Posts by katleitzmann
No Short Cuts: Reaching Scale Takes Time and Persistence
By Steven Sugden
“In the beginning, it was tough,” explains Samrat Gupta, Business Opportunity Analyst with Water For People’s India Team. “We visited hundreds of households trying to sell toilets and we didn’t sell one.”
Sin atajos: llegar a escala lleva tiempo y persistencia
By Steven Sugden
“Al principio, fue difícil,” explica Samrat Gupta, analista de oportunidades de negocios del equipo de Water For People en India. “Visitamos cientos de hogares intentando vender baños y no vendimos uno.”
Reflexionando sobre Para Siempre: Talleres de Para Siempre de Water For People
By Ellen Witt
Como una organización de aprendizaje, la reflexión continua es un pilar del enfoque de Water For People. Según nuestro proceso de monitoreo anual, Water For People organiza Talleres de Reflexión de Agua, y Talleres de Reflexión de Saneamiento en cada uno de nuestros nueve Programas de País.
Reflecting on Forever: Water For People Forever Workshops
By Ellen Witt
As a learning organization, ongoing reflection is a cornerstone of Water For People’s approach. Following our annual monitoring process, Water For People hosts separate Water Reflection Sessions and Sanitation Reflection sessions in each of our nine Country Programs.
The blue piece of plastic that’s changing lives
Think about your bathroom.
Now think about it with flies and odors that never go away.
This is the reality for millions of people around the world who use open pit latrines.
Water For People’s Work Supports National Recognition of West Bengal Community
One of the communities where Water For People works in West Bengal, India, has been recognized for its achievements to significantly enhance the quality of life for its residents.
Read MoreSDG 6 changed the game: Now let us agree how we should measure it
The recently released SDG 6 baseline from the WHO / UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) provides an opportunity to first take a step back and look at the big picture of water and sanitation services, then to lean in closer to understand the intricacies behind that picture.
Read MoreODS 6 cambió el juego: ahora acuerde cómo debemos medirlo
La línea base del ODS 6 recién publicado por el Programa Conjunto de Monitoreo OMS / UNICEF (JMP) brinda la oportunidad de dar un paso atrás y observar el panorama general de los servicios de agua y saneamiento, luego acercarse para comprender las complejidades detrás de esa imagen.
Read MoreInnovation Fueling Sustainable Sanitation
So many of us take for granted that we can flush the toilet and not have to think about where it goes. But in many countries where we work, sewer systems do not exist.
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