Our Partners: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
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With a combined investment of more than US $31 million since its inception, WADA is having a positive impact on the lives of people and the health of ecosystems through 34 projects in 25 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. As of September 2013, WADA had provided nearly 375,000 people with life-saving access to clean water and improved the management of nearly 450,000 hectares of land.
WADA supports water-related projects focused on four objectives: 1) to establish participatory, sustainable water and watershed resources management to benefit people and ecosystems; 2) to increase access to community water supply and sanitation services; 3) to foster improved behaviors in sanitation and hygiene for positive health impacts; and 4) to promote efficient and sustainable productive use of water to protect the environment and provide economic benefits to communities.
In West Java, Indonesia, for example, WADA supported sustainable management of watersheds, outreach and education on water issues, water and sanitation service provision and household water treatment promotion. Over 1 million people received messages of hygiene promotion. And, around Tarija, Bolivia, WADA supported the local water stakeholder forum PROAGUA to promote improved watershed and water resources management in a basin serving over 150,000 people.