Inclusive WASH: The impact on urban livelihoods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

摘要

Poverty, illiteracy, poor personal and environmental hygiene, malnutrition, lack of access to basic socialservices, like water and sanitation, characterize the slum areas of Addis Ababa, resulting in highmorbidity, disability and mortality specifically for women and children. By taking these factors intoaccount, Cheshire Foundation Action for Inclusion (CFAI) implemented a three year WASH projectfunded by WaterCan starting in 2009. The project targeted the most marginalized groups in the selectedcommunities, specifically people with disabilities. This paper highlights the impact that WASH activitiescan have in promoting the economic wellbeing of people with disabilities, specifically in the communitiesof Anbessa Garage and Kore in Addis Ababa.