Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation and hygiene facilities remains out of reach for billions of people worldwide.
Global Ministries believes that access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services is a basic human right and is committed to improving health and wellbeing in underserved and marginalized communities. In collaboration with both Methodist and ecumenical partners, Global Ministries increases access to clean and safe water; revitalizes sanitation facilities and shares knowledge on sanitation and waste management; and helps to reduce infection from preventable, water-borne diseases by enhancing the quality of care in health facilities.
There are still places in the U.S. where communities live without clean water. On World Water Day, we give thanks for advocates who work for water justice.
Programs that train women as water technicians in South Sudan and build latrines in Haiti reduce tension in communities ravaged by violence and displacement.
For more than 30 families and three community centers, UMCOR funding helps provide a clean and sustainable water source by distributing drums to harvest rainwater.