[{"bbox": [93, 153, 1054, 180], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Joint Monitoring Missions are key to the commitment of stakeholders, including service providers.**"}, {"bbox": [93, 191, 1163, 272], "category": "Text", "text": "This monitoring approach allows for a regular joint evaluation on the progress of activities by all stakeholders, including the realisation of challenges that are being faced and promotes a sense of ownership over the results of the programme."}, {"bbox": [93, 283, 1117, 312], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**The financial sustainability study and its tool contribute to the sustainability of the water supply services.**"}, {"bbox": [93, 322, 1163, 430], "category": "Text", "text": "This study offered a different perspective on sustainability of the system by enhancing the aspects that need to be taken into account such as the minimum number of connections and breakeven point that needs to be achieved during the operation of the system. It also highlighted the need to find a mechanism to break the financial barrier of families to acquire a household connection and accelerate the coverage of the system which led to the revolving fund initiative."}, {"bbox": [93, 441, 1002, 469], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**The revolving fund system is sustainable and accelerates the increase in domestic connections**"}, {"bbox": [93, 479, 1163, 561], "category": "Text", "text": "In the AGUASANI programme, this initiative was successfully piloted, and it has proven to be effective in accelerating coverage thus contributing to its sustainability. Moreover, it provides a more cost-effective way of investing in household connection which - when previously done through the construction contracts - had double/triple the cost."}, {"bbox": [93, 572, 1163, 627], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Strengthening supply and demand for household sanitation ensures the sustainability of the sanitation improvement process.**"}, {"bbox": [93, 637, 1163, 771], "category": "Text", "text": "The sanitation model for small towns was expanded further into the area of supply through market development of affordable and inclusive products and support to sanitation entrepreneurs in business strategies. The application of demand generation techniques in parallel with the identification and strengthening of sanitation entrepreneurs to supplement awareness-raising campaigns, has triggered a sustainable dynamic for improving family sanitation that will also be implemented in the current action."}, {"bbox": [93, 782, 909, 810], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**The creation of saving clubs gives households access to credit to invest in sanitation.**"}, {"bbox": [93, 821, 1163, 929], "category": "Text", "text": "Encouraging households to set up \"Xitique\" groups to access the financial resources required to invest in sanitation is a simple and context-adapted way of helping families overcome the financial barriers to improving sanitation and carrying out the corresponding maintenance activities. This activity is complementary to actions to promote sanitation and develop a sanitation market."}, {"bbox": [93, 940, 827, 968], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Development of inclusive WASH services requires tailor-made approaches.**"}, {"bbox": [93, 979, 1163, 1087], "category": "Text", "text": "In AGUASANI, the design of appropriate sanitation facilities for each type of disability resulted from consultations with the beneficiaries at a workshop held to adapt the existing facilities, taking the type and magnitude of the disability into account. This is a lengthier approach however, key to find the most appropriate technical solution to each disability which requires tailor-made solutions."}, {"bbox": [93, 1098, 462, 1126], "category": "Section-header", "text": "**Flexibility and effective coordination.**"}, {"bbox": [93, 1136, 1163, 1244], "category": "Text", "text": "The flexible design should also allow for adjustments, in consultation with the Government and key partners, as the situation evolves. For this reason, the action integrates a so-called 'crisis modifier', designed to quickly reallocate funding to address spikes in need and enable rapid response to new humanitarian needs that could arise in the project areas during the implementation."}, {"bbox": [85, 1271, 399, 1302], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [85, 1318, 1163, 1547], "category": "Text", "text": "WASH coverage in the three Northern provinces included in this action are amongst the lowest of the country. This is explained by several reasons such as the low capacity of government institutions in charge of delivering water and sanitation services to operate, maintain and regulate existing services or to manage investments. This capacity has been further weakened with the decentralization process which implied the division of subnational structures in two different entities, one reporting to the Governor of the province and, the other one, to the Secretary of State who represents the State at provincial level. Other external factors explaining these indicators are the low capacity of communities to maintain and operate the rural water infrastructures, as well as the lack of awareness and social norms related to sanitation and hygiene."}, {"bbox": [1027, 1680, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 13 of 26"}]