International Development Grant
Enhanced Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services in Schools and Communities in Ghana
Project Number: CA-3-A034889001
Status: Closed
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Maximum Contribution: $17,999,605.00
Start Date: March 29, 2012
End Date: March 21, 2019
Duration: 7.0 years
Project Description
The project contributes to improving the health and well-being of children women and men in the five most deprived regions of Ghana. The project’s beneficiaries are children and youth in 200 basic schools (primary and junior high) and women and men in the surrounding communities in ten districts. By providing water basic sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services the project aims to increase the use of WASH services and improve sanitation practices among beneficiaries. The project also aims to strengthen relevant national institutions and monitoring and evaluation systems to enable better planning delivery and sustainability of decentralised water sanitation and hygiene services in Ghana.
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: 1) increased use by women men boys and girls of water sanitation and hygiene services and related behaviours and practices in schools and communities in the five most deprived regions of Ghana; and 2) strengthened gender-responsive water sanitation and hygiene institutions and systems for coordinated effective and accountable management of sustainable decentralized service delivery in schools and communities in Ghana.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2018) include: (1) 72 344 children (of which 35 055 were girls) from 244 schools gained access to improved school drinking water; (2) 71 355 children (of which 34 472 were girls) from 236 schools have gained access to gender-sensitive toilet facilities in schools; (3) 20 health facilities were provided with water and handwashing facilities; (4) 30 health facilities were provided with 44 improved sanitation facilities (for women and men); (5) 39 391 girls have been trained on menstrual hygiene management; (6) gender-based water sanitation and hygiene planning and monitoring activities were completed; and (7) 281 433 persons have gained access to improved sanitation in their households with an estimated 205 168 people now living in 767 open defecation-free communities.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
WGM Africa
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Contributions to specific-purpose programmes and funds managed by implementing partners
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP