The WaSH: Integrated Social Empowerment (W:ISE) Toolkit applies a mixed methods approach to understanding community-based water, sanitation and hygiene as a first step in evidence-informed decision-making and building capacity for change. The various components that make up the W:ISE toolkit use a combination of methods to collect information. They are intended to be used by a community, NGO or local government to understand the relationship that community members have with each other and with water and their environment; and to understand:
- how these relationships impact health;
- how and why water is used in the community;
- how sanitation and hygiene practices are viewed; and
- how changes could be made
The tools and methods described are participatory in nature; community members learn about healthy behaviours and practices while they assess their water, their environment, their social development, their health status and the interactions among these factors.
Toolkit methods
The titles above are included as Appendix A, B and C in the full toolkit accessible below.
