A healthy
start

for every
child.

Safe water, sanitation and hygiene, nutrition and care.
Key components for a healthy start in life.

Our innovative solutions are locally driven, for long-lasting impact.

We strive for efficiency and partnership. Together, we can ensure a healthy start for every child.

Our impact in numbers

Our Healthy Village approach

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Integrating for stunting impact - academic longread

The Healthy Village approach combines WASH with food & nutrition security and care to improve child health. In our programme areas in Southern Bangladesh, stunting rates halved from 51% to 25%.

The WASH & Nutrition Nexus

When we would scale up nutrition-specific interventions, research suggests that the prevalence of childhood stunting, also known as chronic undernutrition, can be reduced by 20% (1). Even though this reduction of 20% means that 33 million children will be prevented from being stunted, it also means that in 80% of the stunted cases, an exclusive focus on nutrition only is not enough.

Max Payment-by-Results

Shifting away from traditional input-based payments, Max Payment-by-Results (MaxPbR) links payments to our implementation partners to predefined results.

Our innovations

Innovation is part of our DNA. We find ways to do good better, for us and others. The Healthy Village approach is not the only example. Here are some others!

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Progress monitoring

Healthy Village Ethiopia

Recently, our Data and Monitoring expert Remco Geervliet visited our programme areas in Ethiopia, joining the Ethiopia team and partner organisations in a joint supportive supervision visit.

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Inauguration

Max TapWater Bangladesh

On March 15th, the official inauguration of Max TapWater took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh! Max TapWater provides safe, affordable tapwater to households through mini piped water grids.

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Healthy Village Approach at

World Water Week

During World Water Week in August, we were in Stockholm hosting three presentations on the impact of our integrated approach.

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