Community Engagement

Community engagement in WASH is a planned and dynamic process to connect communities and other emergency response stakeholders to increase community’s control over the impact of the response. It brings together the capacities and perspectives of communities and responders. Oxfam’s guidance includes resources on community engagement in general and specific applications, such as through the WASH Tweaks approach and Community Perception Tracker tool.

Technical Brief

An Introduction to Community Engagement in WASH The humanitarian sector has been strengthening its focus on and commitment to community-centred responses in recent years.…

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WASH Tweaks

WASH Tweaks is our flagship programme to make WASH infrastructure and programmes more suitable for users. The Problem Our research has found that on…

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Community Perception Tracker (CPT)

In 2018, Oxfam launched a new approach to better understand the perceptions and beliefs of crisis-affected communities, particularly in relation to diseasen outbreaks. Given…

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Supporting quality community engagement

Planning adequate resources to strengthen community-centred WASH emergency responses:an essential guide for Managers and WASH teams.

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Two Page Overview

Technical Brief

Working with Community Committees

Introduction Strong community participation, often channelled through beneficiary groups or committees, is the backbone of Oxfam‟s approach to Public Health programming. It facilitates community-led…

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Guide to Community Engagement in WASH

Minimum Requirements

Community Engagement

Listening to affected communities is the backbone of Oxfam’s rights based approach to WASH programming. Community members are acknowledged as primary change agents and…