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Does external funding for WASH in Schools undermine national and local commitment? Join the debate
22 Oct 12
You are invited to join the second in a series of three e-debates on WASH in Schools, inspired by lessons from the SWASH+ Project. It will take place from 1-5 October on ircwash.createdebate.com The key question that we are raising …Continue reading →
Global Handwashing Day celebrates 5th anniversary on 15 October
22 Oct 12
Global Handwashing Day is a global celebration of handwashing with soap involving over 200 million people in over 100 countries worldwide In 2012, Global Handwashing Day will share its 5th anniversary with over 121 million children who are also celebrating …Continue reading →
External funding for WASH in Schools does not necessarily undermine national & local commitment
22 Oct 12
A narrow majority of participants in an e-debate did not think that external funding for WASH in Schools undermines national and local commitment. From 1 - 12 October 2012, 15 participants discussed the issue of external funding in the second of three e-debates inspired by the SWASH+ Project. One of the participants adequately summarised the debate noting “It is difficult to place oneself on the yes or no side of this argument. In an ideal situation – that most of us are striving for – school WASH would be provided by governments. This is the end game, but we are clearly not there yet.” Continue reading →
Getting it right : improving maternal health through water, sanitation & hygiene
22 Oct 12
“Some very basic elements of human development related to water, sanitation and hygiene that were accepted in the 19th and early 20th centuries are still unavailable to a large proportion of pregnant women in the 21st century”, write the authors …Continue reading →
Africa wide WASH technology review published
19 Oct 12
The WASHTech project has published a literature review focusing on 14 technologies used in Africa in
Water shortages impede hygiene for Nepalese women
19 Oct 12
Dec 13, 2011, By Teresa Rehman, Alertnet KATHMANDU, Nepal (AlertNet) – On the fourth day of he
Music for Life 2011 - "We do give a shit"
18 Oct 12
This month, Belgian radio station Studio Brussel is partnering with the Red Cross to raise money for
WASHplus Weekly on Communal Sanitation
12 Oct 12
November 19th is World Toilet Day and this issue of the WASHplus Weekly contains links to World Toil
Viet Nam: world’s first Unilever-sponsored Toilet Academy opens in 2012
04 Oct 12
Unilever is partnering with the World Toilet Organization (WTO) to set up Domestos Toilet Academies
