WASH-Ed

06/10/2026

World Teachers' Day, and in the Philippines, National Teachers' Day (5 October 2026) 📚

When WASH-Ed measures a workshop, we look at two things. Knowledge, which rose 44% across educators we have trained. And confidence, which rose 30%.

The second number is the one that decides whether this lasts. Knowing what good hand hygiene practice looks like is not the same as feeling equipped to teach it, defend it to a principal, and keep it going when the novelty has worn off.

Confidence is what makes a program survive us leaving.

To the teachers who have come through our workshops and continue to safeguard children’s lives: thank you. 💙

22/09/2026

Water doesn't care about borders, and neither does Thomas's work. In under two weeks he'll be in Glasgow at the International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress and Exhibition, there as an IWA-Grundfos Youth Action for SDG6 Fellow representing WASH-Ed.

The thread running through his work, whether it's WASH programs in the Philippines or WASH-Ed's new flood resilience initiative in Australia, is the same: solutions only last when the people living with them help build them. In the Philippines, that means programs succeed because a local teacher or WinS Coordinator takes ownership after WASH-Ed leaves. In Australia, it meant starting the flood resilience program not with a ready-made module, but with government, practitioners, teachers and civil society at the table from day 1.

At WWCE, Thomas joins Fellows presenting and facilitating sessions for over 7000 delegates from across the world, sharing what people-focused, locally-driven water and housing solutions actually look like in practice.

💧 In Glasgow all week. Reach out if you're working on WASH, flood resilience or social infrastructure across Australia, the Philippines or broader Asia.

22/08/2026

Proud moment for WASH-Ed this week.

Our co-founder and Curriculum & Technology Director, Arielle Struhl, moderated the AusLeap Leap Forward panel on AI and volunteering - alongside Megan Townes (Canva Foundation), Ziyuan Zhang (St Vincent de Paul Society NSW), Margaret Mai (tekFoundation), and Yuxin Liu (UTS SOUL Award). Arielle brought the kind of warmth that turns a panel into a proper conversation - grounded, sharp, funny when it needed to be.

It’s a good reminder of what WASH-Ed runs on. We’re a largely volunteer-led organisation, and the people who show up - to build curriculum, to teach, to lead - are the actual infrastructure. Arielle’s been that from day one.

Congrats again Arielle!

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24/07/2026

13/07/2026

Congratulations to our co-founder Grace Devon Gevero on leading the WSP Writeshop for LGUs and water service providers across Central Visayas.

Proud doesn’t begin to cover it. This is exactly the kind of technical capacity-building that turns policy into practice, and WASH-Ed is lucky to have Grace driving these outcomes for safer, healthier communities.

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25/06/2026

Over 400,000 people of Filipino heritage now call Australia home and nearly 40 direct flights connect our countries each week. ✈️

Australia and the Philippines are genuinely intertwined with hundreds of thousands of families, like mine, that have one foot on each side of the Coral Sea.

I was deeply honoured this week to celebrate 128 years of Philippines independence - a nation of resilience, faith, creativity and extraordinary warmth. 🇵🇭🇦🇺

24/06/2026

Happy International Women in Engineering Day 💙

At WASH-Ed, engineering is not an abstract discipline. It is the difference between a school with a 0-star WinS rating and one where children have reliable access to safe water and hygiene education.

This work is led, in large part, by women.

Across our team, women hold leadership and technical roles that make our impact work: licensed sanitary engineers, water sector specialists, programme leads translating DepEd and DOH standards into systems that schools can actually run. Kath Faigal, Grace Devon Gevero and Gayle are some of the amazing people behind our work, and we are proud to recognise them today.

To every woman engineer building, designing, and problem-solving for safer schools and communities, today is for you. We see the work, and we are grateful for it.



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12/06/2026

We are proud to stand alongside the Bangon SarGen: Earthquake Relief Donation Drive in support of our kababayans in General Santos and Sarangani.

As of this morning, the drive has raised Php 42,350.00 in cash donations. The first relief distribution happens this Sunday.

If you would like to help, here is how:

Cash donations via GCash: 09273835874 (Kathleen Faigal)
International donations via Revolut: https://revolut.me/jmirasol/pocket/LjW9TQAIkz
(Joanne Mirasol)

In-kind donations (hygiene kits, easy-to-cook food, purified water, groceries) can be dropped off at Tawing’s Store in Tampakan or sent directly to Kath Faigal.

Every peso counts. Please share this post and help us reach more people.

Daghang Salamat. Together, we rise.

09/05/2026

We are so proud of our Director of Curriculum & Technology, Arielle Struhl Struhl, for completing the Sydney Leadership Accelerator Program and earning her certification from The University of Sydney Business School!

Arielle’s commitment to growth - as an educator, facilitator, and leader - is exactly what drives WASH-Ed forward.

The skills and insights she brings back from this program will directly shape the quality of our learning portal and resources for young people across the Philippines and beyond.

Congratulations, Arielle. We couldn’t be prouder to have you leading the way💙

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08/05/2026

Proud and humbled.

Our Founder & CEO, Thomas Da Jose, has been recognised as a QECT 100 Young Leaders Awardee 2026 by The Queen Elizabeth II Commonwealth Trust, alongside extraordinary changemakers from across Australia.

This recognition belongs to every teacher who has completed a WASH-Ed workshop, every school that has opened its doors to us, and every child who now washes their hands before eating.

There is still so much work to do. And we are energised to do it.

🔗 Read the full announcement in Linkedin.



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