This story was told to Juliet Waterkeyn by Amai (Mother) Toriro before she died in 2010 in Zimbabwe from an AIDS related illness. The key message that she wanted readers to know was that she had changed her life through becoming active with the help of a community health club. She did not die alone... Read more...
Sahel Solidarité received the Burkinabé Merit Order 2010 for its work in water and sanitation, health, education and environment. The NGO was the only organisation to receive this prestigious award for 2010 Read more...
En novembre 2010, WaterAid, avec le soutien du consortium de recherche SHARE, a réuni 16 praticiens et chercheurs ayant une expertise dans l'eau, l’assainissement et l’hygiène (EAH), la santé, l'équité et l'inclusion, l'éducation et le Genre, pour partager des connaissances et expériences et... Read more...
This document briefly describes the background, objectives and methodology of the East Africa Practitioners Workshop on Pro-Poor Urban Sanitation and Hygiene, held at LAICO Umubano Kigali on 29th-31st of March 2011. Read more...
For the evaluation of the South Asia Hygiene Practitioners’ Workshop, 1 – 4 February 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, we would like to ask you to share your short stories about the workshop. To share your story, please click on the evaluation form link below. After having written down your story, you will... Read more...
In November 2010, WaterAid, with support from the research consortium SHARE, brought together 16 practitioners and researchers with expertise in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), health, equity and inclusion, education and gender to share knowledge and experiences and develop a research... Read more...
WSSCC will host a Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene from 9 to 14 October 2011 at the Mumbai Renaissance Convention Centre, bringing some 500 WSSCC members and sector professionals together in India for a week of sharing and learning around vital sanitation and hygiene topics. Read more...
The SaniFaso project was introduced in Burkina Faso in December 2010 with the aim of eradicating open defecation in 12 partnering communes (the lowest level of administrative division) throughout the country. For IRC, this is an excellent opportunity not only to embed the WASHCost results in the... Read more...
In a recent article in Capacity.org on lessons from WASH multi- stakeholder partnerships from 12 countries in Africa, two SNV authors use three IRC materials on sector learning in the six resources they list. Read more...
Maintained by the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), this web page provides an online reference, including a searchable database, on enabling technologies for handwashing with soap for programme managers. Read more...
The BRAC WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programme aims to reach 37 million people with hygiene education and promotion. A paper describes three community-based aspects of hygiene education: through Imams, schools and folk media. Read more...
What does it cost to extend and sustain safe water and hygienic sanitation to poor communities in developing countries? Read more...
EMPOWERS has signed four agreements in Jordan to improve water and sanitation services in the Balqa Governorate, including three with village organisations. Read more...
