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During the 6th Rural Water Supply Network Forum, which took place from November 29 to December 1, 2011, more than one hundred participants paid a visit to the Story Booth to be recorded on video and participate in the Triple-S story initiative. Read more...
The Akatsi District in the Volta Region collected baseline data on all its water facilities using the Field Level Operations Watch, (FLOWs) technology. Read more...
Triple-S Uganda organised a national learning forum to reflect on self-supply. The forum was organised in partnership with The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE); Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET); Network for Water and Sanitation (NETWAS); Uganda Rain Water Association (URWA)... Read more...
This paper is about the costs of providing direct and indirect support to rural water service provision and provides an overview of the features such... Read more...
Enhancing self-supply initiatives can go a long way in improving access to safe water in Uganda, and ultimately attaining the MDG targets. This was the key message emerging from the discussions taking place during the National Learning Forum on Self-Supply in December 2011. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) in Ghana is considering a combination of insurance cover and mutual funds between villages to ensure that there is enough money in the system to repair and maintain water systems in rural areas. Read more...
In 2011, Triple-S Uganda commissioned a study to assess the utilisation of the District Implementation Manual (DIM)—a tool issued in 2007 to guide the implementation of water and sanitation services at local government level. An important recommendation emerging from the study is to review, update... Read more...
It is the end/start of the year (depending on the moment at which you read this), so time to look at where one stands. The Joint Monitoring Programme of the United Nations has also done that for the state of the nations of the World with respect to drinking water supplies with this* publication... Read more...
The 6th Global Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) was held in Kampala, 29th November to 2nd December 2011. The Forum attracted over 500 participants from nearly 50 countries drawn from national and local governments, academia, NGOs, the private sector and development partners. The Forum... Read more...
I have argued at times for the need for post-construction support to rural water supply, and so have various publications from IRC and others over the past decade. However, there has been critique to this, stating that there is little evidence that shows that such help helps improving rural water... Read more...
Why have we been unable to provide a sustainable water service to rural people for so long? What were the success factors in the areas where there... Read more...
Uganda embraced a decentralised system of government in 1997 and has since taken strides to ensure that the agenda for public service provision is driven by the local governments, mainly at the district and sub-county levels. Though the decentralisation policy provisions and structures are clear,... Read more...
Could lack of definition be undermining the impact of effective but costly support? Read more...
Various stakeholders implementing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Ghana currently use different approaches in implementing the project cycle to deliver their facilities. This has been identified as a challenge to the involvement of local government in enhancing the long-term... Read more...
Triple-S Ghana is working with the Inter-agency Coordinating Committee (ICC) to strengthen water and sanitation sector learning in the Northern Region. The Inter-agency Coordinating Committee is convened by the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme in collaboration with the Northern Regional... Read more...
Ghana recently achieved a zero case status in guinea worm eradication, this means Ghana has not reported any guinea worm infections within the last one year. Ghana will however have to maintain the zero case status for the next three years in order to qualify to be declared as having completely... Read more...
Ghana has launched the water and sanitation sector performance report for 2010. The report is the second edition to be published by the Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing. The 83 page document catalogues the gains of the sector over the past year. Read more...