Raleigh - RB Global Volunteer Challenge - Tanzania WASH (water, sanitation & hygiene)

“Raleigh International is a sustainable development charity who harness the passion and energy of young people to effect positive change in sustainable development. Their programmes focus on providing access to safe water and sanitation, protecting vulnerable environments and building resilient communities.”

Problem:

Water contamination prevalent in Tanzania and therefore cholera outbreaks and diarrhoea transmission amongst school children are common because simple hygiene behaviours not practiced

Challenge:

School children are good agents at cascading healthy hygiene behaviours within the home – but recent evaluations demonstrate the indirect beneficiaries perceived that they are still not being positively influenced

Opportunity:

This issue is now on the national agenda – Government, other INGO’s, Project CLEAR – and there is a need to devise new behaviour change methodologies as well as create more effective monitoring & evaluation – insights leading to more impactful work not just for Raleigh but the whole WASH sector