• Kisumu, Nyamasaria Area, Nairobi Road
  • (+254) 722 206 505
  • Kisumu, Nyamasaria Area, Nairobi Road
  • (+254) 722 206 505

Promotion of Community WASH Enterprises

Promotion of Community WASH Enterprises

Sana International is actively involved in facilitation of water and sanitation businesses, business development support and WASH business innovations. Our key strategic interventions include amongst others:

School WASH

  1. We promote development of appropriate, innovative, cost effective, replicable and scalable WASH solutions or interventions in schools (facilities, new technologies, WASH models & approaches etc.).
  2. Build school capacity/ awareness creation in prioritised WASH areas.
  3. Promote WASH related IGAs/ enterprises in schools for sustainability of installed facilities.

Community WASH

  1. We help establish community water utilities with professional agency management.
  2. Build capacity for water utilities board of management members and community based entrepreneurs on governance, utilities operations and maintenance.
  3. Stimulate/ facilitate involvement of private sector in water supply including through Corporate Social Responsibility, facilitating innovative WASH financing and credit for water amongst others.
  4. Promote water (social) enterprises such as water supply on a pay as you fetch basis, as well as other productive uses of water (micro-irrigation schemes, farming as a business etc.).
  5. Facilitate access to or offer business development support including access to credit, market information, input supplies, technical/ capacity development support (skills development, business skills training, mentoring etc.)to entrepreneurs, community groups and other clients.

Urban Sanitation

  1. Promote social enterprises in sanitation including sustainable solid waste management technologies in partnership with County Governments
  2. Undertake sanitation marketing to promote/ trigger demand for affordable, desirable sanitation and solid waste products.
  3. Facilitate/ financing for viable sanitation and solid waste management enterprises