Supporting behaviour change and strengthening the WASH sector in the state of Guanajuato








Hands with eyes and mouth sing this song to hum while we remove viruses from our skin by washing our hands with soap and water. (Spanish)
Hands with eyes and mouth sing this song to hum while we remove viruses from our skin by washing our hands with soap and water. (Spanish)

Credit: Terry Hugues

Credit: Terry Hugues

Credit: Terry Hugues

Credit: Terry Hugues
A Lazos de Agua Project
The Guanajuato project is part of the Lazos de Agua Program. It has been implemented by Living Water International along with the CEAG — who manages the Access component of this project as part of the State of Guanajuato’s multi-million-dollar rural water and sanitation program. The project has strengthened both the technical and the managerial capacities of committees and municipalities in the WASH area, fostered behaviour change, and improved community access to affordable, quality WASH products and services. The Guanajuato project has partnered with Habitat for Humanity in the Capital component, while also partnering with artist groups Imaginartes, Tiliches del baúl, Cine Colectivo, and Machincuepa, to develop its Social Art for Behaviour Change (SABC) interventions.
Access
- The aim of this project was to increase access to water and sanitation services that are safely and sustainably managed.
Behaviour change
- This project has fostered key WASH-related behaviours through SABC interventions, including drinking water treatment and safe storage, handwashing with soap and water at key moments, and payment of the water and sanitation services tariffs.
Capital
- The Guanajuato project has developed solutions tailored to the local socioeconomic context to improve access to water, sanitation and hygiene, and strengthen local enterprises in the WASH sector

81,822 people

57,533 people

67 water committees

55 WASH institutions

67 community drinking water systems

1063 women & 302 men