5.5.1 Financial factors

WASH services, whether inclusive or not, require some level of financial contribution to ensure their maintenance and sustainability. In Study Session 1 you read that affordability is one of the reasons why some people are excluded. To enable these people to participate in the process of making inclusive WASH facilities durable and long-lasting means providing support for them either to engage in income-generating activities or, if it is appropriate and necessary, exempting them from financial contribution.