The World Bank has approved $400 million to help Punjab expand access to clean water, sanitation, and basic hygiene services, ...

World Bank projects in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Papua New Guinea are working to improve water and sanitation access. These projects are expected to benefit a total of 185,000 people by 2026, over ...

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved the Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project. Supported by a $40 million ...

Access to safe, clean, affordable water and wastewater services is essential to public health, wellbeing, and prosperitya ...

WASHINGTON, December 10, 2025 — A new drinking water treatment plant in Bujumbura will soon add 60,000 m³ of clean water per day to the city’s supply, improving reliable access for families and ...

Access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right yet for many people in Papua New Guinea it remains out of ...

The Government of Ethiopia launched a multi-phased “One WASH National Program” (OWNP) in 2013 as an integrated platform for sector development. OWNP aims to improve the health and well-being of both ...

In Mozambique, more than one in three children under five suffer from stunting (impaired physical growth) , a sign of chronic ...

Safe water and sanitation are vital to human life. However, despite global efforts, as of 2022, 2.2 billion people still lack access to safely managed water services, and 3.5 billion are without ...

Access to clean water, adequate sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) is a fundamental human right and vital for global health and development. Yet millions still struggle to meet these basic needs. In 2014, ...

WASH is the collective term for water, sanitation and hygiene. While each is a separate field of work, they are interdependent and contribute to the overall protection, health, well-being and ...

Growing up, Amaka Godfrey remembers how much of her life revolved around water. She'd have to lug a can of water to her primary school in Nigeria each day, which had no water of its own. Later, in ...