Clean the World Foundation d/b/a The WASH Foundation

We work to prevent the leading causes of death by getting sustainable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene resources, supplies, infrastructure, and education to communities and populations who are most vulnerable. Our goal is to establish a long-term impact that can be sustained by the local population for generations to come.

We posit that the global water and WASH crisis is not due to a lack of water alone but also results from poor
policies and management that reflect a low level of government capacity, combined with inadequate financial
investments, poor infrastructure, competition between various interest groups, a lack of citizen action, and the
exclusion of women in decision making. Therefore, strengthening capacities at various levels is key.

We believe that if change happens at these five levels, people will have access to safe water, sanitation, and
hygiene. We must find ways to address these challenges if we wish to achieve the results, we have identified that
can sustain the quality of life for communities through improved access to water and WASH.

We cover both development and humanitarian contexts. In humanitarian contexts, we ensure populations in crisis -- including disaster victims and refugees -- have emergency access to the WASH supplies they need to stay healthy. In development contexts, we provide locally-led infrastructure development, then design education programs that meet the needs of the local population to help ensure they understand the need for WASH and how to incorporate it into their daily lives. We then start WASH-related businesses to provide ongoing supplies when they are not presently available.

There are several approaches we will need to undertake to contribute to improving the governance and policy
environment wherever we choose to work. While this is contextual and depends on the geography in which we
undertake our work, we will begin with local governance, given that we intend to focus on greater localization
and to be closer to the primary beneficiaries.

We will seek a better appreciation for the complexity of planning, budgeting, and coordination that is involved,
along with a better understanding of the delivery challenges. Our approach will require that we work from a
better evidence base that provides objective, accurate, and timely information on costs, timescales, benefits,
and risks. Our ability to align stakeholders different views and incentives will also be crucial to both project
delivery, constant learning, collaborating, and adapting while engaging in policy formulation that can be
advocated for at the provincial and national levels.

We have robust partnerships with leading global health organizations, including UNHCR, Feeding America, Global Medic, Children International, and many others. We are also one of just a few dozen organizations to serve on the UN Global WASH Cluster, giving us a voice in leading the UN global WASH activities. Finally, we have a group of experienced staff members and board members with deep expertise in the global health, humanitarian, international development, and WASH sectors.

The WASH Foundation will catalyze a proper WASH asset management policy and strategy, especially at the
local levels and with local government and communities. Such asset management policies will identify the
objectives and principles that will guide asset management in communities and at the local and district/province
level. It will stress the benefits of asset management to the communities, local government, and the private
sector by helping them have local policies that address the following elements within the local context.

Community-Focused
We shall promote community benefits - that is, the supplementary social and economic benefits arising from
an infrastructure project that is intended to improve the well-being of a community (e.g., local job creation and
training opportunities, improvement of public spaces within the community, promoting accessibility for persons
with disabilities, etc.).

Risk-Based
It will strive to meet or exceed all regulations, benchmarks, and requirements related to the management of
assets. It will adopt a risk management approach in planning to minimize the impact of climate change, public
health crises, and other systemic shocks.

Service-Focused
It will designate focal points for asset management research centers and prepare and convene regular
stakeholder meetings to discuss how asset management practices can be further improved to benefit
communities. It will report regularly on the assets and asset performance. The governing body will provide the
highest quality of service to citizens under the given circumstances, with the available resources and in line with
relevant national laws and norms.

Forward-Looking
It will focus on long-term solutions rather than short-term affordability or convenience. It will continue to improve
the asset management practices and systems to ensure quality services to the communities with a strong focus
on maintenance of assets by the community and local government.

Value-Based
It will provide value to all stakeholders by adopting good financial asset management practices in the annual
budget and medium and long-term fiscal expenditure plans.

Transparent
The policy will encourage open and effective management and reporting of public assets as part of civic duty. It
will aim to reduce all forms of misuse, abuse, or corruption related to the management of public property.

We have been effective at creating programs that lead to significant, sustainable progress in decreasing hygiene-related illnesses and improving school attendance. In addition, our broad slate of programs and partnerships are evaluated constantly, with impact reports compiled for all operations at least every 90 days. In our WASH Education program in India, we saw a 97% reduction in diarrheal diseases and over 80% of students were washing hands at the appropriate times without being prompted. Overall, the number of children dying from wash-related illnesses has decreased from 5,000 in 2009 to 3,600 - and we are thrilled to be contributing to that decrease.Currently, we are looking forward to expanding these programs into new geographic areas, particularly in underserved regions. We are also looking to expand our US-based programs, to fulfill our mission of helping people in our own backyards. We hope to start a new Mobile Hygiene Unit in Orlando to run alongside the one in Vegas. Finally, we want to increase our microlending and micro-enterprise initiatives to ensure there is ongoing access to soap, through sustainable jobs, in local communities globally.

We work in 20 schools across the DR and Uganda reaching close to 10,000 annually. We will be working in Uganda to bring additional water access to five additional parishes, which equates to a community of over 20,000, three schools, and a healthcare facility in the next year.