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 the programming implications of community-centred WASH responses and the resource requirements needed to deliver them effectively.
- Planning Adequate Resources to Strengthen Community-Centred WASH Emergency Responses: An Essential Guide for Managers and WASH Teams – highlights the staffing, budget, time, and organisational investments required to ensure community engagement is adequately resourced and implemented in emergency WASH responses.
- Supporting Quality Community Engagement in WASH Programming – provides practical guidance on what meaningful community engagement looks like in WASH programmes and how it can be embedded throughout the programme cycle.
Taken together, these documents provide complementary guidance on both the “how” and the “what it takes” of delivering high-quality, community-centred WASH programming.
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