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This thematic group was created after a series of workshops on the theme organised by several organisations, including the Interamerican Association of Sanitary Engineering (AIDIS) and the Honduran chapter of the PAHO/WHO. Read more...
Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, United Nations independent expert on the right to water and sanitation paid a week-long visit to Namibia. She noted that the country has over the past 20 years achieved significant progress in extending its water network across the country. Ms. De Albuquerque urged the... Read more...
In spite of the Government's pledge to commit 0.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to sanitation, the 2011 budget made provision for only 0.1%, said Executive Secretary of the Coalition of NGOs in water and sanitation ( CONIWAS ), Mr Benjamin Arthur. Ghana is one of the signatories of the 2008... Read more...
Un nouveau système d’information intégré, conçu dans le cadre du programme d’appui au secteur des ressources en eau (EAU I), a été mis en marche, le 11 juillet, par le ministère des Ressources en eau, en présence du ministre du … Read more...
Schools that promote a healthy learning environment for pupils ensure that there is access to water and sanitation facilities and that teachers engage pupils frequently on discussions about health. In these schools the number of children who washed hands frequently increased from six percent to... Read more...
Provision of communal facilities reduces but does not end the problem of open defecation in poverty pockets, according to a new study in Bhopal, India. Women appear to be relatively poorly served by communal facilities and, cost is a barrier to use by poorer households. Read more...
A new World Bank study on gender and water access suggests that a 15 minute reduction in water collection time increases the proportion of girls attending school in Ghana by 8-12 percent. Read more...
Briefing Note “Mapping EU Support for Sanitation in Africa", published by the EU Water Initiative (EUWI) Africa Working Group, is based on a full study by WEDC in association with Hydroconseil. The purpose of the study is to obtain an overview of the status of the involvement of EU Member States... Read more...
Two full-day training sessions on Water and Sanitation Services That Last were provided at the Brisbane WASH conference . Harold Lockwood (Triple-S) facilitated a session on the service delivery approach and Catarina Fonseca and Dr Mekala Snehalatha (WASHCost) facilitated a session on the life-... Read more...
In his latest column , government critic and Professor of Creative Writing at Trinity College (USA) Okey Ndibe , voices his disgust at the practice of open defecation in his homeland Nigeria. If you want to gauge how badly Nigerians have been animalized, then pay attention to how, and where, many... Read more...
Unilever through its Lifebuoy soap brand has reached 100,000 students in over 80 schools across Nairobi County its hand washing campaign. Read more...
Honduras is well on track towards meeting the MDGs for sanitation as coverage is expanding rapidly. However, these statistics do not reflect the sustainability or the use of such facilities, as many of these are in poor condition or are not used at all. In addition, there is a large negative impact... Read more...
Several training and documentation activities on sanitation, driven by the Water and Sanitation Program of the World Bank, IRC and the events around the International Year of Sanitation (2008), were the drivers to start up a thematic group on sustainable sanitation. Read more...
''... Our warmest thanks for your contribution to the success of the WASH Conference 2011. The training component of the event was an outstanding success with more than three quarters of the delegates to stay for the full week...” This is how Dr. Regina Souter, Programme Manager, International... Read more...
Sans que les efforts en termes d’accès à l’eau soient relâchés, une nouvelle préoccupation est apparue depuis quelque temps. Au cœur de la réunion des instances de l’Association africaine de l’eau (AAE), du 28 février au 4 mars, à Douala, les OMD en matière d’assainissement, parent pauvre de la... Read more...
As part of the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2011-2013 for Cambodia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning a US$ 27 million loan and a US$ 800,000 technical assistance grant for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation III project. Source : ADB Country Operations Business Plan :... Read more...
One of the key objectives of IRC’s Latin American Regional Programme is to share lessons learned within Latin America, but also globally. The Honduran experience with MUS, obtained throughout the implementation of the study on the impact of multiple uses of water on the sustainability of water... Read more...
The Guardian the other day posted an article which claimed that water and sanitation projects are not sexy enough and that donors therefore are not willing to invest in them. According to various interviewees in the article, donors prefer to invest in schools or clinics, rather than in "unsexy"... Read more...
La vidéo sur SaniFaso sera présentée lors de la session parallèle S6 "Learning Sanitation Sector (l'assainissement, secteur apprenant), qui aura lieu lors d'AfricaSan3. La session aura lieu le 19 juillet (de 10h00 à 13h00 heures) et sera dirigée par Jo Smet (IRC) et WaterAid. Read more...
The online Community Choices Tool demo is a prototype of a decision-making support tool for the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector, being developed by the Pacific Institute. Read more...
