Welcome to Football For Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 

 

Football for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (F4WASH) is a unique programme using the power of football to inculcate healthy habits among school girls and boys in Ghana, Kenya and Mozambique 

 

From 2012 to 2019, F4WASH worked with local and international partners from the public and private sector, and development organisations active in the field of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Through F4WASH, around half a million children from 749 schools got football-based life skill education and access to WASH facilities. And another quarter million community members were reached with hygiene messages through F4WASH. 

 

But the work is not done. We are currently embedding this approach in national education systems and in existing WASH in Schools initiatives in Ghana and Kenya. In addition, we are planning to scale the approach in other countries and regions. 

 

We are looking for partners to bring F4WASH to this next level, especially WASH programmes donors, government bodies (local and national), sports and development organisations, community and school WASH programmes, and the private sector.  

 

InterestedRead more on how to get involved.

  

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469,018 children

got access to water and sanitation

469,018 children

received life skills education

749 schools

with WASH facilities

KEY THEMES

THE STORY OF FOOTBALL FOR WATER

SPORTS AS A VEHICLE FOR HYGIENE EDUCATION

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

SPORTS AS A VEHICLE FOR HYGIENE EDUCATION

 

Are you curious about how sports can be used as a vehicle for hygiene education? Maaike de Vette, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager at Aqua for All talks about football-based life skill education and describes its effects of hygiene behaviour, especially among young children. She presents Football for Water, our approach and the key challenges and wins we have had so far. Watch the video to learn more!