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
Community Engagement

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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Guidence Note: Supporting Quality Community Engagement Programming in WASH

These two short guidance documents are designed to support the integration of a community engagement approach across Oxfam’s WASH programming. Together, they outline both…

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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Lessons Learned on Community Engagement in WASH (Ebola 2014)

This guide is a compilation of best practices and key lessons learned through Oxfam’s experience of community engagement during the 2014–15 Ebola response in…

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…

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