UNICEF Child Protection and WASH System strengthening in Sudan

About this project

The cooperation includes support to UNICEF Sudan’s Country Programme on Child Protection and WASH System Strengthening in Sudan. The overall goal of the programme of cooperation is to contribute to Child Protection and WASH System Strengthening in states that are relatively stable and where basic services are still functioning in some capacity, for example Gezira and River Nile states. An estimated 16.4 million people in Sudan are expected to be in need of WASH services. The magnitude of the ongoing WASH crisis is worrisome, with the most at-risk groups either not having access to WASH services or being unable to afford basic WASH services, whilst battling food insecurity, extreme poverty and gender-based violence. Additionally, the population in need of child protection services in 2024 is estimated to reach 6.5 million people. UNICEF Sudan aims to achieve Child protection and WASH system strengthening via institutional capacity support to the social service workforce and frontline workers, ensuring integration with child protection, education, and health and nutrition sectors, and through specific measures that include a mix of interventions: - Rehabilitation or construction of water and sanitation infrastructure in communities, child friendly spaces and health centres; - Social mobilization to stop open defecation in the communities, and the promotion of hygiene practices, especially handwashing; - Activities aimed at ensuring sustainability of WASH services; - Establishm…

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Sweden · Government

Countries

Sudan

Sectors

Basic drinking water supply and basic sanitationEnding violence against women and girlsSocial services (incl youth development and women+ children)I.4. Water supply and sanitationI.5.a. Government and civil society, generalI.6. Other social infrastructure and services

Funded by

Sweden

Passes funds through

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Published by Sweden to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 15 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: SE-0-SE-6-16815.

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