Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) project

The event was held at the Lamana Hotel in Port Moresby on Wednesday 11^th March.

This is the second meeting of the committee that hopes to finalise the draft WaSH Strategic Plan 2017-2022.

UNICEF PNG WaSH specialist, Pravin Moore, said there is no better time to emphasise the WaSH strategy than now, especially in light of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

He said the simplest preventive measure that is being talked about this time is ‘handwashing’.

The UNICEF and the European Union, who jointly fund the project in Bougainville, said the WaSH activities aim to support the implementation of the National WaSH policy 2015-2030, and will deliver improved WaSH services to over 7,000 students in 50 primary schools and more than 3,000 people who access medical services in 8 health facilities in Central Bougainville.

A delegation comprising the EU, the French embassy, the British High Commission, UNICEF and representatives of the ABG, recently launched the first phase of this project in Arawa.