USAID TRANSFORM WASH sets out to transform the market for low-cost quality WASH products and services in Ethiopia: stimulating demand at community level, strengthening supply chains and building the enabling environment for a vibrant private market.
Published on: 26/04/2017
USAID TRANSFORM WASH is a USAID-funded project implemented by PSI in collaboration with SNV, Plan International, and IRC that started in January 2017. The consortium are working closely government agencies - including the Ministry of Health, the National WASH Coordination Office and regional governments - to transform markets for low-cost sanitation products and services nationwide. In May 2017, the first regional activities started in SNNPR.
The overall objective of the project is to improve WASH outcomes in Ethiopia by increasing access to and sustained use of a wide spectrum of affordable WASH products and services, with a substantial focus on sanitation. Specific project objectives are to:
IRC leads the delivery of a learning agenda to deliver the fourth cross-cutting component of the project, seeking to take WASH innovations to scale based upon new evidence from action research undertaken with project partners. Sharing and use of this knowledge will be facilitated through strengthening learning platforms at regional and national levels.
An overview of learning notes documenting lessons learnt is available here.
The performance evaluation final report of the Transform WASH project is available here.
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This is an updated version of an earlier protocol which has been prepared to enable Ethiopia to achieve its goal of attaining Sustainable Development... Read more...
The Transform WASH Activity in Ethiopia has significantly contributed to advancing market-based sanitation approaches and promoting gender equality... Read more...
This learning note describes and analyses the four business models elaborated by USAID Transform WASH, which have been applied over the last six... Read more...
Achievements and key messages from the USAID Transform WASH programme (2017 to 2023) in Ethiopia. Read more...
Achievements and key messages from the USAID Transform WASH programme (2017 to 2023) in Ethiopia. Read more...
Market based sanitation is about strengthening businesses offering sanitation products and services Read more...
Learning Note exploring the key challenges faced by private sector WASH enterprises Read more...
Guidance and tools for designing, developing, planning, implementing and monitoring and evaluation of a market-based sanitation approach and related... Read more...
This manual is for planners, implementers and other stakeholders in the WASH sector working on social mobilisation and behaviour change communication... Read more...
This strategy is developed to guide design and implementation of evidence based social behavior change interventions for promoting recommended WASH... Read more...
Facilitating the development of sustainable sanitation and hygiene markets whereby households have access to broader range of quality, affordable and... Read more...
This learning note is focused on the gender dynamics in WASH business and it informs action points to enhance women's roles in the sector. Read more...
A summary of a study undertaken of the financing approaches used under the USAID Transform WASH programme in Ethiopia, which was conducted to better... Read more...
This report summarizes the findings of action research on how different actors in the Transform WASH project create demand for sanitation products... Read more...
