ON TAP: Our partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies improves hygiene sanitation and access to fresh water.

As part of its overall partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Nestlé has been working with the IFRC and the Red Cross Society of Côte d’Ivoire since 2007, beginning with a project to construct and rehabilitate water and sanitation facilities (50 water points and eight hygiene blocks) for 50 000 people. A second project in 2009–10, with some 10 000 beneficiaries, focused on access to clean water and sanitation in the schools of 10 cocoa-growing villages, as well as participatory hygiene training (PHAST) for children and teachers, the establishment of school hygiene clubs and the training of 50 masons to build family latrines.

In November 2010, Nestlé and the IFRC signed a new global three-year partnership agreement to contribute CHF 2.25 million to water and sanitation, food security and emergency relief initiatives, and to explore cooperation between Nestlé markets and Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Nestlé will also sponsor the production of the IFRC’s flagship publication, the annual World Disasters Report (WDR).

CHF 1.5 million of the partnership’s funds will be dedicated to further developing the school water, sanitation and hygiene work in Côte d’Ivoire over the next three years, expanding it to 55 schools, with 65 water points and sanitation facilities for 53 000 beneficiaries.

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