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    Turning Water Losses into Service Gains: Lessons from Rwanda’s Rural Water Operators

    July 2, 2026

    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,…

    How Vandalism Undermines WASH Sustainability

    June 29, 2026

    This article documents the scale, types, and effects of vandalism on WASH infrastructure in the ten Isoko y’Ubuzima districts, and draws practical lessons on how district systems, service providers, communities,…

    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,…

    Benchmarking Rural Water Service Provision in Rwanda

    June 23, 2026

    Isoko y’Ubuzima project technical note from VEI on benchmarking rural water service delivery performance of operators.

    Operationalizing Rwanda’s New Delegated Management Model for Rural Water Supply

    May 25, 2026

    This case study reviews the drivers of reform, the operationalization of the new model, and the role of the Isoko y’Ubuzima Project in shaping implementation. It highlights lessons for policy…

    District WASH Budget Allocations in Rwanda

    April 21, 2026

    This technical note examines per capita WASH budget allocations across ten Rwandan districts from fiscal year 2021/22 through 2024/25, offering insights into investment trends, challenges, and implications for long-term sustainability.

    Non-Revenue Water Reduction Lessons from Rwanda

    March 13, 2026

    This technical note outlines how the Isoko y’Ubuzima project in Rwanda successfully reduced non‑revenue water through district metered areas, improved metering and data systems, operator training, and community engagement, while…

    Strategic reduction of Non-Revenue Water in rural Rwanda: Operational and financial insights from Gicumbi and Rulindo Districts

    September 24, 2025

    A technical note on a study of private operator’s non-revenue water (NRW) and metering of bulk water supplies in Rulindo and Gicumbi Districts, Rwanda from April to June 2025.

    Digital Platform for Capacity Building Initiatives – Participatory Digital Attestation (PDA)

    April 26, 2024

    With the objective of capacity building at scale for system strengthening, a digital platform has been introduced in Birbhum by Water For People India in partnership with our technical partner…

    Summary: Systems Strengthening Research from Asunción, Perú.

    August 17, 2022

    Summary of the system strengthening case study from Asuncion, Peru. Read the full research: Asuncion Case Study

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