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June 18, 2009 USAID Helps Indonesia Develop Sanitation Practices for 200,000 over Next Five Years Jakarta - USAID announced a plan to help Indonesia develop sanitation and waste water practices that will benefit an additional 200,000 people over the next five years. During the IndoWater seminar held at the Jakarta Convention Center, USAID reaffirmed its commitment to assist both the Ministry of Health’s community-based diarrhea prevention campaign known as STBM, and a BAPPENAS-led sanitation initiative. USAID Mission Director Walter North that “water can only stay clean when communities are clean and green. Low-cost community sewage treatment facilities, improved drainage networks, and hand washing campaigns are critical and will be expanded to the scores of new neighborhoods participating in the program.” STBM links water, sanitation, and hygiene to improve access to safe water through household treatment options, to eliminate open defecation, to improve hygiene through behaviors such as hand washing with soap, to improve waste water management, and to reduce waste through solid waste management. The USAID program promotes better health through improved water resource management and expanded access to clean water and sanitation services. More than 100 million people in Indonesia do not have access to safe water in their homes. Approximately 20 million do not have access to any sanitation. For more information about the U.S. Embassy’s activities please visit http://jakarta.usembassy.gov/. ### |
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