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EXAMPLES of donors supportive OF <strong>WASH’</strong><strong>Nutrition</strong> Projects<br />
European Commission,<br />
Directorate-General for<br />
European Civil Protection<br />
and Humanitarian<br />
Operations<br />
(ECHO)<br />
UN Children‘s Fund<br />
(UNICEF)<br />
United States Agency for<br />
International Development<br />
(USAID)<br />
German Federal Ministry of<br />
Economic Cooperation and<br />
Development<br />
(BMZ)<br />
The World Bank Group<br />
Bill & Melinda Gates<br />
Foundation<br />
(BMGF)<br />
UK Aid – Department for<br />
International Development<br />
(DFID)<br />
Swedish International<br />
Development Cooperation<br />
Agency<br />
(SIDA)<br />
Global Affaires Canada<br />
(GAC)<br />
Swiss Agency for<br />
Development and<br />
Cooperation<br />
(SDC)<br />
EU humanitarian policy is concerned with addressing the immediate and underlying causes of<br />
undernutrition. ECHO puts forward the view that nutrition interventions need to promote a<br />
multi-sector approach and a joint humanitarian and development approach. The Commission<br />
promotes the incorporation of nutrition-specific objectives into WASH humanitarian responses<br />
in crisis contexts where undernutrition is a major humanitarian concern.<br />
http://ec.europa.eu/echo/what/humanitarian-aid_en<br />
UNICEF acts as both a donor of WASH and nutrition projects and implementing agency.<br />
Improving nutrition of vulnerable populations by also investing in access to health, water, and<br />
sanitation services is an important principle. It also promotes a multi-sectoral approach to<br />
nutrition.<br />
http://www.unicef.org/<br />
USAID is the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and<br />
enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential. The Water and Development<br />
Strategy 2013-2018 calls for increased integration of WASH and food security programmes,<br />
such as increasing access to high quality nutrition-sensitive services, including access to water,<br />
sanitation facilities, and hygiene.<br />
https://www.usaid.gov/what-we-do<br />
The German Federal Ministry (BMZ) has made food and nutrition security, together with<br />
rural development, a priority area of its work and launched a special initiative “One World No<br />
Hunger”. With this initiative, the ministry aims at tackling not only food and nutrition, but also<br />
underlying causes of undernutrition by including WASH as crucial component in the initiative’s<br />
strategy.<br />
https://www.bmz.de/webapps/hunger/index.php#/en/<br />
The World Bank Group’s “Water Global Practice”, includes the Water and Sanitation<br />
Programme, a multi-donor partnership that supports poor people in obtaining affordable, safe,<br />
and sustainable access to water and sanitation services. The World Bank Group is currently<br />
integrating WASH, nutrition and health in at least 13 projects.<br />
http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic<br />
BMGF funds various WASH and nutrition projects. The foundation’s new approach to nutrition<br />
includes reaching women and children with solutions proven to improve nutrition, such as<br />
breastfeeding and food fortification, and expand research into innovative new approaches.<br />
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/<br />
DFID supports nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions as well as generating<br />
evidence on effects as a basis for action, primarily focusing on the first 1,000 critical days.<br />
DFID encourages a global effort to tackle undernutrition by donors working in partnership with<br />
country governments.<br />
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development<br />
The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it<br />
possible for poor people to improve their living conditions. Together with other donors,<br />
SIDA supports projects on child protection, WASH and social policy, as well as several<br />
nutrition projects - often linked to health.<br />
http://www.sida.se/English/<br />
Programming of the GAC focuses on increasing food security, stimulating sustainable<br />
economic growth, securing the future of children and youth, and supporting governance.<br />
Canada has increased its number of countries of focus to 25 and provides humanitarian<br />
assistance in times of disaster, crisis or severe conflict.<br />
http://www.international.gc.ca/international/index.aspx?lang=eng<br />
The SDC, under the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, provides humanitarian aid and<br />
longer-term development cooperation in the South and East. Water, health and emergency<br />
relief are amongst the addressed themes.<br />
https://www.eda.admin.ch/sdc<br />
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<strong>WASH’</strong><strong>Nutrition</strong><br />
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