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ODI e-Newsletter, July 2010

The benefits of competition for the poorest countries in the world…



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Added by Jaap Pels IRC on July 28, 2010 at 7:00 — No Comments

MyWASH e-mail group

The MyWASH e-mail group is used as public discussion list on WASH issues.

You have to join the group to receive and post messages.

- To sign up: http://groups.google.nl/group/mywash (will start your web browser)

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Added by Jaap Pels IRC on July 26, 2010 at 12:00 — No Comments

Contest: Tell us a story – for pride and a prize

Source Bulletin is looking for stories about communities and interventions that helped (or failed!) to improve the sanitation and

hygiene situation. Such stories provide valuable lessons from WASH

experiences and practices.



Each story should identify a problem or situation, the key interventions and the outcomes and should, whenever possible, be accompanied by a

picture.

Bring recognition for a…

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Added by Caridad on July 13, 2010 at 14:22 — No Comments

Blogging for nonprofit: IRC’s WASH Blogs

Read at:http://www.blogtips.org/blogging-for-nonprofit-irc-wash-blogs/
Blog Tips opens up the world of Blogs and Social Media as a powerful marketing, messaging and fundraising tool for Nonprofit organisations.

Added by Jaap Pels Global on July 5, 2010 at 7:25 — No Comments

JULY 2010 JOURNAL ARTICLES by Dan Campbell

Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2010;88:482-482. doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.080077



Editorial - Swimming upstream: why sanitation, hygiene and water are so important to mothers and

their daughters Full-text - http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/88/7/10-080077.pdf



Clarissa Brocklehurst a & Jamie Bartram b



a. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Section, United Nations Children's Fund… Continue

Added by Jaap Pels Global on July 5, 2010 at 6:30 — No Comments

Water Sanitation Facilities for Rural Nepal

While in many parts of Kathmandu city people get water once in five to twelve days, which is far below in quality for drinking . Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board (RWSSFDB) www.rwss.org.np has capacitated the Communities to self help them selves. Local NGO facilitates them to plan implement a water sanitation project. I can take you for a 5.5 minute tour to visit and obaserve a village in Dhading district of Nepal.......…

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Added by Ramesh Kumar Sharma on July 1, 2010 at 7:22 — No Comments

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WSA signs up with Malaysian company for technical support on sanitation

Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Indah Water for technical know-how and consultancy services in sewerage management in African countries. WSA selected the Malaysian company “to be in a technical committee formed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to propose immediate, medium- and long-term solutions for sanitation services in WSA member countries”.

Kiribati’s North Tarawa declared first open defecation free island in the Pacific

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North Tarawa in Kiribati is the first island in the Pacific to be declared open defecation free, thanks to the “Kiriwatsan I Project”. The Ministry of Public Works is implementing this project with technical support from UNICEF and funding from the European Union. In March 2013, North Tarawa adopted the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach following a training of trainers course conducted by Dr Kamal Kar.

Megan Richie is SNV's new WASH Director

In March 2013, SNV appointed Megan Richie as Managing Director for Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH). She leads SNV's global initiatives in the WASH sector. Prior to her appointment as Managing Director, Ms Richie served as Country Director for SNV in Lao PDR.

Brian Arbogast new WASH Director at Gates Foundation

Brian Arbogast is the new director of the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He started work at the foundation on 13 May 2013. He takes over from Dr. Frank Rijsberman who acted as director until May 2012.

A central role for government in monitoring sustainable WASH services

Governments are not only investing more in national monitoring systems, but their leadership in country monitoring is also now generally accepted. With this acceptance, however, come expectations about good governance and transparency. Monitoring is politics: agendas and power influence what is monitored and how the results are used. National systems, too, go beyond WASH sector monitoring and should include data from donors and NGOs as well.

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