT programmes. This initiative reinforces COWASH IV’s commitment to community-led, sustainable WASH solutions.
