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Change our views – Blog 2: Confessions of a systems thinker and engineers as we listen

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30/09/2026

By 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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Africa, Change our views, Handpump Technology, Stop the Rot, Sustainable Groundwater Development, Sustainable Services

Change our views – Blog 1: Fixing pumps and perceptions – a systems love story

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16/09/2026

By 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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Africa, Financing WASH, Leave No-one Behind, Mentoring Programme, Uncategorized, Women in Water, Young Water Professionals

African Women Shaping Africa’s Water Future: Leadership, Governance, Financing, and Partnerships for the Africa Water Vision 2063

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10/08/2026

DIALOGUE 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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Africa, Financing WASH, Leave No-one Behind, Uncategorized, Women in Water

How Women Are Turning Africa’s Water Crisis into an Economic Engine

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31/07/2026

By 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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Africa, Asia, Financing WASH, Human Right to Water & Sanitation, Latin America, Leave No-one Behind

A Few Drips Shouldn’t Close the Tap: The 16th Anniversary of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation

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28/07/2026

Blog 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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Financing WASH, Groundwater Resources, Professionalization, Sustainable Groundwater Development, Sustainable Services, Young Water Professionals

RWSN at the 43rd UN Water Meeting in Rome

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13/07/2026

By 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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Africa, Mapping and Monitoring, RWSN member eXchange

Are Governments Simply Technophobic?

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13/07/2026

By Muthi Nhlema. Re-blogged from Are Governments Simply Technophobic?, LinkedIn. Photo: local government extension using a mobile phone for data collection, Malawi. Mutala Abdul-Mumin and I recently co-hosted a RWSN – Rural Water Supply Network webinar examining how countries are using water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) data to support progress…
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Africa, Financing WASH, Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS)

Where Water and Energy meet

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13/07/2026

By Sean Furey. Re-blogged from where Water and Energy meet, LinkedIn. I have to credit the likes of Patrick Moriarty , IRCWASH, Bethlehem Mengistu Agenda for Change and Duncan McNicholl for getting me back into #SystemsThinking, which I had obsessed over 20 years ago when working on integrated water management…
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Africa, Leave No-one Behind, Multiple-Use Water Services (MUS), Organisational Rural Water Strategy, Sustainable Services

From Declarations to Delivery: The Case for Integrated Implementation Systems in Africa’s 2026 Water Agenda

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22/06/2026

Blog by Peter Wanyangi & Ida Githu (Dr.), Managing Partner, EED Advisory. Africa Water Policy Moment: Converging Programmes, Fragmented Delivery Africa is experiencing one of its most significant water policy moments in decades. In February 2026, African leaders adopted the African Union’s (AU) Water Vision 2063 and Policy, alongside the…
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Africa, Partner news, Sustainable Services

Ainslie Street Advisory: Facilities Readiness Assessment

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23/04/2026

Blog written by William Haggerty, Founder + Principal at Ainslie Street Advisory At a rural district hospital in West Africa, a medical oxygen production plant went down for scheduled maintenance and a two-day job took almost a week – because the hospital didn’t have a consistent water supply. Replacing a…
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