Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

IOM Iran provides WASH assistance to vulnerable households through the procurement and preposition of WASH supplies, including contextualized hygiene kits and primary hygiene items for the household. Moreover, IOM is improving households’ sanitation and hygiene infrastructures, to promote health benefits and contribute to a more dignified and comfortable living environment.

By supplying sustained, safe and appropriate WASH services, IOM Iran aims to provide immediate life-saving assistance, as well as improve long-term public health outcomes, including preventing the transmission of infectious diseases and containing the spread of COVID-19.

A total of 6,927 individuals (estimated to be 3,220 females and 3,707 males) were supported with WASH services between 2022 and October 2023. In May 2022, IOM completed a significant intervention to support 3,750 Afghans in Torbet-e-Jam settlement and 2,935 Afghans in Saveh settlement, distributing 1,337 hygiene kits tailored to the diverse needs of the beneficiaries. Also, IOM rehabilitated 45 sanitation facilities in Saveh serving additional 242 beneficiaries.