Stories from the community after IRC Uganda rehabilitated ten boreholes in Kabarole district, an effort to ensure a safe and reliable supply of water for over 3000 people, which in turn would improve health and livelihoods for the benefiting communities. Read more...
In Ethiopia's South Ari Woreda, community members have piloted a new approach to improve access to safe water in their communities. Read more...
Latter-Day Saints Charities' intervention in a district-wide partnership in Ghana transforms lives in hard-to-reach communities and schools Read more...
A prize winning solution for vulnerable urban communities in India. Read more...
I always feel connected with the community I work with. This is what I like the most. Read more...
With the help of the Latter-Day Saints Charities, schools and hard-to-access communities in Asutifi North District will be getting access to safe drinking water Read more...
Influencing national policy and bringing it back to district level. Read more...
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania? Read more...
Case studies of the pay-as-you-fetch (PAYF) model in Kabarole District. Read more...
New book reveals how India made community water management work even without charismatic leaders. Read more...
The culture of neglecting maintenance needs to change. Read more...
The Indian government has a target to make India ‘Open Defecation Free’ by 2019. All stakeholders are increasing their efforts to meet this target, which will have an impact on more than half the population. Read more...
The largest NGO in the world, BRAC headquartered in Bangladesh, applies its development aid concepts outside Bangladesh in ten countries around the world. The silver bullet? Building on the strength of each individual. An interview with Petra Costerman Boodt, BRAC International's Resident... Read more...
The challenge of making India open defecation free through WASH Dialogues Read more...
Why is this tool needed? Community-based organisations have shown to be able to operate and maintain their water supplies on a day-to-day level. But they often need support in addressing challenges that are beyond their capacity, such as major replacements. In India - as elsewhere - a range of... Read more...
Mr Belwal is a community facilitator with the Himalaya Institute Hospital Trust, an NGO that, amongst others, develops water supply systems in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, through a programme supported by Himmothan Society. His main responsibility is ensuring that villages that have been "phased out... Read more...
Sangeeta Ramola is the former Pradhan (president) of the Gawana Gram Panchayat (local government), in the State of Uttarakhand, India. Her work and effort shows the importance of local political leaders in achieving access to rural water supply that lasts. Read more...
Two years ago, I posted a blog summarizing discussions on whether insuring rural water supply systems is a good idea. But these remained largely theoretical discussions, as there are few examples of such insurances put in place. During field work for the Community Water Plus project in the State of... Read more...
Mr Ragunathan, the ex-President of Ramianahalli village, proudly explains how his community had come together when facing a water crisis in 2004. But in subsequent years of 'times of plenty', much of the good practices of the village water and sanitation committee were lost. This is due to the... Read more...
