Grant activity completion report : the improving family planning and increasing access to safe water and sanitation in rural communities project, Madagascar : water and sanitation module

This grant activity completion report presents the major achievements of the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) module of the Improving Family Planning and Increasing Access to Safe Water and Sanitation in rural Madagascar project. The objective of the project’s WASH module was to increase access to water and sanitation services through an integrated approach of strengthening management capacity of local water users associations, encouraging private sector involvement in the delivery of new technologies and services, and improving hygiene practices by scaling-up accepted hygiene and sanitation education methodologies at primary schools, health clinics, community and household levels. This report begins with a summary of project management related themes: staffing, internal VS procedures, training, monitoring and evaluation, environmental compliance and targeting. The bulk of the report is dedicated to summarizing the project’s outcomes per strategic objective, including a discussion of the project’s accomplishments and shortcomings towards reaching the goals as defined in its Performance Monitoring Plan. Finally, a list of problems encountered and lessons learned are included to provide the reader with a set of concrete recommendations to guide future USAID investments in the
Madagascar WASH sector. [authors abstract]