Market based approach
This learning paper from the Isoko y’Ubuzima consortium, led by Water For People and CARE in Rwanda, documents five years of testing a Market-Based Sanitation approach across ten rural districts and what the team learned when their assumptions were wrong. The central finding is that sanitation uptake is a systems problem: households already understood the…
This learning paper from the Isoko y’Ubuzima project documents how Rwanda’s rural water operators significantly reduced non-revenue water and improved service sustainability by combining technical solutions with strengthened capacity, incentives, and accountability. Authors: C. Ndungutse, L.P. Habimpano, S. Mugabo, I. Ndagijimana, and A. Libey. Version: June 2026
Isoko y’Ubuzima findings from comprehensive business viability assessments, financial landscape analysis, and capacity building initiatives. We highlight two viable business models: micro-franchising for DSCs and integrated models for pit emptying, transport, and treatment services.
This paper explores how market-based supply chain strategies in Rwanda are strengthening access to sanitation and hygiene products by improving distribution systems, engaging local businesses, and addressing barriers to affordability and demand.
This article examines the viability of the sanitation business sector in Rwanda, drawing insights from the U.S.-funded WASH initiative in Rwanda (2022-2026). It also proposes strategies to enhance profitability for sanitation entrepreneurs.
This article describes how women have leveraged VSLA financial access and community leadership to push sanitation and hygiene to the forefront, while men have stepped up through targeted engagement and peer motivation, which improved toilets, transformed health outcomes, and secured a better future for their families.
Author: Marie Nicaise Ugabinema, CARE This product is a knowledge product of the Isoko y’Ubuzima (Source of Life in Kinyarwanda), a WASH initiative funded by the U.S. Government and implemented by a consortium led by Water For People and including IRC, VEI, CARE, and AEE from 2021 to 2026. This document can be used in…
Documento general que detalla las soluciones basadas en la naturaleza y la economía circular como herramientas para soluciones de saneamiento rural con un enfoque sistémico, analizando las experiencias de la rehabilitación de una planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales rurales en Reque, Perú.
An overview document detailing nature-based solutions and the circular economy as a tool for rural sanitation solutions with a systems approach, looking at experiences from the rehabilitation of a rural wastewater treatment plant in Reque, Peru.