Papers, presentations and photo essays
Papers, presentations and photo essays for the South Asia Sanitation and Hygiene workshop in Dhaka 2012
Review of the status of equity in WASH programming in India
This paper draws attention to the disparities that exist in WASH in India, and proposes a strategy that relies on evidence based policy advocacy and positive practices based on experiences that are being tried out in India.
Sahapur Bazaar Community Latrine - Bangladesh
This photo story is about the construction of five community latrines by the HYSAWA Fund in Bangladesh.
In 2010 the Roghunathpur Union Parishad, Dumuria Upazila, Khulna District was selected to participate in the HYSAWA Fund initiative; which is supported by the Government of Bangladesh, AusAID and Danida, to promote decentralised and sustainable WASH service delivery by local government institutions in Bangladesh.
This initiative is the first instance of Union Parishads being financed directly to implement, monitor and manage WatSan services for their constituency in response to community demand.
In Bangladesh the Annual Development Plan budget for Union Parishads is not more than 2% of total public expenditure and of the allocation for each Union Parishad, the maximum that can be spent on WatSan is 20%. Even where local government institutions have strong systems and skills this is a significant barrier to effective service provision, where a quality public latrine facility can cost over 300,000 Taka – over 50% of an average annual allocation.
In Roghunathpur Union capital from the HYSAWA Fund has been used to install safe water supply points, fund community training sessions on hygiene issues, provide capacity support to the government body through training to all functionaries and fund project employees to conduct and monitor community interventions.
Sally Chessell, Communications Officer, HYSAWA Fund
Study of different modalities of public toilets in Kathmandu Metropolitan City
This study focuses on a new concept, the ‘City Service Center (CSC)’ and mobile toilets operating under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) modality. CSCs include public latrines with added services of showers, lockers and other utility shops such as café, restaurant and hair salon, under one roof.
Sustaining behavior change through participatory approaches in project cycle - Pakistan
This paper is about HySter, a simple and easily understandable set of messages developed to change prevailing practices or bring about change in behaviors of a family. The approach is branded by UN-HABITAT, which works through multiple channels and with tools targeting multiple audiences at different points in the project cycle.
The BRAC WASH programme: describing the core operational approaches, monitoring, evaluation and some results
This paper describes the major operational approaches of the BRAC WASH programme including monitoring, evaluation and some results. To carry out this study on water safety practices, use of sanitation facilities and self-reported water-related disease prevalence, a comparison was made between baseline (November 2006 to June 2007) and end-line (December 2010-February 2011) surveys done by the BRAC Research and Evaluation Division.
The business of the Honey-Suckers in Bengaluru (India)
In the absence of a city-wide sewerage network in Bengaluru, one form of sanitation self-service that has emerged is that of the ‘honey-suckers’, which empty holding and septic tanks. Part of the faecal sludge is used productively by farmers in the fringe of Bengaluru. The honey-sucker service has emerged without any form of financial or technical assistance, but operates outside the legal framework.
Up scaling rural sanitation in Pakistan post-2010 flood areas
This paper presents the practical experience of developing and implementing a new rural sanitation programme in a post-flood situation. The objective was to scale up the Pakistan Approach to Total Sanitation and to reach out to an estimated 7.6 million flood-affected people in 34 districts of Pakistan to safeguard and protect their health from water-borne diseases.
