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Continue reading →: “Finance the journey, not just the technology!”Innovation in Rural Water Supply 12. Oct. 2026 · Author: Mirja Michalscheck, Skat Foundation, Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN). Access the recording and materials from the session on-demand through the Asia and the Pacific Resilience Hub (HUB4R). What Georgia, Cambodia and Colombia teach us about financing innovation in rural water…
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Continue reading →: Wanted: Good Doers not Do-GoodersBook Review by Sean Furey, RWSN Secretariat Director @ Skat Foundation It is easy to point to Bad People doing Bad Things and feel that everything going on in our societies now is due to them, but reality is way more complicated, and the bigger villains can sometimes be Unintended…
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Continue reading →: Change our views – Blog 3: Provision of water services using handpumps – just a legacy or still of value?By Bethlehem Mengistu (Agenda for Change), Catherine McManus (The Water Project), Kerstin Danert (Ask for Water) Bethlehem: Handpumps stand at the centre of a larger debate in the WASH sector. Some people see them as outdated and associated with low service levels, while others view them as a practical choice…
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Continue reading →: Have We Found the Missing Link in Rural Water Financing?by Fredrik Sunesson, J. Stanley-Owusu Group of Companies (JSO) One of the persistent challenges in rural water is the relationship between tariffs and capital investment. The conventional view is that tariffs may be sufficient to cover the operating costs of a well-managed system, but are generally not sufficient to finance…
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Continue reading →: Change our views – Blog 2: Confessions of a systems thinker and engineers as we listenBy Bethlehem Mengistu (Agenda for Change), Kerstin Danert (Ask for Water) Whether the starting point is a broken pump or a fragmented WASH system, one truth connects Stop the Rot and Agenda for Change: you cannot deliver safe, sustainable water services without both construction quality and resilient systems. Both platforms…
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Continue reading →: Change our views – Blog 1: Fixing pumps and perceptions – a systems love storyBy Bethlehem Mengistu (Agenda for Change), Catherine McManus (The Water Project), Kerstin Danert (Ask for Water) BACKGROUND Whether the starting point is a broken pump or a fragmented WASH system, one truth connects Stop the Rot and Agenda for Change: you cannot deliver safe, sustainable water services without both construction…
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Continue reading →: African Women Shaping Africa’s Water Future: Leadership, Governance, Financing, and Partnerships for the Africa Water Vision 2063DIALOGUE BRIEF | WRITTEN BY EUPHRESIA LUSEKA Africa’s water challenge is no longer simply an infrastructure gap. It is a leadership and institutional challenge: who makes decisions, who controls capital, who governs water systems and who has influence over the agreements that determine how Africa’s water resources are managed. In…
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Continue reading →: How Women Are Turning Africa’s Water Crisis into an Economic EngineBy Euphresia Luseka In Celebration of Africa Women’s Day 2026KENYA, JULY 31, 2026 Featured photo: Gilda Giza Rede an Angolan Electromechanical maintenance technician. Rede also represents a new generation of women entering highly technical engineering roles in large-scale water infrastructure. Source, African Development Bank (AfDB). As the African Union declares…
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Continue reading →: A Few Drips Shouldn’t Close the Tap: The 16th Anniversary of the Human Right to Water and SanitationBlog by Euphresia Luseka, RWSN Leave No One Behind theme co-Lead Featured photo: Catarina de Albuquerque, then United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation, addressing the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2011. Source: United Nations. On July 28, 2010, the United Nations General…
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Continue reading →: RWSN at the 43rd UN Water Meeting in RomeBy Valérie Bertschy. Re-blogged from Skat Foundation, RWSN’s host organisation. Bringing Field Experience into the Preparatory Process for the 2026 UN Water Conference In March 2026, The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) participated in the 43rd UN Water Meeting, held over three days at IFAD headquarters in Rome. As an…
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