India WASH Forum is a registered India WASH Forum is a Registered Indian Trust, since July 2008. It is affiliated to the WSSCC Geneva and is a membership based coalition of Indian organizations and individuals working on water, sanitation and hygiene.

A unique feature of IWF is its non-hierarchical set up. The organisation is a coalition and its Trustees are on the IWF as individuals and not representing the organsiations they are associated with. The agenda and activities that India WASH Forum are determined at the initiative of the Trustees and Members and support from organisations and individuals. We receive a very small operations grant from WSSCC.

Our Charter includes the following commitments;

q  Promoting knowledge generation through research and documentation which is linked to and supported grassroots action in the water-sanitation-hygiene sectors.  Special emphasis is given to sector-specific and cross-cutting thematic learnings.

q  Supporting field-based NGOs and networks in their technical and programmatic work.  The IWF would also consistently highlight gender and pro-poor considerations, and provide a national platform for interest groups working in the sector to come together.

q  Undertaking policy advocacy and influence work through

o    Monitoring and evaluations

o    Media advocacy and campaigns, and

o    Fact finding missions

q  Undertaking lobbying and networking to promote common objectives in the sector.

Registered office of India WASH Forum: K-U, 6 Pitampura, Delhi-110034.