Community voices at SACOSAN pre-meeting: Women power
The residents of Gangadevpalli village in a southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh acknowledged the wisdom and dedication of women folk decades ago. The result is that today Gangadevpalli is India’s...
View ArticleIt’s not another maniac Monday for sanitation in news
Monday blues! Or Just another maniac Monday! We all have lived through these terms sometime or the other in our lives. But there are no such things when it comes to pushing a story on subject as boring...
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The word innovation does not restrict itself to technology and methodology alone. This was proved correct at the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene, which is being held in Mumbai by the Water...
View ArticleGoing Bananas over Growing Bananas
How to convey a complex but meaningful message in a simple but powerful way? Who can understand it better than the communication specialists. “We develop fantastic technological solutions to various...
View ArticleTackling menstrual hygiene
“I cuddle to the bodies, which my father carries, when I feel cold in winters.” The statement by a seven-year-old Sunita (imaginary name) can horrify anyone. But it made young Anshu Gupta ponder over...
View ArticleSouth-South cooperation and exchanges in Mumbai
About 700 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working on WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) issues at the grassroots level in the South Asian and African nations, have shared and learned from each...
View ArticleAdopt sanitation, hygiene and clean water for healthy living
After India's most celebrated Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan became the brand ambassador for the Geneva-based Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), now Indian cricket players are to...
View ArticleWASH journalists dare to share
The Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene (GFSH), which concluded in Mumbai last week, offered a good opportunity for journalists from South Asia and Africa to share their experiences and learn from...
View ArticleStrong leadership required to tackle sanitation problems
Large nations, that have been able to ensure only 20 to 60 per cent coverage of sanitation issues, need to focus on political and community leaders at the national, regional, and local level to convey...
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Call for more active involvement of CSOs at water and sanitation events
Ceridwen Johnson, Networking and Communications Manager at FAN Global, recommended more active involvement of civil society organizations (CSOs) in forums and events like the WSSCC Global Forum on...
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