toilet building
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…
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 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.
This booklet provides detailed explanations of construction techniques and advises community members on building improved, affordable emptiable latrines suitable for the City of Kigali.
A paper that addresses the gaps and opportunities in the introduction of local sanitation businesses called Points of Purchase (POPs) in supply chains in India as part of Water For People’s objectives to increase accessibility to household toilets, achieve reliable sanitation services, and sustainable development of the market system.
En esta Nota Técnica, descubre como el equipo de Nicaragua usó las redes sociales para: • Facilitar que la mano de obra local fuese conocida • Motivar a proveedores de entrega de materiales y servicios al aumentar sus ventas • Brindar a las IMFS la oportunidad de llegar a más personas y colocar créditos •…