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How we work

How we work

WaterAid and its partners work with individuals and families in their communities and use a mixture of low-cost technologies to deliver lasting water, sanitation and hygiene solutions.

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Programme approach

Programme approach

How we approach our work to ensure equitable, integrated and sustainable water and sanitation services.

Integrated projects

Integrated projects

We believe that together water, sanitation and hygiene education provide the key to poverty reduction.

Relationships with other organisations

Relationships with others

WaterAid has strong relationships with a number of organisations around the world.

Working in partnerships

Working in partnerships

We work in partnership with local organisations that carry out the daily management of projects.

Community participaton

Community participation

Communities take responsibility for their own projects to ensure there are lasting benefits.

Influencing others

Influencing others

Through Citizens' Action and our advocacy work we aim to influence powerful decision-makers.

Urban work

Urban work

We are scaling up our urban work to reach some of the world’s poorest people living in unplanned settlements.

A woman draws with pigment in Bangladesh. Credit: WaterAid / Juthika Howlader

Community led total sanitation 

We've been using the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach since its development in Bangladesh in 1997.