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Since the coronavirus began spreading throughout the world, few things have been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our activities to develop markets for WASH products and services are no exception. Read more...
Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia. Read more...
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said. Read more...
A WaterAid thematic review. Read more...
USAID programmes collaborate to improve rural water supplies for pastoralist communities in drought-prone regions. Read more...
Half of the sales agents in the USAID Transform WASH project in Ethiopia are women. Read more...
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... Read more...
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... Read more...
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... Read more...
When we set out to transform the WASH sector in Ethiopia, I knew it would be a fascinating journey. But, our Transform WASH Design Summit, organized by PSI/Ethiopia and led by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) D-Lab here in Hawassa, took us to an entirely new place. Read more...
Value-for-money analysis should be a bottom-up process and managers of WASH programmes should embrace it to transparently track the progress of their project and to demonstrate results. Read more...