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    Breaking barriers to access to basic sanitation: How Finance and Innovation Empower Rwandan Families

    June 29, 2026

    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.

    Expanding the Supply of Sanitation and Hygiene Products and Services in Rwanda

    June 29, 2026

    This article describes how the Isoko y’Ubuzima project left behind a legacy of a sustainable market of sanitation and hygiene products and services, embedded in Rwanda’s administrative and community structures.

    Viable and Scalable Business Models for Sanitation Entrepreneurs in Rwanda: Evidence from the Isoko y’Ubuzima Project

    June 29, 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,…

    The Role of Women in Community-Driven Sanitation Transformation in Rwanda

    April 21, 2026

    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…

    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.

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