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In an on-going study in partnership with UNHCR, IRC is setting-up a methodology to measure the cost of providing water services to refugee population. Read more...
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is one of the well-known international NGOs in Ethiopia, so it was a pleasure for me to see so many CRS advisers in Addis Ababa for their WASH Community of Practice meeting on 23rd May. Staff participated from across East Africa. I was there to share my experiences on... Read more...
The developments in the sanitation sector are moving quickly. We are seeing some interesting new further development within the sector emerging. As cited in the last blog on the Uganda Unclogging the blockages of sanitation workshop, there is a new wave of freshness in the air in which we see the... Read more...
If rural water supply provided under the development heading is in fact more a relief and water supply through relief creates development but in pockets, then what does that teach us? Read more...
Les gouvernements ne se contentent pas d'investir d'avantage dans les systèmes de suivi nationaux ; leur rôle central dans le suivi à l'échelle du pays est aussi largement accepté. Cependant, cette acceptation s'accompagne d'attentes en termes de bonne gouvernance et de transparence. Read more...
The 9 th Forum for Learning on Water and Sanitation (FLOWS) held in Adama, Ethiopia on 28 November 2013 focused on various decentralised forms of water supply provision. Read more...
The 9th FLOWS seminar took an in-depth look at two service delivery models in Ethiopia's highly decentralised water supply. Read more...
The town of Butajira was awash with self-supply acceleration tips when 25 participants came together for a three-day training event. Read more...
This meeting at the Netherlands Embassy in Addis was a very special one, for a number of reasons. Read more...
De bijeenkomst op de Nederlandse ambassade in Addis was bijzonder om een aantal redenen. Read more...
On 13 September, a Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) was launched in Addis for the WASH sector. Amongst other key innovations it includes Self-supply as a service delivery model. Read more...
"One plan – one budget – one report" is the catchphrase for the Ethiopian government's newly launched sector-wide approach to WASH. Read more...
What lessons do the past six years of sector collaboration in Ethiopia hold for the future? Read more...
The WAS-RoPSS project, or the 'rope pump project' is working towards the development of guidelines for the standardisation of rope pump manufacturing. Read more...
A strategy development workshop and sector review point the way for a three-year action plan. Read more...
Eline Bakker reflects on practitioners' training in the marketing of sanitation in Nairobi. Read more...
The problem-based approach of Guided Learning on Water and Sanitation (GLoWS) offers WASHCOs practical support and potential solutions in a new way. Read more...
We are working towards 100% latrine coverage in Ethiopia by 2015...but how to move towards sustainable total sanitation? Read more...
In a new project, three Millennium Water Alliance partners will use additional funding from the The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation to deepen their existing interventions. Read more...
Key participants in Ethiopia's WASH services come together. Read more...