PERFORMANCE EVALUATION: Haiti Water and Sanitation Project Baseline Survey

The Haiti Water and Sanitation Project (WATSAN), supported by USAID, aims to improve access to basic water and sanitation in select urban and peri-urban zones within five targeted communes: Cap-Haitian, Croix-des-Bouquets (Canaan), Mirebalais, Les Cayes, and Jérémie. This report details findings from the baseline household survey, conducted by Social Impact’s (SI) Haiti Evaluation and Survey Services (ESS), which measured two key outcome indicators: percentages of households with access to basic drinking water (IND 1) and basic sanitation facilities (IND 3). The survey found that 94 percent of households in the WATSAN zones have access to at least basic drinking water, and 63 percent have access to at least basic sanitation, using Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) definitions. The baseline findings will serve as a reference point for later performance evaluation data collection and allow for measurement of progress toward better access to improved water and sanitation.