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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...
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 Community Water Plus project held a stakeholder meeting with stakeholders from the Government of India and NGOs in New Delhi in September 2013. Read more...
Working with the Ethiopian government and partners to deliver universal access to WASH services. Read more...
The professionalisation of community based-management means moving away from an approach based purely on volunteerism, towards a more professional, competent and effective management of rural water services working to agreed standards, and with greater transparency and accountability. Read more...
Ryan Schweitzer and James Mihelcic from the University of South Florida have developed a Sustainability Assessment Tool for community-managed rural water systems [1]. The tool is novel because it focuses specifically on community management during the post construction phase. It can be used to... Read more...
Water and sanitation facilities: a service provider is needed for day-to-day administration. Read more...