Improving water and hygiene in schools affected by conflict
The second phase of a programme to increase access to safe, quality, and inclusive education and protection services for children affected by conflict recently begun in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. MENTOR is responsible for rehabilitating boreholes, latrines and building water stations to improve access to water and hygiene in schools severely affected by armed conflict and […]
Escalating violence in Cabo Delgado forcing people to flee their homes
Renewed attacks by non-state armed groups in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique are forcing an increasing number of people to flee their homes. Since February, escalating violence in the province has displaced more than 75,000 people who have found safety in resettlement camps or host communities in towns such as Chiúre (pictured). Here, people live in […]
WASH improvements in schools affected by conflict in Cabo Delgado
Improvements to the water supply and sanitation in a school in Montepuez, northern Mozambique is helping children to learn in a safe, clean environment. MENTOR installed a hand pump borehole in Niuhula Primary School, which was badly affected by the ongoing conflict in Cabo Delgado Province. It is part of Save the Children’s Safe and […]
World Water Day
In Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, MENTOR is supporting projects that are helping to prevent water-related diseases for people who have been forcibly displaced because of conflict in the region. Since May 2022 we have reached over half a million people through increasing access to safe water and hygiene. 🚰 Improvements to water points at key locations […]
Improved sanitation and hygiene in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
In Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique more than 800,000 people have fled their homes because of armed conflict affecting this region since 2017. Much public infrastructure, including schools, was destroyed during the conflict. The lack of adequate sanitation increases the risk of diarrhoeal diseases amongst children from these internally displaced communities. To improve water, hygiene and […]
Waste Management
MENTOR’s waste management activities focus on proper waste disposal to reduce the risk of waterborne and vector-borne diseases caused by waste accumulating around households.
Community-Led Total Sanitation
Community-led total sanitation focuses on the behaviour changes needed for real and sustainable improvements to sanitation and hygiene, and mobilises communities to identify and find solutions to their needs.
Urban WASH
Improving urban WASH reduces the transmission of vector-borne diseases and waterborne diseases that proliferate in dense, urban centres.
Tippy Taps
Tippy Taps are a simple hands-free solution that is used within the water, sanitation and hygiene toolkit to improve handwashing.
Infrastructure
Improving water supply systems, sanitation facilities and drainage infrastructure, addresses multiple sources of disease transmission to tackle vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases.