Sanitation Updates
This news feed on sanitation is maintained by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and by USAID’s WASHplus project. It was originally set up to promote the 2008 International Year of Sanitation and continues to provide news, information and resources in support of achieving the goal of sanitation for all.
Q&A: Making Toilets Fashionable
11 Dec 12
Q&A: Making Toilets Fashionable | Source: IPS News, Dec 10, 2012 | Fatima Asmal-Motala interviews JACK SIM, founder of the World Toilet Organisation DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 10 2012 (IPS) – When the founder of the World Toilet Organisation Jack …Continue reading →
Webinar: WASH in Schools, 13 December 2013
07 Dec 12
Webinar: WASH in Schools National Policy Changed by WASH in Schools Research Date: Thursday 13 December 2013 Time: 14:30 – 15:30 CET (Central European Time) 19:00 – 20:00 New Delhi 16:30 – 17:30 Nairobi 08:30 – 09:30 New York Presenters: Mamita …Continue reading →
WASHing with Sesame Street Webinar, December 11
04 Dec 12
WASHing with Sesame Street Webinar, December 11 | Source: WASHfunders.org Global Water Challenge and Sesame Workshop invite you to an hour-long webinar, “WASHing with Sesame Street,” to learn about an innovative opportunity to join a coalition of partners for a targeted WASH multimedia effort. …Continue reading →
WEDC & WaterAid – Equity and Inclusion in WASH
04 Dec 12
WEDC and WaterAid announce a new set of learning materials: ‘Equity and Inclusion in WASH’ Extensively field-tested by WaterAid and WEDC in Africa and Asia, the materials are participatory and interactive, and are designed to help WASH practitioners analyse and …Continue reading →
WASHplus Weekly: Focus on Fecal Sludge Management
30 Nov 12
Issue 80 | November 30, 2012 | Focus on Fecal Sludge Management This issue focuses on recent information and research about fecal sludge management (FSM). This includes presentations that are now online from the recent Second International Fecal Sludge Management …Continue reading →
Sanitation Hackathon Field Visits
29 Nov 12
Filed under: Campaigns and Events Tagged: Sanitation Hackathon
Sewer Diving in Mexico City, Mumbai and Delhi
29 Nov 12
Watch BBC presenter Dallas Campbell help unclog a sewer in Mexico City in the BBC programme Supersized Earth. It ain’t pleasant. To learn more about Mexico City’s two sewer divers read this interview with Julio Cou Cámara in Edible Geography (2010) and watch …Continue reading →
Publication of the Study on Fecal Sludge Management in Africa and Asia
29 Nov 12
The study presented in October through the blog post: “Fecal Sludge Management: A smelly but fruitful business”, is now available. The study was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is entitled “Business analysis of fecal sludge management: emptying …Continue reading →
Struggles and Victories: Waste Pickers on the Frontline
27 Nov 12
Struggles and Victories: Waste Pickers on the Frontline | Source: Global Alliance of Waste Pickers, Nov 21, 2012. Struggles and victories: waste pickers on the frontline. October-November 2012 Latin America (Red Lacre) Waste pickers in Brasilia shutdown landfill for nine days …Continue reading →
New job at WSSCC: Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer P4
27 Nov 12
WSSCC has an exciting senior-level (P4) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) position based in Geneva, Switzerland. The application deadline is 30 December 2012. The purpose of the post is to coordinate the effective monitoring and evaluation of WSSCC’s work in line with its Medium …Continue reading →
