Our Projects

Bangladesh, Kenya and beyond

AKYAS presenting in UNC Water & Health Conference

2023–2024 has been a pivotal chapter for AKYAS, marked by robust field evidence, deepened partnerships, active advocacy, and significant advancements in our product line — including the EDU. It’s been a year of continuous learning, growth, and evolution. Field test results are included in the report here.

Earlier…

Cox’s Bazar

Community meeting in a forested area with a group of women sitting around a speaker, who is presenting information on a large blue poster.  'Households have been showing interest in our updated product offerings!' - A poster showcasing AKYAS' work

Our initiative in Bangladesh, supported by Aqua for All, adopts a market-based sanitation approach that fosters a healthy sustainable ecosystem with local market actors, including sanitation entrepreneurs, sales promoters and sanitation workers. Our market diagnostic period in Cox’s Bazar, in partnership with BRAC, led to the compilation of a comprehensive and insightful report — and later on an evolution of our flagship innovation (check out the new Executive Report above).

Zaatari Camp

Illustration of AKYAS' Zaatari Project - Comprehensive toilet facility

Our operation in the Za’atari Refugee Camp in collaboration with Oxfam in Jordan.

Kilis

Cover of a guide on installing AKAS toilets for SDG, featuring an illustration of a toilet with a cross-section view inside, and a yellow background with large yellow text.

Our project in Kilis, Turkey was a pilot under the SDGia Programme supported by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations Development Programme, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.