Campaign Success

When you take part in a walk, our collective voice becomes harder to ignore, and a future where everyone has clean drinking water and safe sanitation can come closer to being a reality.

In the last two years, the World Walks for Water and Sanitation has really gone from strength to strength, with hundreds of thousands walking – and lots of crucial political advocacy taking place beyond the walks. Below are just a few examples of the campaign's most recent successes:

In Zambia, specific, monetised commitments were made to improve WASH throughout the Luapula Province, while the government agreed to support and normalise the Human Right to Water and Sanitation.
The first ever CSO campaign on WASH in Dhaka’s slums took place in Bangladesh. Groups worked with slum-dwellers to discuss local WASH issues and took their demands to slum duty bearers and city water authorities.
In Liberia, the government received a 90-day ultimatum to establish a WASH Commission – something agreed at the Liberia WASH Compact in 2011.
In Pakistan, members in Khairpur demanded the immediate preparation of provincial safe drinking water and sanitation policies, following delays.
A breakthrough in Imo State, Nigeria, where campaigners met state officials for the first time and received firm assures of the State Governor’s commitment to the human right.
The government were called to account in Mexico, for legislating in a manner contrary to the principles of human rights and ignoring international agreements.