Business Approaches to WASH
According to UNICEF, business approaches to WASH rest on the fundamental premise that private businesses can play a much greater role in providing sustained and sustainable access to improved WASH services to low-income households. Business approaches to WASH invest strategic support to help private businesses sell more affordable, desirable products to traditionally un-served communities. Resources available in this sub-theme include tools to understand the supply chain, guidance to help businesses deliver more value, and others to increase business approaches to WASH infrastructure.
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Building Local Well Drilling Capacity in Senegal
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August 1, 2013Relief InternationalU.S. Agency for International Development
An overview of various well drilling technologies and their costs, this document also provides a case for the adoption of manually drilling wells where appropriate. Manually drilling wells, when professionalized, can be completed at the same level of quality as mechanized rigs but at 1/4 of the...Read more
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SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaA Market-Based Approach to Facilitate Self Supply for Rainwater Harvesting in Uganda
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January 1, 2011Relief International
This Technical Paper was submitted, accepted and presented at the 6th Rural Water Supply Network Forum in Uganda. While it is technical in nature, it provides a lot of information about the Domestic Rainwater Harvesting (DWRH) project that RI implemented in Uganda where RI leveraged a private...Read more
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UgandaSub-Saharan AfricaDownstream of the Toilet: Transforming Poo into Profit
U.S. Agency for International Development
This briefing note provides a look into the private-sector service delivery model that WASHplus and the International NGO Practica designed and piloted in Ambositra, Madagascar to sustainably manage fecal sludge generated in the city using low-cost decentralized technologies.Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaWSA Final Report
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October 1, 2013World Vision
In order to assess the sustainability of Hilton-funded systems with respect to functionality, water safety, and level of service, the Hilton Foundation partnered with Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA), an African NGO that was not involved in implementing earlier Hilton projects, to conduct a...Read more
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