Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

When can it be useful?
IndiKit website offers guidance on the use of many WASH (and other) indicators, including specific survey questions, practical tips and things to be careful about.

Language: English, French, Portuguese, Czech

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This publication helps you gain a useful overview of the various hygiene and sanitation ‘software’ approaches that have been deployed over the last 40 years by NGOs, development agencies, national and local governments in all types of settings – urban, informal-urban and rural.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This publication provides a comprehensive orientation of the WASH sector, including the key challenges addressed, good practices, and useful lessons learned.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Project Design Examples

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This publication presents the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) that is used for selecting the most appropriate WASH technology considering its applicability, scalability and sustainability. Use it when designing your WASH intervention.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Training Materials

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

Also available in: English, English

When can it be useful?
Presentation of Water Report system

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This strategy of PIN Ethiopia’s WASH programme explains the approach PIN has taken to improving water, sanitation and hygiene.

Language: English

Region: Africa

Resource type: Strategies

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This formative research report presents the main barriers and motivators to practicing the promoted hygiene and sanitation behaviours and shows the approach PIN took to address the barriers.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This paper explains the institutional, social and economic dimensions of sustainability of water supply schemes in rural Ethiopia. It also introduces PIN’s innovative WaterReport technology as a mechanism for enhancing these three dimensions of sustainability.

Language: English

Region: Africa

Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This brief paper describes the potential and the use of solar energy for ensuring water supply in the remote areas of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Language: English

Region: Africa

Resource type: Project Design Examples, Innovations, Communication Materials

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This on-line map shows some of the areas where PIN helped local communities with improving their access to water.

Language: English

Region: Africa

Resource type: Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This paper describes the social and political factors that influence the construction of improved sanitation facilities in rural areas of Ethiopia.

Language: English

Region: Africa

Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
Using geo-information for precise targeting of WASH infrastructure interventions

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Project Design Examples, Innovations

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

Also available in: English, English

When can it be useful?
Presentation of Water Report system

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This formative research report presents the main barriers and motivators to practicing handwashing and shows the approach PIN took to address the barriers.

Language: English

Region: Africa

Resource type: Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
WASH profile - Capacity statement of PIN water sector for partners, donors etc.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This publication provides practical guidance on using the multiple-use water services (MUS) approach for improving people’s access to water for a variety of needs, including drinking, hygiene, agriculture and other purposes.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This publication presents the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) that is used for selecting the most appropriate WASH technology considering its applicability, scalability and sustainability. Use it when designing your WASH intervention.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Training Materials

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
SDG indicators proposed by WASH JMP (Joined Monitoring Program)...it is "service ladder" system to track progress or impact.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Checklists

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This technical publication provides a very detailed, technical overview of sanitation approaches in low and middle-income countries.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This paper describes six key solutions to addressing inadequate financing of water and sanitation services, including the use of life-cycle costing approaches, involvement of the local private sector, introduction of affordable water tariff systems, and other solutions.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples, Training Materials, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This training document provides people with the essential know-how aid workers should have about sanitation programming.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
SDG indicators proposed by WASH JMP (Joined Monitoring Program)...it is "service ladder" system to track progress or impact.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Checklists

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

Also available in: Portuguese

When can it be useful?
The issue of menstrual hygiene in Angola is not yet properly explored and reflected in the national policies and guidelines, mainly due to lack of scientific evidence. The study tries to fill this gap and provides practical tips for stakeholders, incl. government authorities, on how to tailor action to better respond to girls´ and women´s needs, promote gender equity and improve MHM awareness.

Language: English, Portuguese

Region: Africa

Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This study shows the results of comparing the effectiveness of two types of intervention to improve sanitation and hygiene behaviours: hygiene promotion and hygiene promotion in combination with sanitation marketing.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This formative research report presents the main barriers and motivators to practicing the promoted hygiene and sanitation behaviours and shows the approach PIN took to address the barriers.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This key document lists the WASH standards that are applied by PIN in the course of its WASH interventions – an essential resource for all PIN staff working on WASH.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This publication provides a comprehensive orientation of the WASH sector, including the key challenges addressed, good practices, and useful lessons learned.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Project Design Examples

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

Also available in: Arabic

When can it be useful?
This well-prepared toolkit provides practical guidance, tips and tools on how to effectively integrate menstrual hygiene management into your programming across different sectors and phases.

Language: English, Arabic

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This formative research report presents the main barriers and motivators to practicing handwashing and shows the approach PIN took to address the barriers.

Language: English

Region: Africa

Resource type: Project Design Examples, Evaluation & Research Reports, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This “how to” note provides practical, step-by-step guidance on how to analyse value for money in WASH programmes.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This publication provides practical guidance on using the multiple-use water services (MUS) approach for improving people’s access to water for a variety of needs, including drinking, hygiene, agriculture and other purposes.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This guide explains why and how to assess water governance. It is useful for those who work on strengthening WASH systems, especially for advocacy-related activities involving a government’s legislation, rules and policies.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Strategies, Innovations, Evaluation & Research Reports

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

Also available in: English

When can it be useful?
This document can help you when working on strengthening a WASH system and its key “building blocks”.

When can it be useful?
This publication summarizes the current use of cash-based interventions (CBI) in WASH programming, explains the best practices and lessons learned, and provides recommendations for use of CBI in refugee settings.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This key document lists the WASH standards that are applied by PIN in the course of its WASH interventions – an essential resource for all PIN staff working on WASH.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
SDG indicators proposed by WASH JMP (Joined Monitoring Program)...it is "service ladder" system to track progress or impact.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Checklists

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

Also available in: English, English

When can it be useful?
Presentation of Water Report system

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Strategies, Project Design Examples, Innovations, Communication Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This publication provides guidance, examples and checklists on mainstreaming gender at the policy and operational level of WASH interventions.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This publication helps you gain a useful overview of the various hygiene and sanitation ‘software’ approaches that have been deployed over the last 40 years by NGOs, development agencies, national and local governments in all types of settings – urban, informal-urban and rural.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists, Project Design Examples

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

Also available in: Arabic

When can it be useful?
This well-prepared toolkit provides practical guidance, tips and tools on how to effectively integrate menstrual hygiene management into your programming across different sectors and phases.

Language: English, Arabic

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Checklists

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
This publication summarizes the current use of cash-based interventions (CBI) in WASH programming, explains the best practices and lessons learned, and provides recommendations for use of CBI in refugee settings.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This key document lists the WASH standards that are applied by PIN in the course of its WASH interventions – an essential resource for all PIN staff working on WASH.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Checklists, Project Design Examples, E-Learning and Webinars, Training Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers, Country Directors / (Support) Desk Officers

When can it be useful?
This training document provides people with the essential know-how aid workers should have about sanitation programming.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Training Materials

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
This technical publication provides a very detailed, technical overview of sanitation approaches in low and middle-income countries.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals, Project Design Examples

Useful during: Assessment and Project Design, Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes

When can it be useful?
SDG indicators proposed by WASH JMP (Joined Monitoring Program)...it is "service ladder" system to track progress or impact.

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East

Resource type: Checklists

Useful during: Initial Orientation, Monitoring and Evaluation

Useful for: Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes, M&E Managers / Officers

When can it be useful?
Practical Guidance for WASH programming in refugee settings

Language: English

Region: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Europe & Caucasus

Resource type: Toolkits & Manuals

Useful during: Implementation

Useful for: Field Officers, Project / Programme Managers / Heads of Programmes