Clean water, clean hands, clean toilets, and menstrual health support for kids in urban poverty — co-developed with local governments.

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Joined April 2009
The UNC Water and Health Conference starts today. Chris Nicoletti and Emily Cruz are in Chapel Hill for Splash. Find Chris at 3:15 p.m. today (Sunflower), and see our handwashing station and Durable Tap at the Technology & Innovation Showcase. #WaterAndHealth
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Congratulations to our partner BORDA Zambia, NWASCO and WaterAid Zambia on “Spell It Right, WASH It Right”, a Global Handwashing Day spelling bee for students from five Lusaka primary schools. #GlobalHandwashingDay #BeAHandwashingHero #Splash #BORDAZambia #WASHinSchools
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Last week, Splash team members from nine countries met in Zambia for our annual retreat, where we are working with BORDA Zambia toward 436 public schools and 789,000 students by 2030. Thank you to the Government of Zambia and the Splash Zambia team. splash.org/project-wise
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Today is #GlobalHandwashingDay. In Kolkata, handwashing with soap before lunch rose from 25% to 90% and held past 18 months. With BORDA Zambia, we’re bringing those lessons to every public school in four Zambian cities. $15 adds a mirror to a station: give.splash.org/handwashing
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#GlobalHandwashingDay is tomorrow. A mirror above a handwashing station gives kids another reason to stop and wash. Lessons from Ethiopia and India are now shaping Project WISE Phase II in Zambia with BORDA Zambia. Tomorrow: how $15 adds a mirror to a station. #WASHinschools
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3 days until Global Handwashing Day! With “Spell It Right, WASH It Right,” our partner Borda Zambia will bring learners from five primary schools together to build awareness of handwashing with soap. See how Splash supports lasting habits: splash.org/impact
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An 8th-grade girl in Addis Ababa taught her younger brothers the handwashing lessons she learned at school. When a school has clean water and hygiene lessons, students carry them home. This is how lasting change spreads. splash.org/impact #InPractice #WASHinSchools
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This week, Splash visited a school in Zambia with government and our partner BORDA Zambia. Thank you to Dr. Oliver Kalabo, Dr. Eng. Kelvin Mambwe and the Presidential Delivery Unit, and Chitambeya Mukwangole, Delivery Manager at Presidential Delivery Unit Zambia. #Splash #WASH
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Zambia made public education free, and 1.5 million more children enrolled in three years. In Kitwe, some schools have reported 213 students sharing one toilet. What it takes to keep pace: splash.org/blog/the-missing-… #WASHinSchools #Zambia #ProjectWise #Splash #EducationMatters
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#WorldTeachersDay. Once the infrastructure and programs are in place, teachers become the champions of lasting behavior change. They carry healthy habits through the classroom, into homes, and into communities. Thank you to the teachers in Splash schools. splash.org/impact
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Eldana dreams of becoming a civil engineer. At school, filtered water and durable handwashing stations show her what reliable infrastructure can change. As a Hygiene Club member, she helps classmates protect that progress. splash.org/impact/stories #GirlsInSTEM #WASHinSchools
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Why schools and why cities? Schools are where children spend their days and build habits that can last a lifetime. Cities are where reaching many schools can create something bigger: complete, citywide WASH coverage. That focus turns individual projects into lasting change.
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The Africa Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium begins today in Kigali. Splash is there with Baraki Zessalasie Birru, Carole Wanjau, Katrina Straker, and Mwansa Njelesani-Kaira. Strong systems should reach every child, every school, every day. #AfricaWaterSymposium
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Next week, Splash joins leaders in Kigali for the Africa Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium. One number we'll bring: $38 per school year. That's what it costs to keep school WASH systems running in Kolkata after handover. Strong systems last. #ProjectWISE
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Building a water system is the easy part. Keeping it working is the test. By mid-2025, 80% of Splash schools in Kolkata were on a maintenance contract. Splash.org/impact #BuiltToLast #WASH #ProjectWISE #SplashInternational
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Desta's name means "joy" in Amharic, and the name fits. At her school in Ethiopia, she turns handwashing lessons into songs and poems her classmates remember. splash.org/impact/stories/de… #WhereChangeBegins #WASHinSchools #HygieneClub #WASHinSchools #ProjectWISE #Ethiopia
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Yes to Period Education for girls, boys, and caregivers. Building on WASH United’s work, Splash and partners developed Guides for boys and caregivers to help create more supportive environments. Explore yes-period.org/. #YesPeriod #PeriodEducation #MenstrualHealth
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A complete school WASH program should include menstrual health from the start. Project WISE (WASH in Schools for Everyone) integrates water, toilets, hygiene, education, behavior change, and maintenance to support girls’ dignity and participation. Splash.org #WASH
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People Behind the Work: Mwansa Njelesani-Kaira, our Country Director in Zambia. Her "why" traces back to age 10, a day with children at a refugee camp in Sierra Leone. "What stayed with me was the joy of that day despite the circumstances." #WASH #Zambia
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When something works, it should be shared. Splash and WASH United created yes.period, a free digital resource that helps schools and organizations use proven menstrual health tools. Read how lessons from Addis Ababa are being shared: splash.org/blog/the-proof-is…
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