Source - Lessons Learned
Hygiene promotion: lessons from Save the Children’s programme in Malawi
02 Jun 09
Save the Children has been running School Health and Nutrition (SHN) programmes in Malawi since 1998. When the programmes started, only 42% of schools had access to clean water and none had hand-washing facilities. It is now phasing out the programmes, passing over responsibility to the government.
Hygiene promotion: lessons from Save the Children's Bangladesh programme
28 May 09
Despite the achievements of a Save the Children’s programme in Bangladesh to promote school and household hygiene, a number of challenges were encountered.
Transparency: the policy implications of accountability in municipal service delivery in Sudan
02 Apr 09
A recent paper from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlights the importance of issues of local government accountability to citizens, analyses how changes in accountability mechanisms have been accomplished in a specific case, and examines the policy implications.
Transparency: public accountability through “Citizens’ Voice” initiative, Cape Town, South Africa
02 Apr 09
The “Raising Citizens’ Voice in the Regulation of Water Services” is a public education initiative driven by the National Regulator (currently within the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry [DWAF]).
India, Bangalore: improving water and sanitation for slum dwellers
09 Mar 09
With the help of local NGO AVAS, the residents of Sudhamnagar, a slum community in Bangalore, now have household latrines and a safe drinking water supply.
Cambodia: potential of pro-poor water connection subsidies
05 Mar 09
Poorer households are often willing to pay more for water and sanitation services than what they cost to operate and maintain, research in Cambodia shows.
Malawi: learning from earlier community water kiosks problems in Lilongwe
05 Mar 09
A few years ago the Lilongwe Water Board's service through water kiosks suffered from inadequate response to system and community problems and lack of transparency in water billing, a WaterAid report in April 2008 showed. In response to a request for assistance from the community, WaterAid Malawi embarked on a strategic partnership with the Lilongwe Water Board, aimed at improving management of water services in unplanned low-income neighbourhoods. After 18 months the public/private/civil society partnership is producing change.
Sector reforms: lessons and challenges from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
13 Feb 09
A paper commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, summarises critical water and sanitation sector reform implementation issues by drawing from recent experience in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Service delivery: better accountability improves performance
13 Feb 09
Based on more than twenty-five case studies (four from the water sector) in over twelve countries, a paper by Bill Tod, SNV’s regional MDG Adviser for Asia, provides lessons from the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation to strengthen the accountability capacity of citizens, government and service providers.
Community-managed toilets: Tiruchirappalli sets a good example
09 Dec 08
The city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India, is setting a good example with its community-managed toilets (CMTs). The city authorities, communities and NGOs have joined forces to install nearly 340 CMTs, most of which also have bathing and washing facilities.
