It is all about monitoring. Everyone wants to know - but who needs to know? and what do we need to know? Video developed as part of the UNICEF-IRC partnership 'Knowledge Management and Sector Learning in West and Central African Countries'. Script by Ton Schouten.
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Highlights from the first day, 21 June 2016, of the Kampala WASH symposium, which brought together the 21st SuSanA Meeting and the 2016 WASH Sustainability Forum.
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As part of the World Water Day 2016 events focused on 'water and jobs' the National Self Supply Task Force organised the 2016 My Water, My Business Fair to bring attention to the efforts of households to improve their own WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) situation. This built on a similar event in 2015. A seminar on 22 March 2016 brought together organisations and individuals that seek to help people help themselves through the Self-supply approach. At a parallel fair, Ethiopian enterprises showcased their low-cost products.This short film provides a summary of the event and debates.
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On the 3rd of March 2016, a seminar was held at the Australian High Commission in London to present the main findings from the Community Water Plus project on support to community-managed rural water supplies in India. This video contains these presentations.
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Harold Lockwood, giving a testimony to Ton's life at the USAID Co-creation workshop in Washington D.C. Harold and Ton got to know each other since the 1999s early 2000, both forming part of the Thematic Group on Scaling-Up Community Management for Rural Water Supply, and worked together off and on, ever since.
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The standard approach of financing is not sufficient and not appropriate for long term financing needs of water companies. Water Financing Facilities are a potential mechanism to mobilise additional finance for the sector. They pull utilities and their projects together reducing risk and therefore creating the possibility for longer term loans at considerably lower interest rates.
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A documentary highlighting key issues around operation and maintenance of water supply facilities in Uganda, and calling for increased funding towards O&M.
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In this video Urs Heierli, social marketing expert and advisor to the Safe Water II project, talks about the necessary paradigm shift to household water treatment systems.
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In Bangladesh millions of wells are polluted with naturally occurring arsenic: you cannot smell or taste it but it has a devastating impact on health. In coastal areas, traditional ponds have become contaminated with salt water, especially following cyclone Aila.
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Every day BRAC WASH programme staff get into communities to organise group meetings and go from door to door to advance the concepts of hygienic latrines, safe water and cleanliness.
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Three villages close to each other - with the same needs for water. One has it. One has just got it. One struggles without it. This film shows the difference it makes.
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Bangladesh and the Netherlands have worked together on flood managment, drainage, river basin management, coastal zone management and improving access to safe water and sanitation for millions of people. Future work will focus on support to the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 together with the World Bank.
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Groundwater cannot be found everywhere. If properly located, a borehole can provide a good supply of water. If it is not, it will fail resulting in wasted investment. This short film on borehole siting is part of a joint 2-year initiative of UNICEF, WaterAid and Skat, under the auspices of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) to promote more professional drilling. For more information see the accompanying RWSN publication: Siting of drilled water wells : a guide for project managers.
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Micheal Abera talks about the collaboration between IRC and HOAREC in the work on a baseline study for UNICEF on water, sanitation and hygiene across small towns in Ethiopia.
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The private sector has a key role to play in the delivery of water, sanitation and hygiene services in Ethiopia. There are however constraints - barriers that are hindering private sector involvement. A study carried out by IRC for UNICEF has identified these bottlenecks and the way they can be addressed.
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As part of the World Water Day 2015 events organised in Addis Ababa, the My Water, My Business events brought attention to the efforts of households to improve their own water supplies. This included the 'Self-supply Seminar: promoting local initiative and business to help all Ethiopian's access safe water supplies' on 20 March 2015 and a parallel fair where Ethiopian enterprises showcased their low-cost products. This short film provides a brief summary of the event and debates including a call to support Ethiopia's efforts in Self-supply acceleration from HE Kebebe Gerba, State Minister.
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The Triple-S Initiative was conceived in 2009 with the aim of contributing towards improved sustainability of rural water supply services. This video tells the story of the Triple-S Initiative in Uganda.
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Quel est l'état des droits des femmes au Burkina Faso?
Quels types d'effets est-ce que la mise en oeuvre du droit à l'assainissement aura sur les droits des femmes?
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Comment fait-on quand on n'a pas de toilettes à la maison? Se soulager en plein air n'est pas aussi simple qu'on pourrait le penser, en particulier pour les femmes. Ceci est une histoire sur les défis auxquels les femmes font face quotidiennement quand elles n'ont pas d'autre choix que celui de se soulager en plein air.
Rencontre avec Asmao Diallo de la commune rurale de Gorgadji, dans la région du Sahel au Burkina Faso. Comme 94% de la population dans les zones rurales du Burkina Faso, sa famille n'avait pas de toilettes à domicile. Ce n'est que récemment qu'ils en ont enfin eu. Dans cette vidéo, Mme Diallo explique les défis et les risques auxquels elle faisait face chaque jour à la recherche d'un endroit pour se soulager. Elle nous fait part également du changement que la décision du père de famille de construire des latrines traditionnelles, a produit dans sa vie.
Cette vidéo est la première d'une série de trois qui visent à donner une voix aux femmes vivant dans les communautés rurales du Burkina Faso, où les femmes ont rarement l'occasion d'exprimer leurs préoccupations quant à la défécation en plein air, et encore moins dans la prise de décisions des ménages sur la construction des latrines.
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