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Reflections on the IWC WASH Conference in Brisbane
WASHbanner.jpgI have been puzzling to understand why I found this conference so energising and such a good experience. In part it was the choreography and facilitation by Barbara Evans and others –...
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Can India's women lead the way to a Swachh Bharat (Clean India)?
DSCN0665.JPGI have just had two remarkable weeks in India with the National Rural Livelihoods Mission. This is a national movement of, so far, 2.4 million women’s self-help groups (SHGs). Each has...
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Action Learning: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’s missing master key
Clean_India_campaign_Modi575.jpg(Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) is the new Clean India Mission launched by Prime Minister Modi)I wrote this in some frustration hoping for interest and action. Happily...
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So Much to Keep Up With, So Much to Learn
Robert Chambers_crop.jpgThis was the first time I have been to the annual four and a half day conference of the Water Institute at the University of North Carolina. Like the annual WEDC conference,...
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An Open Letter in response to the World Development Report 2015
WDR 2015.jpgIt is with disappointment and bewilderment that we, the undersigned, write this letter in response to the publication of the latest World Development Report Mind, Society and Behavior.In...
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FTIs and Undernutrition: burning questions for the WASH and Nutrition Forum...
undernutritionOn the 11th and 12th November 2015, the German WASH-Network, an alliance of 19 German NGOs, is hosting an international conference on the nexus between WASH and nutrition security in...
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Evaluating programmes in the WASH sector
chief w certificate.jpgOn Friday, November 27th 2015, an expert group of panelists convened in Kathmandu, Nepal at the 2015 Evaluation Conclave to share their expertise on “evaluating programmes in the...
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India's Rural Sanitation: From lose-lose to win-win
pitemptying1.jpgPrime Minister Modi has set the 2nd October 2019 as the target date for rural India to be Open Defecation Free (ODF). Remarkable progress has been achieved, but there is a very long way...
View ArticlePractical Ideas for the Swachh Bharat (Gramin)
1. Spread pit-emptying, now that the example has been set. Approach and send out a short note in many copies with photos to key influentials especially the following encouraging them to do...
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Crossing continents: what can India and Africa learn from each other?
RobertAfricaSan5.JPGThese reflections have been provoked by two occasions. The first was in late September/early October last year in India – the Mahatma Gandhi International Convention on Sanitation....
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