Impacts until 2022
Since its inception in 2009, the cumulative work of the Water Fund and partner countries has benefited 4.3 million people. Of these, 3.8 million have gained access to safe drinking water and 1.5 million to sanitation. Specifically, in 2022, 343,791 people had improved access to water and 145,000 to sanitation. In addition, to ensure the systems’ sustainability over time and promote community development, the Water Fund has also worked on other aspects, such as training the personnel of local, regional, and national institutions and raising awareness on the use of this resource.
The work to promote global water governance, fostering the strengthening of the sector and public policies in partner countries, has had significant impacts beyond the quantitative data of the people who benefited. These aspects are essential to ensure better water management and guarantee that the positive effects are sustained over time. For the Water Fund it is a line of work of strategic importance due to its contribution to advancing the achievement of the SDGs in the region and the realization of the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation.
In this regard, technical support has been promoted for developing the legal and institutional framework of the countries with an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach, both at the strategic and hydrological planning level and in terms of institutional capacity building.
Some of the actions carried out throughout the year 2022:
