Maji na Ufanisi works with underserved urban communities to improve water access, sanitation, hygiene, health, safety, and resilience through solutions that are practical, community-led, and built to last.
In many informal settlements, families face unsafe water, inadequate toilets, poor drainage, overcrowding, weak waste systems, and high exposure to disease.
Women and children often carry the greatest burden. Time is lost searching for water. Girls may avoid school when sanitation is unsafe. Families may pay more for unreliable water than wealthier households pay for formal services.
Families may depend on expensive, distant, or contaminated water sources.
Shared, unsafe, or unavailable toilets increase disease, insecurity, and loss of dignity.
Blocked drainage and unmanaged waste can spread contamination during heavy rain.
Unsafe facilities can expose women and girls to harassment, shame, and missed school.
Waterborne and hygiene-related diseases affect health, income, and school attendance.
Weak governance, maintenance, and service systems can undermine otherwise good infrastructure.
We work with communities and partners to identify viable water access solutions, improve service points, strengthen local management, and reduce the time and cost families spend searching for water.
Urban sanitation solutions must be accessible, maintainable, gender-responsive, and appropriate for high-density environments. We support facilities and systems that improve safety, cleanliness, privacy, and responsible use.
Infrastructure works best when it is matched with practical hygiene education, community mobilisation, handwashing promotion, and locally relevant communication.
We engage residents, public institutions, service providers, and development partners to improve accountability, strengthen participation, and support better urban WASH decisions.
Children miss fewer days of school. Women reclaim time. Families spend less on illness. Communities become safer, cleaner, and more resilient.
That is the multiplier effect of Urban WASH. A single well-designed intervention can improve health, dignity, household stability, education, and trust in local systems.
Residents help define priorities and protect long-term value.
Research and monitoring strengthen design and accountability.
Audited reporting supports donor confidence and due diligence.
Urban WASH expertise is combined with local context and partnership experience.
Women and girls are considered in access, safety, and decision-making.
Projects consider disability, age, vulnerability, and unequal access.
Maintenance, governance, and local capacity are built in early.
Funders and collaborators have a clear pathway for updates and review.
“Maji na Ufanisi has transformed our community by providing access to clean water and sanitation. We can now live healthier and more dignified lives.”
“Before, we had to walk long distances to collect water from a polluted river. Now, we have safe water and training on good hygiene.”
“The hygiene education programmes have made a big difference. People now understand the importance of washing their hands and keeping their surroundings clean.”
“Maji na Ufanisi listened before proposing a solution. That helped the community feel respected and take responsibility for protecting the project.”
“The project did more than improve water access. It also brought residents together around shared responsibility.”
“Their combination of local relationships, technical knowledge, and transparent implementation makes them a credible WASH partner.”
Whether you are a donor, foundation, corporate partner, government institution, or development agency, your support can help communities gain safer water, dignified sanitation, stronger hygiene systems, and healthier futures.
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