As a learning organization, Helvetas remains committed to constantly improve our work and expand the body of knowledge around WASH interventions in different parts of the world.

About an approach of linking changes in expectations of men’s and women’s roles to behavioural change for improved sanitation and hygiene.

The contribution of agriculture to the economy of Bangladesh is declining, but its role in poverty reduction – for income and employment generation – is still significant. Key services, mainly provided by public agricultural extension agencies, however, are either lacking or underperforming, failing to meet the demands of predominantly smallholder and poor farmers.

Young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) are losing hope and making drastic choices. Between 2006 and 2012, some 150,000 people left, mostly for the EU, the US and Australia. The reasons are much the same as for the more prominent exodus from Albania and Kosovo: an overall unemployment rate of 43% over the past five years.

Trainings on earthquake-resistant construction were provided through the Employment Fund Skills for Reconstruction project,

Even if women would like to be leaders in the social development of their community, there may simply not be enough hours in the day for this, unless their care work burden is reduced or redistributed.