Uttam Majundar is a successful Jalabandu (handpump mechanic) in Digambarpur (West Bengal, India). But now he risks becoming a victim of his own success. Following a day in his life explains why. Read more...
Sagar is an island at the mouth of the river Ganges where it meets the Bay of Bengal. Every year in January, about half a million pilgrims visit the island to worship at the holy Ganges. The hundreds of mobile toilet units standing on the empty festival terrain during the rest of the year are... Read more...
After a donor-funded water and sanitation project in Mirzapur, Bangladesh, had ended, the family latrines were still found in good working order,... Read more...
The described project, which started in 1987, was initiated to safeguard the investments made in the Netherlands-assisted "Buba" water... Read more...
Ghana has recently decided to shift from centralized maintenance of handpumps to community managed maintenance. Read more...