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Continue reading →: From Declarations to Delivery: The Case for Integrated Implementation Systems in Africa’s 2026 Water AgendaBlog 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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Continue reading →: Ainslie Street Advisory: Facilities Readiness Assessment
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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Continue reading →: Moving towards professionalised community managed rural water schemes in NepalReposted from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: see the original post here. The article is written by Digbijoy Dey and reviewed by Ruchika Shiva. Photo: IRC. Rural water supply services are evolving quickly because of technology, climate stress, financing models, and governance changes. And these changes differ from country…
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Continue reading →: New paper: O&M and the Finance Gap for Drinking Water Services
There is a multibillion-dollar finance gap slowing progress towards universal drinking water services. Focusing on how governments are investing to address this gap, a new open access research article examines the different elements that contribute to this gap, and argues that the funds needed for operations & maintenance (O&M) of…
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Continue reading →: Sustaining Access to Safe and Healthy Drinking Water in Fiji: A Universal Challenge for Island and Rural Coastal CommunitiesAccess to safe and healthy drinking water is a fundamental human right. Yet for many island and rural coastal communities worldwide, this right remains fragile or unattainable. Fiji, an archipelago of more than 300 islands, vividly illustrates this challenge. Despite its tropical climate and abundant rainfall, freshwater resources in Fiji…
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Continue reading →: Highlights from the RWSN Mentorship Programme 2024: Faith Lilian KulobaThis is a guest blog by Faith Lilian Kuloba, who participated as a mentee in the RWSN Mentorship Programme 2024. My name is Faith Lilian Kuloba, a Ugandan currently pursuing an MSc in Water and Wastewater Processes at Cranfield University. My journey to this point began during my time as…
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Continue reading →: Mentorship That Flows: My Journey in the RWSN and Women in WASH Mentorship ProgramsThis is a guest blog by Esther Lydia Akol, who participated as a mentee in the RWSN and Women in WASH 2025 Mentorship Program. Photo: Esther (Mentee) with Community Water users after an Exchange Learning visist on Water Point Sustainability in Uganda When I joined the RWSN and Women in…
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Continue reading →: Mentorship: The Highlight of My WASH JourneyThis is a guest blog by Kachusha Nkosha, who participated as a mentee in the RWSN and Women in WASH 2025 Mentorship Program. Being part of the RWSN and Women in WASH Mentoring Programs has been one of the most defining experiences of my professional journey. Having previously mentored in the health…
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Continue reading →: My Mentorship Journey with RWSN and Women in WASH 2025: Growing Through Guidance and PurposeThis is a guest blog by Alinafe Favour Kanyimbo, who participated as a mentee in the RWSN and Women in WASH 2025 Mentorship Program. My name is Alinafe Favour Kanyimbo, a WASH passionate Malawian emerging professional with a background in Water Resources Management and Water Policy. Over the past few…
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Continue reading →: Lessons from the RWSN webinarsGuest blog by Rebecca Laes-Kushner. Featured photo from RWSN webinar presentation on 29.4.25 (What Drives the Performance of Rural Piped Water Supply Facilities?) by Babacar Gueye from GRET Senegal. Professionalism. Standards. Systems. These themes are repeated throughout Rural Water Supply Network’s (RWSN) spring and fall 2025 webinar series. Given the…
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