Postcards from the field

Local savings groups make latrines more affordable for poor families

The month before Tet (the Vietnamese New Year festival) is usually a very slow time for latrine sales.

Read more By Molly Goodwin-Kucinsky from iDE Posted: 1 year 7 months | 0 comments

Improved performance and growth of sanitation business

49 year old Nurul started his sanitation business in the Baladanga Dariarkul community of Gopalganj District, Bangladesh back in 1999.

Read more By Renae Davies from Australian Red Cross (ARC) Posted: 1 year 7 months | 0 comments

Mrs. Tan’s daughter standing in front of new latrine

Poor households move from open defecation to using hygienic latrines thanks to WASHOBA project

Mrs Tan is the member of a poor household Khong District, Champasak Province. Under the WASHOBA project, she learned about EMW's OBA program and decided to build a pour flush latrine.That helps her family feels convenient as they do not have to go to the paddy field for defecation anymore.

Read more By Georgia Davis from Thrive Networks Posted: 1 year 7 months | 0 comments

Thrive Cambodia and GRET support partners to run competitive licensing processes to own and operate water schemes

A local officer of the Department of Industry and Handicraft of Kratie Province, Cambodia has learned about and contributed to the implementation of the competitive licensing process to select a Water Supply Provider.

Read more By Georgia Davis from Thrive Networks Posted: 1 year 7 months | 0 comments

Mrs. Chea Sokhom standing in front of the hygienic latrine that her family built under the pilot of the phased-in budget support from the government of Cambodia

Cambodian Households See Results from Government Budget Support for Sanitation

Poor households in Cambodia accesses hygienic latrines thanks to the pilot of phased-in budget support from commune councils in Prey Veng province, Cambodia

Read more By Georgia Davis from Thrive Networks Posted: 1 year 7 months | 0 comments

Magret Likwetu, sanitation entrepreneur at work

Extra gains through sanitation business

Inspired by the poor sanitation practices in her village, 52 year-old Magret Likwetu transitioned from a volunteer into a successful entrepreneur and local sanitation consultant.

Read more By Tom Rankin from Plan International Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Taking Total Sanitation and Hygiene on wheels: Welemu, a driver of rural sanitation in Mulaje District, Malawi

A subsistence farmer in Malawi invests his own capital to start up a small business constructing latrines, drop-hole covers and hand washing facilities at affordable prices to meet consumer demand generated by CLTS triggering. Authors: MPHATSO ZALIMBA & CHIYEMBEKEZO K. NDALA, Plan Malawi

Read more By John Kelleher from Plan International Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Breaking taboos to save lives

Sitshengisiwe, 38 years old, is a married mother of two.

Read more By Mark Harper from Welthungerhilfe Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Last push for ODF through "Hello Toilet" radio program in Nepal

The sanitation movement in Salyan District had started stagnating after its rapid progress and increase in sanitation coverage from 50% to 80% duri

Read more By Gabrielle Halcrow from SNV Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Toilets for teachers and students in Lesotho

Mongobong primary school is located within Ralithebe area of Matsoku valley in Mokhotlong, Lesotho. Mrs.

Read more By Bronwyn Powell from CSWASH KALM Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Toilet access for Manjula - mother, carer and differently abled

Manjula is a mother and carer of her two young boys.

Read more By Bronwyn Powell from CSWASH KALM Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Leading by example, female masons in Bhutan

In rural Bhutan, 33-year-old Ugyen Zangmo from Langzor village in Pemagatshel District is a female mason trained as part of SNVs Sustainable Sanita

Read more By Gabrielle Halcrow from SNV Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Mr Hussain - A Sanitation Marketer with a mission

The contribution made by Mr Hussain, a small business owner, to the achievement of Open Defecation Free conditions in his village in Punjab, Pakistan

Read more By John Kelleher from Plan International Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Creating jobs in the Pacific with Sanitation Marketing this World Toilet Day

Fiji’s new Community Based Sanitation Market, a sanitation enterprise initiated by Live & Learn Fiji, will be holding a Market Day to celebrate World Toilet Day. The day will promote sanitation and hygiene products, the sales of which will provide an income to people living in informal settlements. It will also demonstrate the model of sanitation enterprises as an opportunity for other informal settlements to address sanitation challenges while also creating jobs.

Read more By Michelle Abel from Live and Learn Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments

Training Youth Labourers in Improved Latrine Installation in Bangladesh

Under the Enhancing the Enabling Environment for Better WASH Services in Bangladesh project with Habitat for Humanity, labourers and young unskilled labourers were trained in how to construct latrines and tube wells.

Read more By Sophie Cooke from Habitat for Humanity Posted: 1 year 10 months | 0 comments