Sanitation
This blog depicts how Isoko y’Ubuzima’s work in Rwanda has demonstrated that WASH system-wide change is possible, and calls for partners to sustain investment, partnerships, and commitment.
Breaking barriers to access to basic sanitation: How Finance and Innovation Empower Rwandan Families
This blog highlights how Rwanda’s Isoko y’Ubuzima project is transforming access to basic sanitation by combining financial inclusion, market-based approaches, and behavior change.
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Casos de estudio sobre un enfoque sistémico para un sistema WASH resistente al clima en el municipio de San Bartolomé Jocotenango, Guatemala. Parte de la serie de casos de estudio…