Water Sanitation and Hygiene

This report explores the aspects of CSR in water, sanitation and hygiene for the concerned company. It highlights the importance of WASH in Australia and ways to provide proper sanitation, hygiene and clean water. The report also discusses the impact of WASH on social inclusion and the value chain of sanitation.

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Water sanitation and hygiene
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INTEGRATIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
THESIS STATEMENT-Corporate social responsibility in the contemporary period
consists of different areas of development of the society, of which one of the primary one is
that of water, sanitation and hygiene. The concerned report tries to explore the aspects of
CSR in this field for the concerned company.
The scope of the paper aims to provide the importance of water, sanitation and
hygiene in Australia. The paper also states the ways in which the concerned company can
provide proper sanitation, hygiene and clean water. In order to survive three things that are
essential for the development and survival of children and women are basic toilet, clean water
and good hygiene. However, there are billions of people who do not have access to proper
sanitation or improved water sources( The Conversation. 2018). Access to proper sanitation,
hygiene and clean water can also lead to healthy life, reduction of poverty, reduction of death
from disease and economic development. One of the leading causes of death for the children
under five years old are due to diseases related to water and sanitation. Therefore, enough
good quality drinking water, proper sanitation and good hygiene practices in schools is one of
the most important method in order to reduce the number of lives lost ( Ficci.in. 2018). The
short form of water, sanitation and hygiene is WASH. Lack of sanitation also results to
diarrhoea among children which contributes to large scale deaths. As Australia is very much
prone to droughts therefore delivering safe water to home is very essential. According to the
World Health Organisations proper sanitation, providing clean and safe water can reduce the
burden of disease to a great extent (The Conversation. 2018). Poor sanitation process had
resulted in premature deaths. Millions of people around the world suffers from many kind of

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illness due to shortage of water. Most of the women spend maximum amount of time for
fetching safe and clean water. Therefore, there are lot of programs taken by UNICEF in order
to provide clean and safe water, sanitation which is quite improved into the schools.
One of the major areas of development is water, sanitation and hygiene in Australia.
Australia is very much prone to droughts and therefore many regions have imposed
restrictions on the usage of water. The Heath for Development Strategy has found that
investing for water sanitation and hygiene is a very important foundation for people’s health
and for maintaining good quality of life. Inadequate access to basic sanitation, poor hygiene
practices and safe drinking water can put a toll on the health of women and children. When
people are denied from attaining certain opportunities, rights and resources that the members
of different group have access to is known as social inclusion (The Conversation.2018).
Along with the access to water supply there had been lot of disparities while access to
sanitation between the rich and the poor based on geographical region and regions. Providing
adequate amount of water supply is also essential for social inclusion. In order to identify
poor households and people living in slums and by surveying their pattern of consumption
will improve planning for the poor and proper delivery of clean water will also be made
possible( Ficci.in 2018). Making flexible water points should be made so that more remote
households in order to provide disabled friendly latrines and water supply. As improper
hygiene practices and poor water can also lead to glue ear and permanent hearing loss. The
report therefore aims to provide information on how lean water, proper sanitation and
hygiene will save millions of people’s lives.
One of the main aspects of corporate social responsibility is developing proper
sanitation and hygiene. Water issues are very common on a regular basis. In order to change
the design for water system maintenance and policy making women have always been the

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ideal choice. When there is increase in demand for water in certain urban highly concentrated
areas, it will lead to decrease in water availability per household. In the developing countries
water scarcity will be highest in the few years. The company focused exclusively on the
remote areas. Maintenance of clean toilet has always been neglected in the rural sectors. 89%
of people in 2012 gained access to clean drinking water (The Conversation.2018).. There had
been problem to access to safe drinking water. One of the way in which these issues can be
solved is by building proper infrastructure in order to treat contaminated water on a high
scale so that good quality potable water can be produced. Regulating the sources of pollution
can also reduce water contamination. There had also been an issue of social conflicts which
takes place as a result of water crisis. Like for example while traveling great distances for
collecting water women put themselves into the risky situations( Ficci.in 2018). Access to
safe drinking water, utilizing proper toilets and practicing good hygiene are vital needs in
everyone’s life. The value chain of the sanitation aims to focus on those components that
provide sustainable water sanitation hygiene services for the communities. This kind of
programs. This kind of programs are supported by most of the engineering and manufacturing
companies. Most of the CSR is usually concentrated in the rural areas. The company should
therefore implement the CSR programs in schools and also in communities( Ficci.in. 2018).
There had also been the possibility of hardware interventions which includes construction of
clean toilets and also maintain proper sanitation facilities. On the other hand the company can
also include different programs which are software related for example creation of social
awareness or undertaking certain activities that will influence the socio cultural activities.
In conclusion it can be stated that social inclusion in the business can be increased
with maintaining proper sanitation facilities and by providing adequate drinking water.
Therefore, providing water points which are flexible and implementing women for designing
policies can improve the sanitation facilities. Therefore, access to clean water is one of the

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basic rights for most of the people. In order to increase the effect through CSR effectively the
company should implement WASH program effectively.
2. REFLECTION PARAGRAPH
In order to remove plagiarism I have written the full assignment in my own words. I
have referred to certain websites for gathering information of water, sanitation and hygiene,
however I did not quoted the lines directly from the websites. I have also taken authentic
information from scholarly articles for implementing corporate social responsibility in the
company. The articles that I have used for writing the assignment are all related to water
sanitation and hygiene.

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REFERENCE LIST
Ficci.in (2018). CSR in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). [online] Ficci.in. Available
at: http://ficci.in/spdocument/20736/CSR-in-WASH.pdf [Accessed 6 Aug. 2018].
The Conversation (2018). It’s a fallacy that all Australians have access to clean water,
sanitation and hygiene. [online] The Conversation. Available at:
https://theconversation.com/its-a-fallacy-that-all-australians-have-access-to-clean-water-
sanitation-and-hygiene-61436 [Accessed 9 Aug. 2018].