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

Belgian Red Cross-Flanders (BRC-FL) has collaborated with Rwanda Red Cross Society (RRCS) between 2003 and 2010. Until today, the results of this collaboration can be seen in the First Aid (FA) service of RRCS. Between 2017 and 2021, the cooperation will focus on first aid training and water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) as those are, according to the World Bank6, two of the cheapest ways to increase public health in developing countries. Moreover, the program directly contributes to the Joint Strategic Goal (JSG) 4 and indirectly to JSG’s 1 and 7 of the Rwandan Joint Strategic Framework (JSF). Access to sufficient and safe water and sanitation is an important contributor to overall health and poverty reduction. With this program, 3.320 persons will benefit from improved water and sanitation infrastructure. Apart from access, the program also focuses on hygiene behavioral change. This is accomplished using scientific approaches to behavioral change, whereby the many volunteers of RRCS play an important role in both transmitting the right messages through different methods, and assisting the 11.676 beneficiaries to change their behavior for the better.