Hygiene

The African Ministers responsible for water critically examining the global water situation and its implication for Africa in 2002 adopted the "Abuja Ministerial Declaration on Water – a key to Sustainable Development in Africa". This declaration established the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW). AMCOW is an intergovernmental institution of the African Union. The vision of AMCOW is an Africa where there is an equitable and sustainable use and management of water resources for poverty alleviation, socio-economic development, regional co-operation and the environment.

Conversations on water issues are often dominated by water sector, water experts and specialised civil society organisations. Our session aims to change this. We need to hear new voices. With young leaders emerging all over of the planet in business, media, technology, civil society, and governments, if they turn their leadership to water, it would be a powerful way of approaching, understanding problem and addressing causes of inequalities. We want to help the water community by bring in new leaders in an exciting way.

Individual sanitation, especially in rural areas, is often the poorest part of national sanitation policies. While public money largely subsidises urban master plans and collective infrastructures, individual sanitation, by nature on the private domain, is the sole responsibility of households. The latter, when they are aware of the problem, find themselves having to manage the financing, design, construction and maintenance of their infrastructures and the management of its by-products.

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