SDG WASH Uganda Inception The Uganda WASH Alliance sub-programme (as part of the WASH SDG Programme) will work in Agago district in Northern Uganda, as part of Agago sub-catchment. Agago district will be the focus for the first two years of the programme, thereafter the programme has intentions to expand to the rest of Agago sub-catchment (part of Pader, Abim, Otuke and Kotido districts) based on the experiences in Agago district. The Uganda WASH Alliance sub-programme will be implemented mainly by the local partners. These include: Agency for Sustainable Rural Transformation (AFSRT), Amref Health Africa- Uganda, Health through Water and Sanitation (HEWASA), Joint Effort to Save the Environment (JESE), RAIN Uganda, Network for Water and Sanitation Uganda (NETWAS Uganda) and Water and Sanitation Entrepreneurs Association (WASEU), and supported by the Dutch WAI partners: Simavi, Amref, Akvo, RAIN, RUAF, IRC and Practica. 

In line with the WASH SDG Programme strategy, the Uganda WASH Alliance sub-programme will be working on achieving sustainable and equitable use of WASH by all following the three strategic objectives below:
1.	Improving behaviour change interventions leading to increased demand for improved WASH facilities and practices;
2.	Improving WASH service provision leading to increased availability and affordability of WASH products and services, which contributes to sustainable and equitable access to WASH;
3.	Strengthening the WASH governance and institutional framework leading to governments enabling efficient and effective delivery of inclusive and sustainable WASH services, which contribute to sustainable and equitable WASH.

The Uganda WASH Alliance sub-programme has the following key targets:
1.	Sustainably improving access to and use of safe drinking water for at least 79,000 people in rural areas and 7,400 people in peri-urban areas.
2.	Sustainably improving access to and use of sanitation for at least 78,300 people in rural areas and 8,100 people in peri-urban areas.
3.	Sustainably improving hygiene behaviours for at least 54,800 people in rural areas and 5,700 people in peri-urban areas.

For more information please visit www.wash-alliance.org or email Rashidah Kulanyi: rashidah.kulanyi@simavi.nl