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After the team of the implementing agency had supported the people in Nkouondja in solving their management problems a celebration meeting was held to conclude the work. Feeling satisfied with the job and the result, the village chief of Nkouondja in Cameroon says in his speech: “Since you have... Read more...
As she dipped her hand into her purse she wondered “whose money is this. Is it mine or is it project money?” Meet Maria Musembi the treasurer of the Kiveetyo Kathyoli water project in Kenya. Seen as honest and hard working by the community, the members of the water project entrusted her to keep and... Read more...
The Akatsi District in the Volta Region allocated GHS 50,000.00 (approximately USD$ 29,456.82) towards analysing water quality and providing WATSAN training and monitoring in 2012. Allocating money towards these endeavours is part of measures undertaken by the Assembly to ensure the continuous... Read more...
Fontes Foundation has tracked the cost of small piped water schemes for years. According to Lucrezia Keoster from Fontes Foundation Uganda, following up on investments is important for sustainability. Showing what it will cost with the actual data and figures makes all the difference for donors... Read more...
Mr. Clement Bugase, Chief Executive of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), announced that the CWSA is now adopting integrated cost budgeting for its facilities in order to ensure sustainability. Integrated cost budgeting is a costing system that takes into consideration the various... Read more...
WASHCost Project Ghana has published (online) the first batch of a series of Community Reports. These communities are located in the three focus districts of the WASHCost project in the Bosomtwi (Ashanti region), Ketu South (Volta region) and East Gonja (Northern region) of Ghana. Read more...
"Service delivery indicators and monitoring to improve sustainability of rural water supplies in Ghana" was presented during the 6th RWSN Forum and draws on the monitoring work in Ghana by the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and Triple-S. The document examines how monitoring systems... Read more...
The Akatsi District Assembly has collected baseline data on functionality and sustainability of water services using mobile phone technology. Environmental Health Officials and members of the District Water and Sanitation Team were trained through the Triple-S Project as enumerators to collect data... Read more...
Analysis of contract costs of PEC-Zonal Activities in Mozambique from 2008 up to 2011 by Júlia Zita and Arjen Naafs. Read more...
La concertation nationale en l’eau et de l’assainissement a ouvert ses portes du 8 au 10 février 2012 à Dassa-Zoumè. Cette rencontre qui se tient en prélude du prochain forum mondial de l’eau de Marseille en mars et un véritable moment d’échanges qui, tout en permettant au Bénin de construire un... Read more...
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The WASH Advocates newsletter of February 2012 mentions the positive influence of Triple-S on sustainable rural water services in Ghana. Read more...
E-Sources Nouvelles recherche des récits relatifs à des communautés et des interventions qui ont contribué (ou n’ont pas réussi!) à améliorer ou empiré la situation de l’assainissement et de l’hygiène. Ces récits devront proposer de grandes leçons d’expériences et de … Read more...
In the lead-up to the World Water Forum 2012, sector specialists throughout the world have been asked to report specific solutions for addressing this challenge. Based on these concrete examples , IRC and WSUP propose six key solutions for pro-poor WASH finance . We urge financing institutions,... Read more...
L’univers de l’apprentissage sectoriel du Burkina s’est enrichi depuis ce samedi 18 février 2012. Constitués de professionnels de l’information et de la communication, de la documentation, de la gestion des connaissances ou de l’appui au monde rural, les participants à la réunion constitutive de la... Read more...
Cette note de synthèse a pour but de mettre en avant et de promouvoir un concept crucial pour garantir le fonctionnement continu des services d’approvisionnement en eau potable, d’hygiène et d’assainissement (AEPHA). Elle explique l’importance de la collecte, de l’analyse et de la budgétisation des... Read more...
Triple-S presents to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs the importance of moving towards a service delivery approach in order to help people without access to rural water supply. Read more...
En vue de la préparation du 6e Forum mondial de l’Eau, la Société des Eaux de Marseille a organisé les 19 et 20 janvier à Marseille un atelier qui a réunie près de 70 experts des pays méditerranéens autour du … Read more...
En vue de la préparation du 6e Forum mondial de l'Eau, la Société des Eaux de Marseille a organisé les 19 et 20 janvier à Marseille un atelier qui a réunie près de 70 experts des pays méditerranéens autour du thème «Crues torrentielles et inondations en Méditerranée : Quelles solutions face aux... Read more...
This presentation explains how Triple-S is contributing to catalyse the WASH sector focus from infrastructure to service delivery approaches for rural water. Read more...