Impact Assessment of South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP): 2014-2018

Abstract

The South Asia WASH Results Programme (SAWRP) was implemented in Pakistan and Bangladesh, two countries where high numbers of poor people do not use improved sanitation. It aimed to reach over six million people across the two countries. The objective was to promote and enable the sustained use of hygienic household toilets and the practice of handwashing with soap, as well as make water supply improvements in a limited number of communities. It is critical for the SAWRP to be able to demonstrate the results that these WASH interventions have achieved, and that results are likely to be sustainable in the longer term. To this end, baseline, midline and endline surveys have been conducted with adults aged 15+ in a randomly selected and representative sample of intervention areas in Bangladesh and Pakistan, to capture data in the areas that Plan and WaterAid have covered with sanitation and hygiene programmes. This report describes changes in hygiene awareness and behaviours, and access to sanitation facilities in intervention areas in Bangladesh during 2014-2018.