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Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council

Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council
Type Intergovernmental organisation
Focus Sanitation, hygiene, water supply
Location
Area served
Worldwide, with particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Key people

Dr Christopher W. Williams, Executive Director

Amina J. Mohammed, Chair
Website wsscc.org
Vision and Mission
The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council's vision is of a world where everybody has sustained water supply, sanitation and hygiene.

Dr Christopher W. Williams, Executive Director

The Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) is a United Nations membership organization that advocates for improved sanitation and hygiene for the most vulnerable and marginalized people around the world. WSSCC facilitates multi-stakeholder collaboration around sanitation and contributes to the international community's broader goals of poverty eradication, health and environmental improvement, gender equality and long-term social and economic development.

WSSCC’s main areas of focus are large-scale sanitation and hygiene behaviour change programmes through the Global Sanitation Fund; promoting sanitation and hygiene as the gateway to inclusion and opportunity; and bringing together leaders and activists to strengthen the global sanitation movement.

WSSCC works to address the sanitation crisis and promote universal access to sanitation in collaboration with a range of partners. The United Nations estimates that 2.4 billion people live without access to safe sanitation. According to the World Bank, poor sanitation costs countries approximately $260 billion annually.

WSSCC addresses a range of sanitation and hygiene-related issues within its focus areas such as:

WSSCC collaborates with government agencies, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, civil society groups and the private sector internationally and at the national, regional and local levels. Key collaborating partners include WaterAid, the Water and Sanitation Program, and UNICEF, among others. The organization also advocates around key sanitation and hygiene international days such as World Toilet Day and Global Handwashing Day.


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