Sanitation is vital for people?s wellbeing and health, but in dense urban areas low quality and unhygienic solutions frequently prevail. Pit latrines are quickly overloaded, and municipal sewerage systems rarely cover more than the central core of a city. The richest 20% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa is almost five times as likely to use an improved sanitation facility as the poorest quintile. Reall work predominantly in high density urban and peri-urban areas constructing incremental housing with associated infrastructure. Reall?s interventions benefit their low-income clients by using housing as a ?nexus? for the sustainable delivery of infrastructure including improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene.

Karnali Integrated Rural Development and Research Centre (KIRDARC Nepal) is a Nepali Non-governmental National Organization, registered at District Administration Office, Jumla in 1999, and operating in 15 districts of Mid and Far Western Development Region and 6 districts of Central Development region. It is affiliated with Social Welfare Council, the regulatory body of Government of Nepal. Historically, it has been visualized by the youths from Karnali as rights based organization to empower the marginalized, vulnerable and excluded people to raise their voice at national development mainstream. Currently, it has been engaging more than 500 community institutions to consolidate their knowledge, skills and capacities to sustain their lives in dignified manner. Recently KIRDARC finalized its five years strategy plan 2014-2018 which envisages a just and prosperous society. Mainly, KIRDARC has been working in WASH sector since 2006 with the collaboration of local government and donors. It focuses on safe water and sanitation to the vulnerable and poor people. Integrated WASH program is launched in many municipality and rural municipality of Nepal. Recently, KIRDARC Nepal in partnership with WaterAID has been working in WASH sector since 2013 in Jumla to increase sustainable access of rural households to safe water and basic sanitation through capacity building interventions that result in the provision of universally accessible facilities, support the development of increase capacity to ensure hygiene promotion services, bring about sustainable behavior change, and support policies and strategies to keep services operating through effective governance and partnerships with multilateral agencies, civil society and business.

he West Asia-North Africa (WANA) Institute is a non-profit policy think tank based in Amman, Jordan. Operating under the chairmanship of His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal, the Institute works to promote a transition to evidence-based policy and programming to combat the development and humanitarian challenges facing West Asia and North Africa. The WANA Institute aspires to be a trusted source of knowledge, evidence and opinion, and to provide a forum for open debate for leading researchers and policy-makers in the region. We undertake research, host conferences and conduct training workshops in the areas of social justice, sustainable development and human security. We believe these three areas represent both the most pressing issues facing our region and the greatest opportunity for our work to create vital impact.