Turning Water Losses into Service Gains: Lessons from Rwanda’s Rural Water Operators
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,…
Read MoreStrengthening Rwanda’s WASH Systems: Lessons in Governance, Innovation, and Scale
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.
Read MoreHow Vandalism Undermines WASH Sustainability
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,…
Read MoreBreaking 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.
Read MoreExpanding the Supply of Sanitation and Hygiene Products and Services in Rwanda
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.
Read MoreViable and Scalable Business Models for Sanitation Entrepreneurs in Rwanda: Evidence from the Isoko y’Ubuzima Project
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,…
Read MoreBenchmarking Rural Water Service Provision in Rwanda
Isoko y’Ubuzima project technical note from VEI on benchmarking rural water service delivery performance of operators.
Read MoreSupply chain solutions for Sanitation and Hygiene Products in Rwanda
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…
Read MoreWASH System Building Blocks in Rwanda, From Assessment to Action
This case study highlights how the Building Blocks Assessment (BBA), conducted annually between 2022 and 2024, has become a cornerstone tool for strengthening Rwanda’s water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector,…
Read MoreCapacity Strengthening of District WASH Boards in Rwanda
This article describes Isoko y’Ubuzima project’s system strengthening for District WASH Boards, enhancing access to water and sanitation in rural communities in Rwanda.
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