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Agenda for Change recently added two new publications to its systems library. Read more...
In a major stride to ensure universal access to water and sanitation, the governments of Malawi and South Sudan today announced the launch of Presidential Compacts on Water and Sanitation Read more...
Grants awarded for WASH in healthcare facility advocacy Read more...
Inspiring workshop on the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2016/7 surveys and network building between Southern African countries. Read more...
One of the objectives of the Pan-Africa programme is the empowerment of communities through the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) process in eight African countries. Four years into the process and the stories and documents emerging from the countries show that particularly women are playing an... Read more...
Water for People (WfP) determines that microfinance helps release public funds to reach the poorest. Read more...
Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets. Read more...
Rather than installing more pumps or building more latrines, NGO Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada aims to build a more effective sector. A new case study examines their strategy and the results. Read more...
Providing toilets to the poorest may be "dear to the hearts of many non-profits, aid agencies and governments" but if you want to involve business you have to start with the better-off families first. Read more...
Vera van der Grift interviewed Mike Kang from Engineers Without Borders-Canada how his organisation applies the life-cycle costs in Malawi. Read more...
“Closing the gap: WASH sector devolution and decentralisation in Malawi” takes a close look at how donor financing and lack of awareness about access to funds for both infrastructure and capacity building can be better aligned; particularly in Malawi’s decentralised water sector. Read more...