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From no service to improved services: how communities in Bangladesh monitor themselves

This briefing note shares the use of social tools that will allow to empower the communities by giving them access to information about the status of ground reality in terms of WASH services and facilities, policies and practices. By building the capacity of the...
Published on August 31, 2020
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Importance of good community entry to boost sustainability

Numerous water projects in Kenya have failed due to poor community entry. According to the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI), more than 34.4% of Kenyan households depend on point sources of water (springs, boreholes), while 64.3% live in the rural areas. A...
Published on August 26, 2020
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Memorandum to the Kajiado County Assembly on the draft Rainwater Harvesting Bill, 2019

The Kajiado County Rainwater Harvesting Bill, 2019 is a private member’s bill brought to the County Assembly of Kajiado for possible enactment into an Act of the Assembly. The Act would provide for compulsory harvesting of rainwater in every residential,...
Published on August 20, 2020
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Facilitating inclusive multi-stakeholder WRM & WASH forums for improved water and sanitation services

Over the years, there have been many efforts to provide mechanisms for water and related sector coordination, to monitor project implementation, enhance synergy and complementarity, and enhance inclusive decision making among WASH stakeholders in Kajiado County....
Published on August 19, 2020
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Saving the Mount Kenya Moorland

The Mount Kenya Ewaso Water Partnership (MKEWP) partnered with the Mount Kenya Trust to survey water abstraction in the northern moorlands of Mt. Kenya. This was under the MKEWP strategic objective of improving water security governance and as a result of a clash...
Published on August 19, 2020
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Improving water resource management decision making through application of Geo-data in Kenya: The case of Kajiado County

Kenya is a chronically water scarce country. This means that the demand for water is greater than the renewable freshwater resources that the country can access. In order to implement the ambitious national socio-economic development strategy in Kenya’s Vision...
Published on August 19, 2020
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Linking IWRM and WASH – a position paper

Wetlands International has been studying the priority actions for stronger alignment of Dutch-funded water management and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) activities abroad. This position paper presents the key findings and recommended priority actions, based on...
Published on May 7, 2020
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Monitoring WASH and WRM election promises in Kenya

During Election campaign periods in Kenya, aspiring leaders share manifestos to the electorate with the promises of what they intend to deliver once they are elected into different positions. One of the major challenges has been the lack of a framework to monitor...
Published on October 10, 2019
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Recommendations for social inclusion in the Dutch WASH strategy

Watershed report with recommendations on social inclusion for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ WASH strategy 2016-2030. The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MFA) WASH strategy for 2016-2030 ‘Contributing to water, sanitation and hygiene for all,...
Published on August 22, 2019
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Civil Society Organisation engagement in budget tracking

The Government of Bangladesh has acknowledged the crucial role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and which is actually also one of the targets (17.17), SDG 17. Though no institutional framework has been developed to...
Published on June 19, 2019
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Pro-people WASH budget: A sustainable development agenda

A news article by Mohammad Zobair Hasan on the existing WASH budgeting system in Bangladesh.
Published on June 18, 2019
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Local participation and public budget demand in Bangladesh: fiscal year 2018-19

This position paper looks into budget allocation and demand for water and sanitation in Bhola, Bangladesh.
Published on June 18, 2019

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