Learn how we work in the Guanajuato Project
81,822 people
have received access to water and/or sanitation services (WASH).
57,533 people
have participated in SABC activities.
67 water committees
have been trained.
55 WASH institutions
have been supported.
131 communities
in rural and peri-urban areas have been benefited.
138 replicas
of SABC interventions have been carried out in communities by Leaders of Change in which 3,913 people have participated.
67 community systems
of drinking water have been built and improved.
1,063 women & 302 men
have been trained as leaders of change through 85 trainings.
The Guanajuato Project and its government partners reinforce the sustainability of the project through:
Strategy consolidation to strengthen the local water, sanitation and/or hygiene value chain.
Strengthening state social care programs, for example through the integration of SABC activities, to increase the sustainability of WASH operations.
31 SABC activities, have been designed and implemented 435 times to promote the adoption of behaviors such as:
- water fee payment
- hand washing with soap and water
- the safe treatment and storage of drinking water at home
These processes involve:
Meet the puppeteers of Los Martinez
Ramona, Carmen, Estrella, Ilse, Erika and Jazmin were invited by the Guanajuato project to join a group that would work hand in hand with local artists. While they were involved with social art and water care, their children developed other activities in the village school.
"Here we no longer had the right to dance or play. But in that little room we played as if we were little girls and in a little while we were happy and we learned new things; the time passed quickly", Carmen said. Now, these women are in charge of telling the stories that will inspire their community.
The puppeteers of Los Martinez use their memories and emotions from childhood around their relationship with water to enrich the whole community with their interpretation, their experiences and perceptions, hoping for the future and honoring the past.
Access Component Goals:
In addition to infrastructure development, this component includes the creation and strengthening of community water and sanitation committees and the promotion of women's leadership.
Guanajuato's SABC activities inspire and activate the adoption of the following behaviours and sustain their practice:
The project's SABC processes include:
Inspire:
Theatre plays El bandido escurridizo, La divina garza enjabonada & Sueño de una tarde en Guanajuato.
Activate:
The workshops Creative Dramatics -puppet theater- and Social Circus.
Sustain:
Workshops for the creation of murals and short films.
The Capital Component objectives:
Hábitat para la Humanidad has collaborated as a key contributor in Component C with Living Water International, CEAG and Conagua in Guanajuato's Project.
The teacher in Xoconoxtlito del Llanito who participated in the Social Art for Behaviour Change activities and adapted its dynamics to her classroom.
Her father invited her to the Social Circus workshop and then followed theater plays, mural and short film workshops, and an art fair. Processes where Martha was able to participate, replicate what she learned, overcome her fear of expressing herself, learn, and put into practice the discipline required to achieve her goals.
"The Social Circus workshop was the most significant since the workshop leaders accompanied us and motivated us to overcome shyness while transmitting the importance of community participation", expressed Martha.
