Actions are principally aimed at those areas not
being reached by the major funders

Experience shows that solidarity-based and decentralised financing initiatives target zones where access to water and sanitation is lowest. These are rural and peri-urban areas, areas that are frequently not reached by national programmes.

Part of WaterAid UK's action targets the disadvantaged zones in large towns. In these rapidly expanding zones of illegal settlement overlooked by town planning, access to water and sanitation is a health priority for the people who live there and an environmental priority in terms of preserving water resources.