Southern Youth Zone Programme
A PSO-funded Southern Youth Zone Programme is running from 2010 to 2012. The programme aims to strengthen the knowledge and skills of eight young professionals involved in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Resource Centre Networks.
Implementing Multiple Use Water Services approach in Honduran context: first experiences
20 Jul 12
The department of La Paz is located two hours from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. La Paz is a region famous for the coffee export, cold climate and abundant water. There are four projects implemented using the Multiple Use Water Services (MUS) approach by FHIS, the Honduran Social Investment Fund, with support of IRC. It’s the first time in Honduras that projects are implemented using MUS methodology.
Budget tracking exercise in Accra voices the need to involve traditional leaders in WASH issues
20 Jul 12
Traditional chiefs appealed to the Accra Municipal Assembly (AMA) that central funding to the WASH sector is not reaching their districts. This results in a disastrous situation that affects all irrespective of who you are. This was said during a budget tracking exercise organized by the NGO network CONIWAS in Accra.
EcoSan entrepreneurs doing better than other sanitation providers in Nepal
20 Jul 12
Ecological Sanitation (EcoSan) is a new type of toilet option in which urine and faeces are collected separately – this style of toilet is referred to as a ‘dry toilet’ in Nepal. EcoSan entrepreneurs are getting more profits than other sanitation providers. This is shown in a recent study on the "value chain of toilet construction materials".
Community score card helps Bombo community improve their water service
19 Jul 12
The Bombo community together with the private water service provider and the Town Council developed a joint action plan towards improving water services in Bombo Town Council. The action plan shared roles and responsibilities to water service providers, town council officials, water board members, community leaders and community members. These roles are assigned to work towards ensuring that every community has access to improved and adequate potable water. The action plan was developed in an interface meeting of the community and service providers during the community score card exercise carried by NETWAS Uganda out in Bombo Town Council, a small town; 25 kilometres north of Kampala - the capital of Uganda.
Challenges and survival tips for a young professional abroad
18 Jul 12
How do you deal with being a young professional in a country where the security situation is not the same as at home, where the food is different? With the pressure of ‘having to perform’: carrying out the activities as defined in your personal development plan. However, your new work environment requires things like conducting focus group discussions with tribal communities who do not talk English, or there are no resources for the department you are supposed to be running.
Reflections of a Young Professional: 'I am more than a hydrologist'
16 Jul 12
| 'I used to have this technical background. There was a borehole and I was supervising people drilling. But at CONIWAS, it has been more about governance, advocacy, transparency and accountability: the social aspects.' |
Message dissemination to women through cluster meetings of BRAC WASH Programme
20 Oct 11
A large-scale survey carried out by BRAC’s Research Evaluation Division (RED) amongst 30,000 households found that knowledge of hygiene is very strong among more than 90% of the people, but actual hygiene practices develop far more slowly.
Using the Community Score Card in Ghana
20 Oct 11
The community score card process is used in Ghana to find out citizens perception about WASH delivery to communities. The aim of the process is to improve upon these services. It involves four stages: in-puts tracking, service providers assessment, the community assessment of the service providers and an inter-phase meeting
The role of Rural Sanitation Centres in BRAC’s WASH programme
04 Oct 11
BRAC has been implementing the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme in 150 sub-districts of Bangladesh with a focus of achieving MDG 7; target 10 with support from the Government of the Netherlands since 2006.
Uganda: baseline on WASH improves primary schools in Kamuli district
04 Oct 11
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in schools is globally recognized as a key intervention to promote children’s right to health and clean environment and to influence a generational change in hygiene behaviours and attitudes. PLAN Uganda through a partnership with NETWAS Uganda conducted a baseline on WASH in 2008 to assess the functionality of the WASH sector in the PLAN sponsored schools in Kamuli district.
