Improving Access To Potable Water And Improved Sanitation To Support Polio Eradication In Uc4, Gaddap Town, Karachi And Qasimabad, Hyderabad, Pakistan

The project aims at improving citizen's quality of life especially that of excluded, marginalized and unreached poor living in Gaddap Town, Karachi and Qasimabad, Hyderabad through strengthening urban governance and social cohesion in terms of access to WASH basic social services. The overall programme builds on the extensive working experience of UN-Habitat in urban informal settlement and UNICEF in operationalizing the Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation (PATS), a national strategy to implement sanitation programmes in Pakistan. PATS brings together different approaches to address rural as well as urban sanitation; and focuses on the multifaceted dimensions of sanitation: i.e. poverty, gender, community participation and the facilitating the role of service providers, civil society and donors etc.

Main Expected Accomplishments  

1.            Enabling environment created to support changes in hygiene behaviours

2.            Improved access to water and sanitation facilities