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A student washes her face using her school’s water supplies facilities

Water and Sanitation

We work to provide safe drinking water and eliminate open defecation.

Girls washing hands

03 October 2022

“Good for everyone”

In western Nepal, improved WASH facilities at a school as part a UNICEF-Finland partnership is helping encourage regular attendance among adolescent girls

This image shows locals of Bhaluhi in Kapilvastu in the midst of testing the water quality

28 February 2022

Championing access to safe water

In western Nepal, through a UNICEF-supported initiative, a young girl finds confidence in helping to transform attitudes and practices in her community

Ambika Tharu (right) with a fellow Madarhawa local during a training to test water quality

06 January 2022

Safe water in every home

In a community in western Nepal, efforts to ensure access to safe water for every household, locals are better equipped to keep water-borne diseases at bay

This image shows children washing their hands

03 September 2021

Water safe communities: An approach towards achieving SDG 6.

Working with communities to strengthen and sustain water supply and safety

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WASH Field Note: Water Safe Community (PDF, 742 KB)

This image shows healthworkers receiving WASH materials in a hospital in Nepal

15 December 2020

Global progress report on WASH in health-care facilities

Fundamentals first

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WASH in Healthcare Facilities - Global Progress Report 2020 (PDF, 7 MB)

This image shows a student at Shri Mahankal Primary School washes his hands outside a toilet of the UNICEF-supported temporary learning centre (TLC) in Dolakha, one of the earthquake-affected districts in Nepal. .

12 December 2020

Sanitation Market Analysis

Summary report for Nepal

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Sanitation Market Analysis: Nepal (PDF, 3 MB)

This image shows an illustration of a family with cleaning equipment fighting off the coronavirus

Tips to help keep the COVID-19 virus out of your home

From doing laundry to preparing meals — every day measures to help protect your family

This image shows A service seeker at the Janakpur Provincial Hospital in Dhanusha District in Nepal’s south washing her hands at the prefabricated handwashing station designed and installed by UNICEF.

Hands-on innovation

In Nepal’s south, easy-to-assemble handwashing stations designed by UNICEF are being installed in several health facilities to promote better hand hygiene

Pradeep Shah (left), president of the child club network and member of the CFLG committee discussing various issues affecting children that need to be addressed at a meeting in Bagahi, Birgunj, Parsa District.

06 January 2020

Transformation is possible

How a ward in Birgunj is making good on its promise to protect the rights of every child