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    Kitgum Municipal Council Town Sanitation Planning Process

    September 1, 2018

    This brief describes the Water For People Uganda team’s process of working with the Kitgum Municipal Council to develop a Town Sanitation Plan to identify investment priorities for fecal sludge management and scaling up sanitation as a business.

    Turning Waste into Fuel

    July 18, 2018

    A blog on the Water For People Uganda team’s work implementing two Decentralized Fecal Sludge Treatment (DEFAST) in northern Uganda’s Lira and Kitgum districts. Turning Waste into Fuel | Water…

    The Blue Piece of Plastic That’s Changing Lives

    July 6, 2018

    A blog about Water For People’s idea, market, and scale testing phases for sanitation innovations, highlighting SaTo Pan scale in Rwanda, Uganda, and Malawi.

    DEFAST in Rwanda

    July 1, 2018

    A video from the Water For People Rwanda team, showing the infrastructure and process for a Decentralized Fecal Sludge Treatment plant in Gicumbi.

    Piloting Transfer Tanks in Kampala

    May 30, 2018

    A technical note from Water For People’s Uganda team on piloting mobile fecal sludge transfer tanks in five divisions of Kampala, including design, fabrication, and pilot phases.

    Kitgum Shit Flow Diagram

    April 18, 2018

    The Water For People Uganda team and district authorities in Kitgum developed this Shit Flow Diagram to determine the percentage of sludge that is and is not safely treated in their districts. These results are used to inform Town Sanitation Plans.

    Sanitation as a Business

    March 14, 2018

    The Water For People Rwanda team created this video highlighting their sanitation as a business work, including SaTo Pans, pit emptying and Decentralized Faecal Sludge Treatment (DEFAST). Sanitation as a…

    Bananas, Coffee, Microfinance, and Bathrooms

    March 5, 2018

    A presentation from the CU WASH conference highlighting the Peru and Nicaragua team’s work in market-based sanitation and microfinance strategies with agriculture cooperatives.

    Piloting Mobile Fecal Sludge Transfer Tanks in Kampala

    February 20, 2018

    A 2018 WEDC paper featuring the Water For People Uganda team’s work piloting mobile fecal sludge transfer tanks in five divisions of Kampala, including design, fabrication, and pilot phases.

    Blantyre Shit Flow Diagram

    February 1, 2018

    The Water For People Malawi team worked with University of Malawi researchers and district authorities to develop this Shit Flow Diagram to determine the percentage of sludge that is and…

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