“Water made it possible for me to go back to school, says 18-year-old Dunford Shimpande of Mbeza, a remote village in Southern Zambia.

Through the support of the PNG Australia Partnership and the Western Province Partnership (WPP), World Vision were able to facilitate a Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in Morehead Local Level Government (LLG), where the team came across an inspiring member of the community who, despite her special needs, became a WASH Committee member, and with the advice of World Vision, she went on to build her own toilet, which inspired all abled members of her community to work together.

Lack of water, poor sanitation and hygiene remain critical concerns affecting quality health service delivery in rural health posts across Zambia.

Access to clean drinking water continues a barrier in Mozambique with girls among the main impacted as they are required to walk long distance affecting their time for school.

World Vision, with the support of the Australian Government through the Water for Women fund was able to implement WASH programs into schools in Daru, Western Province. This story is about what was implemented and how the school still upholds these practices to encourage a safe and healthy school for all. With the permission of school head teacher Mr. Kose Lavaki, WV was able to meet with and interview some students who were nominated by the school board and WV to form a WASH club dedicated to protecting the WASH facilities given to them by WV.

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For Chipo Chapatarongo, a 48-year-old mother of seven in Makoma village, Nyanga North, fetching water was once a daily ordeal fraught with challenges.