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Professional mechanic repairs village handpump in Uganda

Uganda’s COVID-19 water sector response

An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19.
USAID Transform WASH is supporting local manufacturing and distribution of hand washing stations

Small business and WASH in the age of coronavirus

Since the coronavirus began spreading throughout the world, few things have been unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our activities to develop...
Waste disposal at healthcare facility in Kabarole, Uganda

Treating medical waste during COVID-19 in the Global South

Is hazardous medical waste sufficiently managed?
USAID-funded water point in Afar, Ethiopia

Can right-sized digital solutions help the vulnerable?

Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia.
Kenyan school girls taking the pledge in past activitiy

Keep focus on menstrual hygiene management also during COVID-19

Continue with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) activities during COVID-19 as so much still needs to be done especially for the vulnerable.
Women in India holding up sanitary products (Photo credit: Rudrani Ghosh photography)

‘She Makes Change’ if you believe in her

My story of empowerment starts from a toilet, or to be precise the lack of it.
Warning message to pay your water bill

“Government, please pay your water bills!”

How to hold governments accountable for timely bill payments to water utilities.
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?
Collective action session at UNC

What are collective action approaches anyway?

"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said.
JAMKA Enterprise office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Turning waste into wealth in Tanzania

Converting solid and liquid waste management into successful sanitation businesses in Dar es Salaam.

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Professional mechanic repairs village handpump in Uganda

Uganda’s COVID-19 water sector response

Published on: 09/07/2020
An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19.

USAID Transform WASH is supporting local manufacturing and distribution of hand washing stations

Small business and WASH in the age of coronavirus

Published on: 16/06/2020
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.

Waste disposal at healthcare facility in Kabarole, Uganda

Treating medical waste during COVID-19 in the Global South

Published on: 15/06/2020
Is hazardous medical waste sufficiently managed?

USAID-funded water point in Afar, Ethiopia

Can right-sized digital solutions help the vulnerable?

Published on: 18/05/2020
Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia.

Kenyan school girls taking the pledge in past activitiy

Keep focus on menstrual hygiene management also during COVID-19

Published on: 08/04/2020
Continue with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) activities during COVID-19 as so much still needs to be done especially for the vulnerable.

Women in India holding up sanitary products (Photo credit: Rudrani Ghosh photography)

‘She Makes Change’ if you believe in her

Published on: 10/03/2020
My story of empowerment starts from a toilet, or to be precise the lack of it.

Warning message to pay your water bill

“Government, please pay your water bills!”

Published on: 20/01/2020
How to hold governments accountable for timely bill payments to water utilities.

Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Published on: 14/01/2020
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?

Collective action session at UNC

What are collective action approaches anyway?

Published on: 07/01/2020
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said.

JAMKA Enterprise office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Turning waste into wealth in Tanzania

Published on: 19/02/2019
Converting solid and liquid waste management into successful sanitation businesses in Dar es Salaam.

Ghana - water pipes

Driving change in the WASH sector through reflection and learning

Published on: 23/01/2019
A WaterAid thematic review.

Market in Burkina Faso

Three for the price of two, 30% off, special offer

Published on: 23/01/2019
The importance of capital efficiency.

Management models for piped water services. Cover photo. WaterAid

Selecting management models for piped water supply schemes

Published on: 22/01/2019
WaterAid publishes new resource guide.

Participants on experience sharing visit in Uganda

Partnership to advance resiliency in the Ethiopian lowlands

Published on: 05/12/2018
USAID programmes collaborate to improve rural water supplies for pastoralist communities in drought-prone regions.

Bucket tomparnell flickr

Financing the sector in challenging countries

Published on: 28/09/2018
Fixing the leaks to attract commercial investment for sustainable urban water services in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.

Fetching water at the pump

When does money get results?

Published on: 27/08/2018
This blog looks at the experience of using 'Payment-by-Results' in Tanzania's water sector, and how adaptive programming is key to bridging the gap.

Two sides of sanitation: rubbish and cleanliness. Cambodia/India

Sanitation and health: what do we want to know?

Published on: 01/08/2018
Experts meet to discuss reaching a consensus on what the evidence tells us.

Man repairing handpump

Taps and toilets aren't enough: designing WASH programmes that strengthen the system

Published on: 02/07/2018
WaterAid has developed a set of participatory tools that help identify and overcome system barriers.

Abeba conducting door – to –door promotion for one of Transform WASH’s improved sanitation product - SATO pan

Abeba’s passion for change helps her sell sanitation solutions to communities

Published on: 16/06/2018
Half of the sales agents in the USAID Transform WASH project in Ethiopia are women.

Collecting water from a natural stream in Northern Ghana

Household water treatment and storage in Savelugu-Nanton Municipality, Northern Ghana

Published on: 28/05/2018
Does using a household water filter help in improving water quality and reduce incidence of diarrhoea?

Menstrual Hygiene Day balloon: #NoMoreLimits - Good menstrual hygiene empowers women and girls to rise

Keeping the importance of menstrual hygiene alive!

Published on: 14/05/2018
We have come a long way, but educating schoolgirls and women remains essential.

Collecting baseline data with mobile phones in Ethiopia

Why innovations in the WASH sector rarely scale up?

Published on: 23/03/2018
Lessons for government, the private sector, NGOs and donors.

"Sanitation is more important than independence" - Gandhiji

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.

Water pump

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.

Latrine superstructure made of plastic bottles

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...

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