About the platform

One WASH ecosystem for East Africa

SanFlow Health WASHLink combines SanFlow (smart waste management) and WASHLink (resource mapping) into a single digital infrastructure — shifting municipalities from reactive management to proactive, data-driven WASH service delivery.

The roadmap

Three phases to a fully proactive system

Each phase builds on the last — from a usable map today, to reaching people without smartphones, to closing the loop with the municipalities that fix things.

01 Core Map & Ratings

Live now

Interactive map of toilets, waste points, water sources and clinics across Kenya & Uganda, with search, filtering, star ratings and citizen alert reporting.

02 WhatsApp AI Assistant

Planned

Natural-language search ("Find borehole in Kibera"), the 5 nearest facilities with distance & ratings, "Alert" reporting, and Google Maps navigation links — all inside WhatsApp via the Business API.

03 Admin Dashboard & Escalation

Planned

A municipal dashboard with real-time alerts, sanitation coverage heat maps, collection-route scheduling, and automatic escalation to the County Health Officer when a "Full" status stays open past 24 hours.

Under the hood

Built to run on low-end Android devices

Frontend

Next.js + React responsive web app, Leaflet + OpenStreetMap for mapping.

Data & API

PostgreSQL / MongoDB for facility, user and rating data; geocoding API for address search.

Rules engine

Proximity-first sorting on every search, plus a 24-hour SLA that auto-escalates unresolved reports.

Access channels

Responsive web app today; WhatsApp Business API / Twilio assistant in Phase 2 for feature-phone access.

See it in action

The map is already live

Phase 1 is real today — browse it, rate a facility, or see the numbers behind it.