Access to safe sanitation and hygiene practices is essential for protecting health, strengthening dignity, and ensuring that improvements in drinking water translate into better outcomes for communities.
- Projects
26
- States
10
- Partners
28
- Households
689,568
- People Reached
3,447,840
OUR APPROACH
Safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene are closely connected. Improvements in water supply alone cannot fully protect public health unless they are accompanied by safe sanitation practices and improved hygiene behaviors.
Across rural India, progress has been made in expanding sanitation coverage, yet challenges remain in sustaining usage, strengthening local systems, and ensuring safe management of waste.
Arghyam’s work in rural WASH focuses on strengthening the systems that enable communities to sustain sanitation and hygiene improvements over time. This includes supporting community institutions, building awareness around hygiene practices, and strengthening the local capacity needed to manage sanitation services.
Community participation plays a central role in sustaining these efforts. When communities are informed and actively involved in managing water and sanitation systems, improvements are more likely to endure.
Arghyam works with partners across states to support approaches that strengthen local ownership, improve coordination among institutions, and build long-term capacity for managing rural water and sanitation systems.
These efforts help ensure that gains in drinking water access are matched by improvements in sanitation and hygiene that protect community health.
