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Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of death in Liberia (WHO 2008). Over 40% of Liberia’s schools are unable to provide safe water for their pupils (WSP). US$1 investment in WASH can bring about US$9 return to Liberia’s economy (HDR 2006).On 22 March the WASH civil society Working Group in Liberia and sector partners organized a six kilometre walk to demand an end to the water crisis and corruption in water services. For more information read the 2012 Campaign report.

La coalition Diorano-WASH a tenu son Assemblée Générale annuelle les 21 et 22 février derniers. Une Assemblée Générale qui a réuni plus de 150 personnes travaillant dans le domaine de l’eau potable, hygiène et assainissement dans les 22 régions de Madagascar.

In Partnership with WaterAid Sierra Leone and Liberia, the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (WASH-Net) of Sierra Leone was officially launched on 15 February 2012, together with the WASH Manifesto Campaign by the Deputy Ministry of Energy and Water Resources at the British Council Auditorium.

Attended by members of the civil society, media, political parties, development partners and key ministries, agencies and departments, WASH-Net through its members nationwide further succeeded in attracting attendance and representation  from numerous local councils across Sierra Leone.

2012 is a critical year for Sierra Leone’s development; shaping the country’s political direction through the forthcoming elections on 27 November. As such this is an opportunity to engage a powerful citizen’s engagement movement that makes voices and votes count in elections; in other words, using elections as tools to demand commitments that ushers much-needed change within the WASH sector.

 

This Study seeks to shed light on the progress made towards hundred percent covergae of sanitation in Bangladesh at the grass roots level. It helps to clarify the sanitation situation in targeted villages across Bangladesh. It also highlights the importance of gender, and the lack of accessibility of extremely poor sections of society into subsidy instruments to achieve universal sanitation coverage in Bangladesh by 2013.

 

 

The Framework for the WASH Coalition in the Pacific has been designed to support the implementation of water and sanitation initiatives in the Pacific region. It advocates for water supply, sanitation and hygiene campaigns, and  acknowledges the need for physical infrastructure developments that are required to improve access to safe water and adequate sanitation for communities based in the Pacific region.

Bio-sand filters are low-cost technology which can make potable water for households.

Ferro-cement is a  cost-effective construction material which helps to build biodiesters for the treatment of organic wastes.

Sri Lanka has a long history of rainwater harvesting, using both traditional and modern structures. This study evaluates the effectivness of RWH as alternative drinking water suppy.