Sub-counties in Uganda's Kabarole District are excited about the potential of their new water and sanitation boards. But without financing, how can that potential be realised? Read more...
In Uganda, new water and sanitation boards at sub-county level are designed to remedy the problem of lack of capacity in water user committees—making local management more professional and effective. Read more...
Uganda is establishing Hand Pump Mechanics Associations as a solution to low functionality of rural point sources. Do these associations bring better, more professional service to communities? Read more...
Learning has over the past few years taken centre stage in the Ugandan WASH sector. Different actors are working in partnership to establish learning platforms or learning alliances to assess challenges, find solutions, share lessons and scale up good practices. Read more...
Chemisto Satya Ali, Water, sanitation and hygiene advisor, in the Rwenzori Portfolio at SNV Uganda relates about the joint initiative of IRC/Triple-S Uganda, Makare University, SNV Uganda and WaterAid Uganda, to introduce the use mobile phones in monitoring water services in Uganda. This video was... Read more...
In 2011 the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment started to promote the formation of Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) as a way of enhancing sustainability of rural water services. This briefing note highlights the key issues emerging from the process thus far. Read more...
From its onset, the Triple-S project worked on the understanding that sustainability of rural water services cannot be achieved through a single entity but rather through strategic partnerships that work to address concerns of the entire sector. One of the methods through which the project would... Read more...
One of the key challenges contributing to non-functionality of rural water sources is the time lag between the identification of faults and the rehabilitation. This lag, in WASH parlance, is called service down-time, mainly caused by drawbacks in information flow. To reduce these information gaps... Read more...
Many African countries, including Uganda, are increasingly replacing the point source with the handpump. In order to support this change in infrastructure, water and sanitation actors in Uganda are applying the Water Supply and Sanitation Board (WSSB) model as an answer to the traditional community... Read more...
The chairperson of Kabarole District, Uganda has hailed Triple-S intervention in the district saying it would lead to improved sustainability of water services. This was during the World Water Day celebrations in the district. Read more...
Nearly 2.2 million people die every year because of WASH-related factors, causing CSOs at the World Water Forum to that conclude that this is recipe for a humanitarian crisis. Read more...
The 6th World Water Forum opened in Marseille with the welcome news that the world had attained the MDG target of halving the number of people without access to safe drinking water way ahead of the 2015 deadline. However, another 800 million people in the world are yet to share in that success. Read more...
Behavioural change needs to happen at both user level and service provider level if water services are to remain sustainable. The Triple-S project promoted the need for rigorous learning processes for all water stakeholders in order to ensure services that last.
Read more...Water users in Lira district, Northern Uganda have adopted a new way of ensuring regular payment of user fees and continued functionality of their sources. From the funds collected in monthly fees, they have started a loan scheme for users. Many community members who have benefited from the... Read more...
In the search for more effective coordination mechanisms, WASH actors in Kabarole district (Uganda) ventured into sub-county level planning and review meetings. Although it is still in its infant stages, this approach is already showing signs that it could improve some aspects of sector... Read more...
Who says traditional African community mobilisation approaches have died out? The application of the Omuhiigo approach to the Community Based Management System (CBMS) of water sources in Kabarole district, is a good case of the revival of seemingly-forgotten traditional community mobilisation... Read more...
Top item on an overloaded agenda at the moment is the upcoming mid-term assessment of our Triple-S (link) project. As we prepare a terms of reference for the exercise we’ve been engaging with a number of external thinkers to help us create something that can meet the dual objectives of judging... Read more...
Akwoyo protected spring in Ngetta Sub-County, Lira district badly needs a touch up. But rather than collect the funds required for the repairs, users are waiting for the area Member of Parliament to provide help. Read more...