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Safe Water Phase 2

This is a three year initiative (2015-2018) aiming to increase access to safe water particularly for people living at the base of the economic pyramid (BOP).

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How can social enterprises get safe water to communities at the “base of the pyramid”?

Lessons learned from the Safe Water Phase 2 initiative (2015-2018): a WASH Talk podcast.

Africa, Asia
Presenting SmartPaani

Working in the private water sector in Nepal

During a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in September 2017, IRC spoke with Anisha Karn, Marketing...

Asia
Pierre-Gilles Duvernay with the team

How can an NGO survive as a small business?

Interview with Pierre Gilles Duvernay from Antenna Foundation on the Safe Water Phase II programme.

Africa
Aboubacar and Fanny during a workshop in Nepal

You need stamina and vision to be a safe water entrepreneur in Guinea

Interview with Aboubacar Camara from Tinkisso-Antenna about experiences in the Safe Water Programme...

Africa

Blogs

Safe Water 2 Programme Is ‘A Space for Innovation’

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 ,...

Africa
Finote Selam utility team
Vera van der Grift
Published on: 15/03/2018

Linking safe water businesses to the human right to water and sanitation

The drive for reaching SDG 6 has created a big demand from private safe water businesses to help governments supply safe water.

Africa, Asia
Amanda Loeffen, WaterLex
Vera van der Grift
Published on: 20/11/2017

Resources

The role of social enterprise in serving the BoP with Sjef Ernes and Rachel Pringle

2018
Developing viable business models to provide...

Videos

Paradigm shift in approach to household water treatment systems

In this video Urs Heierli, social marketing expert and advisor to the Safe Water II project, talks about the necessary paradigm shift to household water treatment systems.