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Since 2015, ASIR-SABA has positioned itself as a model that seeks to strengthen community water management processes in Colombia. In 2017 the Swiss Embassy - Humanitarian Aid and Development (COSUDE) started the second phase and together with community water leaders have cooperated, strengthened their capacities and contributed to more rural households having access to water. This road has encouraged the implementation of a third phase because the process has contributed to building peace in territories where violence still persists.

Within the framework of capacity building and in partnership with the Pan American Development Foundation - PADF and the University of Cauca, a diploma course was held: "Sustainable Management of Rural Water and Sanitation". The diploma course was held between January 17 and April 15, 2020 with a total of 72 participants from local, community and institutional organizations from different municipalities such as Popayán, Cali, Caloto, Santander de Quilichao and Corinto.

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The limited access to drinking water in rural Colombia and the health problems arising from this situation were the main reasons for designing a health education strategy within the framework of the ASIR-SABA project. The strategy was implemented in conjunction with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and the aim was to improve the quality of life in the rural communities of Buenaventura and Corinto.

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The Embassy of Switzerland - Humanitarian Aid and Development (COSUDE) together with the Corporation for Research and Social and Economic Action (CIASE) launched, in the framework of the ASIR-SABA project, a Battery of Indicators and a Toolbox that contribute to understanding the processes of community management of water and basic sanitation and their impact on territorial development, peace building, social inclusion and gender equality.

The Head of Humanitarian Aid and Development (SDC) Fabrizio Poretti invited the new authorities at local and departmental level to continue efforts to ensure better water and sanitation services for their communities.

On 17 January, the diploma course in "Sustainable Management of Rural Water and Sanitation" offered by the Swiss Embassy in Colombia - Humanitarian Aid and Development (COSUDE) and its ASIR-SABA project will be launched with the support of the University of Cauca in Santander de Quilichao.

At the Latin American Sanitation Conference -LATINOSAN-, Costa Rica opened its doors to receive more than 1300 people from 30 Latin American countries. The conference was a space for dialogue on behalf of rural and urban inhabitants living in precarious situations given the limited access to drinking water in several peripheral territories of Latin American countries.

The ASIR SABA Rural Water and Sanitation proposal, led by the Swiss Embassy in Colombia, Humanitarian Aid and Development - (COSUDE), seeks to promote sustainable development actions in the water and sanitation sector, in articulation with some communities in territories that do not have water services suitable for human consumption, so that, jointly, peace is built in the territories and a society of opportunities is promoted to close social gaps.