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The Water Access, Sanitation, and Hygiene loan program is an initiative of the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation or Dungganon to support local governments in doing away with the problem of open defecation.remained a serious challenge for the provincial government. Records from the Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office showed that only 18.9% or 114 out of 601 villages in the province adhered to their zero open defecation advocacy as of the first quarter of 2024.
Marilyn Ostan, provincial sanitary inspector of PHO, said she hopes for continued momentum for their ZOD advocacy, encouraging more barangays to follow suit. Local governments that collaborate with the foundation have committed to provide each family P4,000 more. Dungganon’s growth has been unprecedented over the years. In 2005, it established a bank, which later set up digital automated teller machines in 54 locations across Panay, Negros, and Cebu.