DONATE NOW WATER, SANITATION & HYGIENE FEATURED STORY WATCH WASH Watch how PSI partnered with Unilever’s Domestos Toilet Academy to address critical barriers to toilet ownership and increase access quality sanitation in Bihar, India. OVERVIEW Diarrheal disease linked to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene is still a leading cause of childhood death in most developing countries, leading to more than 500,000 deaths of children under 1 each year. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, the World Bank estimates that more than $5 billion is lost each year due to death, healthcare costs and losses in productivity. PSI works to improve the health, safety and economic opportunity of low-income families in the developing world by increasing access to affordable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) products and services that customers want to use. We leverage the expertise and resources of the public and private sectors to maximize the health impact of our WASH programming. HOW WE WORK 01 CONSUMER LED LEARN MORE 02 MARKET DEVELOPMENT LEARN MORE 03 PROGRAM DESIGN LEARN MORE 04 SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LEARN MORE THE THREE PILLARS OF OUR WORK IN WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE 01 WE WORK TO ACTIVATE AND SHAPE SANITATION MARKETS. LEARN MORE 02 WE USE CONSUMER-CENTERED DESIGN TO CREATE QUALITY SANITATION PRODUCTS. LEARN MORE 03 WE STRENGTHEN SYSTEMS TO CREATE AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR SANITATION. LEARN MORE OUR IMPACT Here's how our WASH interventions have provided 672,000 years of healthy life for our clients: SINCE 1996, WE’VE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 1.6 billion household water treatment products SINCE 2012, PSI HAS FACILITATED THE SALE OF 400,000 hygienic toilets through private sector actors WE’VE FACILITATED HYGIENIC TOILET SALES IN 12 countries WE’VE SAFELY MANAGED MORE THAN 27 million liters of fecal sludge in 3 countries OUR WASH SOLUTIONS Working with private sector actors to develop and grow sanitation businesses Facilitating access to consumer and business finance Promoting toilet use Bringing toilets to customers’ doors Advocating with the government to engage the private sector Social Enterprise: Public toilet solutions FEATURED PROJECTS USAID TRANSFORM WASH AND USAID GROWTH THROUGH NUTRITION ACTIVITY DONOR: USAID READ MORE SANITATION SERVICE DELIVERY (SSD) DONOR: USAID READ MORE SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE SANITATION – PATHWAYS TO SCALE DONOR: BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION READ MORE MUNICIPAL WASH DONOR: USAID READ MORE HYGIENIC TOILETS FOR ALL: A MARKET ENTRY PROGRAM IN GHANA DONOR: USAID AND LIXIL PROJECT LEAD: PSI READ MORE ACCES DONOR: USAID READ MORE OUR WASH EXPERTS JENNIFER MARCY SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR, WASH PSI JOHN SAUER SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR, WASH PSI LATEST UPDATES DISCOVER WHAT'S HAPPENING AT PSI 1 2 3 4 5 STAY UPDATED Our mission is powered by people like you joining our community. SUBSCRIBE YOUR INVESTMENT, REAL IMPACT 92% Program Expenses 8% Management, General, Fundraising Expenses $38.96 is all it takes to give a healthy mother and her child a year of healthy life. DONATE DONATE CAREERS RESOURCES 1120 19TH STREET, NW, SUITE 600, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 P (202)785-0072 F (202) 785-0120 GDPR Compliance Privacy Policy Terms of Use Contact Us Anti-Slavery Statement Copyright © 2021 PSI