Nearly a decade after the Senator Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2014 was signed into law, USAID continues to increase access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene services and facilitate sound water resources management each year.
USAID has released its recently revised Water and Conflict Toolkit, first published in 2014. As of 2015, 177 million people lacked basic drinking water and 284 million people did not use basic sanitation in conflict-affected settings.
Today we celebrate World Water Day under the theme Valuing Water. The timing is appropriate. Just recently, we somberly observed the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic declaration, and I think we all feel the value of water more than ever.
While the MMCA guide was developed primarily for in-person sessions, many of the techniques are equally as important during COVID-19 responses as teams pivot to implementing activities remotely.
The adapted Make Me a Change Agent (MMCA) training manual focuses on the training of trainers specifically for community-level workers and focuses on interventions related to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), agriculture, and livelihoods.
Multi-Use Water Systems (MUS) is an approach to water service delivery that takes into consideration the needs of both WASH and agriculture activities.
This adapted Make Me a Change Agent (MMCA) training manual focuses on the training of trainers specifically for community-level workers and focuses on interventions related to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), agriculture, and livelihoods.