How we work

Basically, WaterAid Ghana provides financial and capacity support to its eight local partner NGOs who in turn implement and manage water, sanitation and hygiene promotion projects in local communities.

WaterAid partners use practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene promotion to the nation's poorest people. They also seek to influence policy at the national level. WaterAid believes that this approach makes it possible for communities to sustain a better quality of life, and is an essential step in the eradication of poverty.

Strategic objectives

Global Aim one: Promote and secure poor people's rights and access to safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation.

1. Strategic Objective 1.1: 55% marginalized and socially excluded people in 15 LGAs influenced, through our direct intervention, to claim their rights to WASH and take responsibility for maintaining them by 2015.
2. Strategic Objective 1.2: Improved access to innovative, replicable, low cost services and approaches by 420,000 marginalized and socially excluded poor people in 15 LGAs by 2015.
3. Strategic Objective 1.3: Increased national and local capacity of deprived and vulnerable communities for CBWRM to mitigate the effects of water stress and climate in 6 LGAs by 2015.

Global Aim two: We will support governments and service providers to develop their capacity to deliver safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation by 2015.

1. Strategic Objective 2.1: Strengthened capacities of 80 key staff of 14 LGAs to effectively work with local NGO partners and Community groups in monitoring the development and sustainability of WASH services by 2015.
2. Strategic Objective 2.2: Government is more transparent and has increased ability to target well, financing for effective and sustainable WASH services for the poor by 2015. 
3. Strategic Objective 2.3: Improved institutional capacities of 15 partner organizations for effective influencing roles by 2015. 
4. Strategic objective 2.4: Increased WASH sector financing by 15% through evidence-based advocacy and other empowering and influencing techniques by 2015.
5. Strategic Objective 2.5: Improved WASH sector coordination and harmonization through the effective implementation of the SWAp and other sector policies by 2015.

Global Aim three: Advocate for the essential role of safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation in human development by 2015.

1. Strategic Objective 3.1: Increased evidence generated and awareness created on the effects of WASH on outcomes in education and health by 2015.

Global Aim four: We will further develop as an effective global organization recognized as a leader in our field and for living our values.

1. Strategic Objective 4.1: Enhanced impact of the organization through the development of a highly motivated, committed, effective and diverse team, with the right mix of skills who demonstrate sound ethical working practices by 2015
2. Strategic Objective 4.2: Improved influential, modeled leadership and management of people and teams by 2015.
3. Strategic Objective 4.3: Enhanced learning and innovation at CP and partner levels through the development and functioning of effective systems for accountability, management and good governance.
4. Strategic Objective 4.4: Improved programme delivery and policy influencing through the development and implementation of M&E and documentation systems and processes.
5. Strategic Objective 4.5: Strengthen our internal ways of working, to create a high performing environment.