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Only 12 percent of Afghans living in rural areas have access to clean drinking water. USAID is building the capacity of the Afghan government and local communities to provide potable water and sanitation facilities and to improve hygiene behavior. The Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation (SWSS) project supports national and local government agencies, provincial reconstruction teams, and other stakeholders to design, install, and operate sustainable potable water systems, sanitation facilities, and hygiene education programs. These demand-driven activities will focus primarily on rural areas, but include urban and peri-urban areas as well. SWSS began in October 2009, and will be implemented nation-wide, with a focus on the east and south.
Panjshir Water and Sanitation Video (Dari)
Fact Sheet SWSS FINAL June 2011
23 August 2012 | Parwan, Afghanistan
USAID/SWSS Children collect water from the new reservoir Clean drinking water has become a reality for Barik Ab, a small town near...
1 March 2011 | Panjsher Province, Afghanistan
Photo: USAID/SWSS A new piped water system fulfills a basic need for residents. Here a young girl collects a glass of drinking water from...
5 November 2010 | Al Temor, Logar Province, Afghanistan
Despite the lack of safe drinking water, thousands of families live in and around crowded Puli Alam located in Logar Province. In particular, Al-Temor Village...
2 April 2011 | Takhar Province, Afghanistan
USAID/SWSS Poor sanitation and contaminated water are leading causes of water borne diarrheal diseases. Despite the many challenges of living in remote...
2 April 2011 | Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
USAID/SWSS Inspection of newly constructed latrine with hygiene promotion poster in Itarchi, Faizabad District. The mountainous district of Faizabad in Badakhshan Province...
3 February 2011 | Kabul Province, Afghanistan
USAID/SWSS Istalif District agriculture manager with SWSS team, selecting sites to construct public latrines. The USAID funded Afghan Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation...
15 December 2010 | Robat, Afghanistan
Repairing a pipe scheme in the Dayak District of Ghazni Province has helped provide safe drinking water to 8,617 beneficiaries. Inaugurated on November 8, 2010,...
15 December 2010 | Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Kunar is a mountainous province in the east of Afghanistan well endowed with water resources, but lacking infrastructure and management structures to ensure proper access...
15 December 2010 | Sulimanzai, Afghanistan
Dayak is a district of Ghazni Province, which suffers from lack of potable water. Most people in this district collect water from rivers, drains and...
31 October 2010 | Kabul, Afghanistan
USAID’s Afghan Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation (SWSS) Project and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) are taking steps to improve project coordination...
15 October 2010 | Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Many common illnesses can be prevented by increasing the practice of hand washing. To promote better health and hygiene, the Afghan Ministry of Public Health...
31 August 2010 | kapari, Khost Province, Afghanistan
In Kapari Community in Khost Province, many area wells had stopped functioning, causing a desperate need for potable water. Residents were forced to walk long...
15 August 2010 | Kabul, Afghanistan
Ninety-two percent of Afghanistan's nearly 30 million people do not have access to proper sanitation. This has placed the country at the top of the...
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