WASH Advocates Information

WASH Advocates is a nonprofit, nonpartisan initiative dedicated to helping solve the global safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) challenge. Our mission is to increase awareness of the global WASH challenge and solutions, and to increase the amount and effectiveness of resources devoted to those solutions throughout the developing world. WASH Advocates’ role is to: Help provide more safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene more sustainably to communities throughout the developing world. This entails increasing awareness of the WASH challenge and solutions, and most importantly converting that heightened awareness into financial, technical, and human resources flowing to the sector. Catalyze stronger, leveraged partnerships between foundations, corporations, civic/faith groups, implementing nonprofits, schools and universities, the United States Government, and others. Increase WASH advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill and within the U.S. Administration, notably the Department of State and USAID. Catalyze and support the WASH advocacy efforts of indigenous civil society networks and leaders in developing countries. Encourage the U.S. and global media to more effectively cover WASH challenges and solutions.