In 2012 E-Source is once again looking for stories about communities and interventions that helped (or failed!) to improve the sanitation and hygiene situation. Such stories provide valuable lessons from WASH experiences and practices.

Each story should identify a problem or situation, the key interventions and the outcomes and should, whenever possible, be accompanied by a picture.

Bring recognition for a particular intervention in your community

Getting your story published will let you share your experiences with others around the world, will establish you as author and bring recognition for a particular intervention in your community. They will also be of value to E-Source in broadening our coverage.

Stories selected by the Source editorial committee will be posted on one of two websites (or both). These are: E-Source and the Voice of Communities’ blog.

Reward for top three stories

The authors of the top three selected stories (English, French or Spanish) will be awarded a financial reward of 50 Euro and may also be published online in E-Source and on paper in the appropriate Source Bulletin.

The editorial committee of IRC will select the winners, based on their own judgement, but also taking into account the number of page views a story receives on the E-Source website.

We have posted guidelines to help you get the best out of your experience and these can be found on-line at http://www.irc.nl/page/51902.

Contact E-Source editors

Please submit your stories using the form below.

Tags: information and communication, participatory management, rural wash, sanitation, water supply