Showing result 51 to 60 of 1517

Plan Tanzania confirmed as GSF Executing Agency

This week, Plan Tanzania officially joined the Global Sanitation Fund family after signing a contract to serve as the lead implementing partner, known as an Executing Agency (EA), in the country. The three-year contract will enable the Tanzania programme – launched officially in June 2012 and known as the Usafi wa Mazingira Tanzani (UMATA) in Kiswahili – to move forward rapidly. 

18 December 2012

Special notice for members: Nominations sought by 10 January 2013 for SIDS, Latin America, and Global Steering Committee seat election

In January, WSSCC will begin elections to fill three open seats on WSSCC’s government body, its member-elected Steering Committee. 

Source: WSSCC
|
14 December 2012

New National Coordinators appointed

WSSCC is pleased to announce the appointment of 13 new National Coordinators (NC) from across Africa and Asia.

14 December 2012

Bihar stop concludes the Nirmal Bharat “Great WASH” Yatra

The travelling mega-campaign known as the Nirmal Bharat Yatra, or “Great WASH Yatra,” concluded 19 November in Bettiah, Bihar, India, after having successfully traversed five Indian states and some 2,000 kilometres, The Yatra, supported by WSSCC (which contributed the focus on menstrual hygiene management), was an interactive awareness-raising and advocacy platform that focused specifically on sanitation and hygiene.

14 December 2012

WSSCC sponsors CLTS workshop in Jharkhand, India

WSSCC is supporting the CLTS Foundation in its arrangement of the 4th Annual Workshop on “Sustainability of Rural Sanitation Initiatives in India.” 

Source: WSSCC
|
7 December 2012

"Toilet teacher" and others shine a light on sanitation and hygiene at Durban summit

This week, WSSCC is contributing to a number of sessions at the World Toilet Summit 2012, being held this week in Durban, South Africa. On the opening day, 4 December, Advocacy and Communications Programme Manager Amanda Marlin, together with sector expert Piers Cross, discussed how to go from the status quo to sanitation for all Africans. 

Source: WSSCC
|
6 December 2012

National Sanitaiton Day_World Toilet Day in Cambodia

National Day for Rural Sanitation is celebrated on November 13, 2012 across the country in Cambodia.

Cambodia
|
30 November 2012

Livelihood Links to Poor Water Quality in India: Alternates

 

The water quality problem in India is severe in many pockets of the country. It has been learnt that there are comparatively less efforts toward addressing the problems related to water quality by government and other agencies in India. We have examples where the youth could not find jobs in organizations or public sector agencies those take physical fitness test by looking in each parameter of health of a person. In majority of cases the health authorities are not aware about the severity of endemic water quality problems in their area. The institutional coordination and knowledge networking efforts are shockingly negligible. This article tells that what the agencies and government should consider in such situation.  

People's Stories
|
Author: K N Vajpai
|
India
|
30 November 2012

New job at WSSCC: Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (P4)

WSSCC has an exciting senior-level (P4) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) position based in Geneva, Switzerland. The application deadline is 30 December 2012. The purpose of the post is to coordinate the effective monitoring and evaluation of WSSCC’s work in line with its Medium Term Strategic Plan (MTSP) for the period 2012-2016. The incumbent is expected to establish a conceptual framework for the monitoring & evaluation practice, provide leadership to strengthen WSSCC’s capacity, and to develop systems and engagement strategies to enable WSSCC to:

Source: WSSCC
|
27 November 2012

Misleading Facts: Still We Can Celebrate World Toilet Day - a perspective from a WSSCC member

Today it’s world toilet day. The monitoring of sanitation facilities globally remained a challenge to the country governments and International agencies. …

Author: K N Vajpai
|
Climate Himalaya
|
20 November 2012