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Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)
Improving sanitation and hygiene, expanding access to portable water, and building sanitation facilities in schools and communities — including WASH response during emergencies.
RECOAT focuses on improved sanitation and hygiene and provision of portable water, including construction of sanitation and hygiene facilities in schools and at community level.
During emergencies, WASH programming shifts to rapid response: administering sanitation and hygiene facilities for displaced households, distributing WASH kits, and rehabilitating boreholes so that disaster-affected communities regain safe water access as quickly as possible.
RECOAT delivered a Livelihoods and WASH project with partners OSSEDI and CADECOM from 2017 to 2022, building sustained WASH access alongside livelihoods support.
What this looks like
- Improved sanitation and hygiene promotion in communities and schools
- Provision of portable water access
- Construction of sanitation and hygiene facilities at school and community level
- Distribution of WASH kits and administration of sanitation facilities during emergencies
- Borehole rehabilitation in disaster-affected districts
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Rebuilding Livelihoods and WASH Access, 2017–2022
A five-year partnership with OSSEDI and CADECOM combined livelihoods support with water, sanitation, and hygiene programming to build longer-term resilience in RECOAT's operating communities.
Responding to Cyclone Freddy
Cyclone Freddy devastated homes, farmland, and medical infrastructure across five districts in southern Malawi. RECOAT has been distributing food, shelter, and WASH kits to help affected families recover.