Features
Voices from the village heard in Bangladesh
WASH-Streams in Bangladesh has launched a grass root level consultation exercise to ensure that grass roots voices are heard at a higher level and contribute to policy changes on water, sanitation and hygiene.
ICT proves a constraint for knowledge management in West Africa
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are, today an essential component for knowledge management. In West Africa, however, constraints still prevent organisations in the water, hygiene and sanitation sector from making best use of these technologies.
Latin America must use every tool to share knowledge
There is a widespread tendency to confuse knowledge with information and to suppose that they are the same thing. They are not. Information can be dealt with in fragments or put together in pieces. Knowledge, on the other hand, provides us with models, hypotheses, principles and laws.
WSSCC News
WSSCC Steering Committee elections promote role of women
The first open election process held for the Steering Committee of the WSSC has strongly promoted the leadership role of women.
Egyptian science journalist wins Wash Media Award 2004
Egyptian journalist Nadia El-Awady has won the first ever WASH Media Award for an article that illustrates the impact of industrial pollution, sewage and waste on people’s health and dignity along the River Nile.
IRC News
IRC publications find new audience in Viet Nam
Ministry staff and NGOs in Viet Nam are using four IRC publications promoting hygiene education and community participation to boost the quality of their work.
Ghana: Knowledge Management workshop strengthens commitment
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), the main water sector agency in Ghana, organised an Advocacy on Knowledge Management workshop in May 2004 for sector staff.
GEMSA has positive influence on gender in South Africa
The GEMSA project (Gender Mainstreaming in South Africa) is one of a number of initiatives within the South African Masibambane ("Let's Work Together!") programme, which aims to provide access to safe water and sanitation for 2.5 million people in the country's poorest communities.
