Benin

What is the USAID/WASHplus Benin Urban Hygiene Improvement Program?

This brief provides an overview of the pilot hygiene improvement program in two of Cotonou’s most neglected peri-urban neighborhoods, Agbato and Enagnon. The program focuses primarily on handwashing with soap and safe household drinking water. 

WASHplus Country Snapshots and Results (2016)

WASHplus Country Snapshots and Results, 2016. This document provides a summary of country interventions and a snapshot of results as of 2015. Each WASHplus intervention is tailored to address the unique needs of a given country—whether it be improving school WASH, enhancing household sanitation options, or marketing improved cookstoves.

WASHplus Year Five Annual Report, October 2015

At the end of its fifth year, WASHplus has stories to tell, results to share, events to celebrate, and studies that add to the evidence base. WASHplus activities serve as the backdrop for many stories: the Zambian school girl who has access to privacy and menstrual supplies when she needs them, the Malian household that can now build an improved latrine on their rocky soil, the mother in Bangladesh who understands the importance of a feces-free environment, the Nepali home breathing cleaner air as it trials an improved cookstove.

Advocacy in Cotonou’s Neighborhoods Galvanizes the PTA to Take Action

Over the past few months, WASHplus through implementing partner ABMS/PSI has stepped up advocacy for latrine improvement in several public schools. One school, with a student population of 1,500, has four latrine blocks that are unusable because they are full. Even though WASHplus/ABMS and school officials successfully lobbied the Ministry of Education for a $200 line item for pit emptying, the urgency of the situation prompted the PTA to front the money and hire a pit empying service soon thereafter.

WASHplus Presents at 2015 #UNCWaterandHealth Conference

WASHplus staff presented at the 2015 UNC Water and Health Conference organized by the UNC Water Institute. Here are some of the conference presentations. 

Baseline Survey of Peri-Urban Sanitation and Hygiene in Cotonou, Abomey-Calavi, and Porto-Novo, Benin

Data from this study indicate that certain populations from the municipalities of Cotonou, Porto-Novo, and Abomey-Calavi lack basic hygiene and sanitation infrastructure even though they live in urban areas. The overall acceptability of conditions varies from one municipality to another. The results of the study reveal that nearly seven out of 10 households surveyed use an improved sanitation facility. The problem is less acute in Cotonou (79.9 percent) and Porto-Novo (67.6 percent) than in Abomey-Calavi (51.6 percent).

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