Despite sustained rates of ecomic growth and with many countries transitioning to a higher economic status, Latin America is still struggling on water and sanitation issues. In 2012, 36’000’000 people did not have access to drinking water and 110’000’000 people practice open defecation in Latin American rural areas.

To contribute to universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene in rural and post-conflict areas of the Andean Region. The international debate regarding the SDGs implementation process will be enriched.

5’800’000 people from 880 rural districts in Peru. 80’000 people from 4 municipalities of the post-conflict area in Colombia. Water and sanitation associations in Latin America and developing countries, decision makers, experts, international organizations, and water and sanitation networks.

• Component A: Increase and sustain equitable water and sanitation coverage. By 2017, the SABA approach shall have been totally adopted and reproduced by local, regional and national authorities, that will finalize the coverage.
• Component B: Capitalize, share and disseminate lessons learned from scaling up the SABA model, with an impact on sector policies.
• Component C: Improve access to water and sanitation in rural areas of Colombia through an integral and sustainable water and sanitation model.

Resultados de las fases anteriores:  

• Between 2013 and2014, the SABA project has contributed to improved access to sanitation for 732’000 people and to water access for 297’000 people.
• In 2014, over USD 120 million have been leveraged with an investment of CHF 1’818,000 in 2013.
• Policy dialogue and knowledge exchanges have contributed to the design of the new ASIR-SABA project in Colombia; the Peruvian national plan of investment, the definition of BID rural sanitation strategy and AECID new intervention.

Fase 2 01.12.2014 - 30.11.2018   (Completed)