The Oxfam Community Led Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program, implemented in targeted communities in Zambia and South Africa, focused on community based interventions across the sectors of water, sanitation and hygiene, food security and maternal and child health. Implemented over five years, from 2011 to 2016, the program was funded by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), through the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES). The program provided an opportunity for linked programming and learning towards positive, sustainable change in the lives of people living in poverty. The broad aim of the partnership was that marginalised people have sustainable access to the services they require.