PROG 2017-2021_NEPAL_OUTCOME 1_Sustained use of sufficient safe water & sanitation facilities, as well as sustained safe hygiene attitudes & practices by target population by 2018.

The Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (BRC-Fl) has worked in Nepal for almost 30 years and always with its preferential partner, the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS). In 2017 and 2018, the cooperation will continue to focus on First Aid (FA) and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene promotion (WASH). BRC-Fl focuses on these 2 given they are, according to the World Bank, two of the cheapest ways to increase public health in developing countries. Access to sufficient and safe water and sanitation, is an important contributor to overall health and poverty reduction. The program also focusses on hygiene promotion through behavior change since it is a key condition for good health. This is accomplished using scientific approaches to behavioral change coupled with the extensive volunteers base of NRCS, which plays an important role in both transmitting the right messages and assisting communities to change their behavior for the better. A total of 54.114 beneficiaries is reached, among whom 30.165 are directly reached.