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Climate change, water resources and WASH systems

WASH system strengthening is climate action and WASH must be a core component of climate financing and adaptation strategies.
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Strong WASH systems: political buy-in and leadership

A systems approach requires us to know the importance of political buy-in and strong leadership.
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Machinjiri health centre, Zomba, Malawi (photo WRA Malawi)

Advocating for WASH in healthcare facilities in Malawi

Published on: 11/11/2019
White Ribbon Alliance aims for a 30% WASH access improvement at healthcare facilities in Chitipa, Zomba and Dowa, Malawi.

Man running backwards in a marathon

Running a marathon backwards – reflections on sanitation at COP26

Published on: 17/11/2021
While we see more focus on methane mitigation and increased recognition of sanitation in national climate plans, we all need to face the same way, particularly regarding finance.

Grants Awarded for WASH in Healthcare Facility Advocacy

Expanding the reach of health advocates to improve WASH in HCFs

Published on: 07/03/2019
Grants awarded for WASH in healthcare facility advocacy

Ghana - water pipes

Driving change in the WASH sector through reflection and learning

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

GLAAS workshop 2016

Enabling policy- and decision-makers to make informed decisions for (drinking) water, sanitation and hygiene

Published on: 02/11/2016
Inspiring workshop on the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2016/7 surveys and network building between Southern African countries.

Participant drawing network in Malawi

Understanding stakeholder networks in rural water sub-sectors in Malawi

Published on: 16/02/2016
This post shares an update from recent fieldwork in Malawi, and provides preliminary analysis with reference to methods and findings from previous work in Ghana .

Messy, varied, and growing : country-led monitoring of rural water supplies

Reflections on twelve country case studies provide an insight into the realities of developing comprehensive and systematic country-led monitoring...
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Borehole repair

Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery - how change happens

Published on: 30/03/2015
During my time in Malawi I learned a lot about the challenges of rural safe water access, and about the challenges of addressing those challenges. I left believing we still have a lot to learn about how change happens, and how to support processes of improvement. This post is to share where I'm...

mobile latrine for disabled persons

Disabled people also have a right to sanitation

Published on: 18/11/2014
A lot of effort is put into getting everyone in the world access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitary services, but is everyone really included? As recent as 2011 the first ever world report on disability has been published by the World Health Organization and the World Bank (2011). It...

Women's group meeting

Essential role of women in Community-led Total Sanitation

Published on: 07/08/2014
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...

Mettre de faibles ressources pour travailler au profit de l’exploitation et la maintenance au niveau rural

Published on: 11/03/2014
Les services ont été étendus sans coût supplémentaire de la part du gouvernement local et sans financement extérieur en dehors du soutien apporté par "Ingénieurs sans frontières Canada" pour faciliter les relations et pour participer au rapprochement avec le district et les comités.

Figure from WFP publication on sanitation microfinance

Microfinance as a potential cataylst for improved sanitation

Published on: 15/01/2014
Water for People (WfP) determines that microfinance helps release public funds to reach the poorest.

How long-term support approaches can aid local resources

Published on: 09/10/2013
Strengthening local government capacity for service delivery remains a key challenge for the water, sanitation and hygiene sector.

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Creative measures towards improving sanitation programmes in eight African countries

Published on: 09/08/2013
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.

Fixing the sector, not just the pump: a systemic intervention in Malawi’s wash sector

This case study describes how Engineers Without Borders (EWB) promotes sustainable rural WASH services in Malawi.
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Maalwi Engineers without Borders

A systemic intervention in Malawi’s WASH sector

Published on: 16/06/2013
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.

Seeking systematic change in Malawi's WASH sector

Triple-S think piece in which the sustainability problem in Malawi is unpacked.
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Screenshot of the video on sanitation as a business in Malawi

Sanitation as a business in Malawi - the poor will have to wait

Published on: 28/03/2013
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.

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