Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
According to World Vision, more than 80 percent of those lacking access to safe water and sanitation live in rural areas, especially in the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Resources available in this sub-theme include assessments of interagency collaboration in rural water and sanitation projects and assessments of rural water supply and emergency needs worldwide, among other resources that support the rural access to water, sanitation, and hygiene.
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Rural Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Resources
Wastewater Treatment Pilot Site, Sakhnin: A Project of The Appropriate Technology Consortium (ATC)
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January 1, 1999U.S. Agency for International Development
This document focuses on the Appropriate Technology Consortium and it's applications to wastewater treatment and reuse systems in rural areas of the middle east. This includes a pilot wastewater treatment plant in Israel and the establishment of wastewater reuse and irrigation pilot in Egypt...Read more
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Middle East and North AfricaSofala Province Integrated Health, Water and Sanitation Project: Final Report
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January 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
Final report by Africare on a project (7/93-9/96) to reduce water-borne and other diarrheal diseases in selected peri-urban and rural populations in Beira and Chibabava District, Sofala Province, Mozambique. In 5/94, the WASH project, which had spearheaded the original project design, redirected...Read more
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MozambiqueSub-Saharan AfricaGroundwater Markets in Pakistan: Participation and Productivity
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January 1, 1996U.S. Agency for International Development
This study is part of a multifaceted study of agricultural production and rural poverty in Pakistan. Water markets provide one of the most promising institutional mechanisms for increasing access to irrigation from groundwater, particularly for tenants and small farmers in South Asia. This...Read more
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PakistanSouth East AsiaRural Water Supply and Sanitation Program: Chicualacuala, Chigubo, Guija, Mabalane and Massangena Districts, Gaza Province [Mozambique]: Final Report
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December 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
World Relief's Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program (RWSSP) was a direct follow on from the 1992193 Emergency Water Supply lntervention on (EWSI) along the Limpopo Corridor in response to a continued severe shortage of water in the districts of northern Gaza It sought ultimately to...Read more
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MozambiqueSub-Saharan AfricaEvaluation of the Information, Education and Communications Component of the Niassa Rural Water and Sanitation Project (Mozambique)
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December 1, 1995U.S. Agency for International Development
This paper evaluates the information, education, and communication (IEC) component of the Niassa Rural Water and Sanitation Project implemented by Medical Care Development International (MCDI) in Cuamba, Niassa Province, Mozambique. Interim evaluation covers the period 10/93-12/95. The IEC...Read more
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MozambiqueSub-Saharan AfricaSustainability of Donor-Assisted Rural Water Supply Projects
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April 1, 1994U.S. Agency for International Development
Few projects in the rural water supply and sanitation (WS&S) sector have achieved full sustainability, according to this study. The study, written to assist in the planning and management of WS&S projects, can also be used by evaluators as a checklist of level of sustainability; it focuses...Read more
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LesothoSub-Saharan AfricaBenin Rural Water Supply
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February 1, 1994U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes two evaluations -- a final external evaluation (PD-ABD-903) and a sustainability assessment PN-ABN-080) -- of a project (1980-9/92) to assist the Government of Benin (GRB) in improving the health and living conditions of the rural population of the northern Zou department by increasing...Read more
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BeninSub-Saharan AfricaCARE Water and Health
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December 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
Summarizes final evaluation (XD-ABJ-177-A) of a project (11/91-9/93), implemented by CARE in northwestern Guatemala, to construct water supply structures and latrines and provide health education and training in water system maintenance. The evaluation focused on (1) three activities which CARE...Read more
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GuatemalaLatin America and the CaribbeanEvaluation Report for CARE Guatemala Water and Health Project
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December 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
The purpose of the Project was to improve the health status of 11,000 people living in 22 rural communities located in the western highlands of Guatemala. Specifically, the project was established to reduce diarrheal diseases through the introduction of potable water systems and latrines as well as...Read more
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GuatemalaLatin America and the CaribbeanModels of Management Systems for the Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Facilities
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February 1, 1993U.S. Agency for International Development
This report considers the many issues and actors that influence the development of operations and maintenance management systems for rural water supply and sanitation facilities in developing countries. It describes models in eight representative countries and offers guidance to planners and...Read more
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