Hygiene Promotion

Objective 1 – Coordination: To coordinate the Global WASH Cluster (GWC) members initiatives related to hygiene promotion – led by Oxfam.

Objective 2 – Capacity-building: to build knowledge and capacity in hygiene promotion based on past and ongoing crisis (capacity-building needs analysis, roll-out of online, organize training with institutes, etc.) – led by Save the Children.

Objective 3 – Knowledge management: to assist the GWC in sharing tools and good practices through existing channels and new platforms if needed – led by IMC.

Find the Hygiene Promotion Working Group contact list here

Please contact globalwashcluster@unicef.org to request membership and/or more information.

As one of its Strategic Principles, the GWC’s works in partnership with all WASH actors, including local and national actors, non-governmental organizations, academia and the private sector, to find solutions to needs for cash and markets in humanitarian contexts. The Working Group members commit to active participation on a yearly basis.

• Hygiene Promotion Working Group terms of reference
• Hygiene Promotion Working Group work plan
• Hygiene Promotion Working Group minutes of meeting

Webinars: Global Speaker Series

Technical resources: coming soon

• Sanitation e-compendium
• Octopus
• Shit flow diagram
• SaniPath
• Susana

Other technical resources are available on the resource centre:

• Sanitation Quality Standards for Emergencies
• FSM Working Group Factsheet
• African Sanitation Policy Guidelines
• Treatment technologies in practice: On-the-ground experiences of faecal sludge and wastewater treatment
• Compendium of Sanitation Technologies in Emergencies - 1st Edition
• Faecal sludge and septage treatment – a guide for low- and middle-income countries
• Excreta disposal in emergencies: a field manual
• Decentralised wastewater treatment systems (DEWATS) and sanitation in developing countries - A practical guide
• A practical guide to available pit-emptying technologies
• Faecal Sludge Management: Systems Approach for Implementation and Operation
• World Health Organization guidelines on sanitation and health
• HP Compendium
• MHM Working Group website
• Hygiene Hub website

Training: coming soon

For more information or to request support on hygiene promotion, please contact Michelle Farrington or Alex Machado or globalwashcluster@unicef.org.