Rural utilities for water supply in Ethiopia
Published on: 19/04/2018
A new guideline seeks to professionalise the management of multi-village water supplies in Ethiopia
Which government does NOT want to achieve sustainable and universal access to WASH? But do they want to be part of the messy and complex process?
Published on: 17/04/2018
Achieving political commitment to the sustainable delivery of WASH services is generally not the problem. It is making governments realise that this is much more than providing a water pump. Do you want to hold your government accountable? Have them 'Adopt an SDG'!
Moving “en derechura” with the costing of water and sanitation services in Honduras
Published on: 16/04/2018
"You are doing well—keep on going 'en derechura'", said a community member of about 70 years old, when we wanted to confirm if we were on the right track with the municipality of Candelaria. I had never heard of the expression "en derechura" before, but it quite accurately expresses what is...
The capacity to deliver water services
Published on: 11/04/2018
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana.
Starting rural sanitation in Benin with CLTS: how it became a game-changer
Published on: 11/04/2018
Dutch-funded programmes collectively develop capacity to free one million people from open defecation.
“En derechura” al costeo de los servicios de agua y saneamiento
Published on: 03/04/2018
"Van bien, sigan en derechura" nos dijo un comunitario de unos 70 años, cuando queríamos confirmar que íbamos por el camino correcto hacia el municipio de Candelaria. La expresión "en derechura" nunca antes la había escuchado, sin embargo, expresa muy bien lo que está sucediendo con el costeo de...
Why innovations in the WASH sector rarely scale up?
Published on: 23/03/2018
Lessons for government, the private sector, NGOs and donors.
You cannot manage what you do not measure; but should you measure what you cannot manage?
Published on: 22/03/2018
Many countries are developing or reviewing their water sector monitoring systems to see whether they are SDG-proof. A recurring question in this is the extent to which these should use household-level data of JMP-defined access to limited, basic or safely managed water. We argue that caution should...
Sitting on a gold mine
Published on: 22/03/2018
A team representing government and NGOs from Ethiopia joined a visit to Ghana to learn about planning for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for WASH.
Can India afford to spend less on rural sanitation?
Published on: 21/03/2018
Budget cuts could prevent the country becoming open defecation free by 2019.
Safe Water 2 Programme Is ‘A Space for Innovation’
Published on: 15/03/2018
The Safe Water 2 Programme is "a place for innovation," says Hester Foppen of Aqua for All . As a partner in the ' Safe Water Phase 2' Programme , IRC spoke to her about business viability and innovation at a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in the fall of 2017.
Giving data a soul: a case study on use of water point data in Uganda
Published on: 08/03/2018
Behind all water, sanitation and hygiene data is a story. Very, often these stories are hidden behind cold statistics that enable us to count and tick boxes.
Is Bollywood’s Pad Man movie too good to be true?
Published on: 07/03/2018
Checking the facts and assumptions about menstrual hygiene in developing countries.
No dejar a nadie atrás; el área rural dispersa de Honduras puesta en el mapa
Published on: 06/03/2018
El lema de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible es "no dejar a nadie atrás". Para el objetivo de agua y saneamiento implica que todas las personas – hasta las que viven en la casa más alejada, en la cima de una montaña – deben de tener acceso a dichos servicios. El proyecto "modelos de...
Just another drinking water filter?
Published on: 05/03/2018
With water quality at source and point of use a major concern, there is renewed interest in Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTSS).
How to use Human Centered Design (HCD) to build prototypes for WASH
Published on: 23/02/2018
It's the final day of the design summit, and we're all a bit weary but energized to see the fruits of all this labor. When we started our 10-day journey with MIT, it felt to me like a long time to spend in a workshop. But as the summit progressed, I realized that we could easily spend a month...
Getting to the heart of climate resilient WASH
Published on: 15/02/2018
Climate resilient WASH is about new ways of working across the traditional humanitarian and development sectors. We went to one of the harshest spots in Ethiopia, and surely in the world, to find out more.
One workshop to cover everything we ever complained about
Published on: 13/02/2018
Key lessons to develop a Country-Led Monitoring (CLM) programme for rural water and sanitation in Liberia.
Sensible universal access: what it means to achieve the WASH SDGs
Published on: 12/02/2018
Countries must now set their own realistic national targets and start monitoring them.
Technological innovations are on exponential curves; but are WASH measurement methods stuck in time?
Published on: 07/02/2018
Innovations can revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development - if we rise responsibly to the challenge of measuring their impact.
Coming with a fresh perspective: understanding experiences of water security in Afar, Ethiopia.
Published on: 06/02/2018
My new role at Cranfield University this year is to drive forward a novel and very exciting project known as WEEP (Water-security in Ethiopia and the emotional response of pastoralists). WEEP has immense potential to 'break new ground' in understanding the everyday and ongoing challenges of water...
‘Without monitoring we won’t reach the Sustainable Development Goals’
Published on: 05/02/2018
Before 2021, national monitoring systems should be able to measure effectively how countries are doing in delivering water, sanitation and hygiene, IRC Burkina Faso Country director Juste Nansi states.
Moving from information gathering and idea generation to concept selection
Published on: 05/02/2018
Day 6 at the USAID Transform WASH Design Summit began like every day, with Morning Circle. This is a moment to set the mood, reflect, have a bit of fun, and make announcements about the day. The group is large with 35 participants plus Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Design Lab...
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