The Water and Sanitation Resource Centre in Uganda is a consortium of organisations ( Water Aid, NETWAS, UWASNET and URWA).These partner organisatons have a vested interest in impovement of information and knowledge generation and dissemination to all water and sanitation sector players.
Second Africa Regional Sanitation Conference and Learning Forum (19 Jan 10) Call for Abstracts
A Sanitation and Hygiene Learning Forum forms a central part of the forthcoming regional Sanitation Conference, to be held in Kampala on 2-4 March. At the Learning Forum space will be given to the following subject areas:
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Learning Forum in Uganda -Tentative dates; 12 & 13 October 2009 (23 Sep 09) home, -
This National Learning Forum is being jointly organised by the GoU (DWD, DWRM, MoH-EHU, MoES), the Uganda WASH Resource Centre, SNV and IRC. (See Concept Note). At the National Learning Forum space will be given to the following subject areas:
•Experiences on IWRM implementation at the local scale (Localisation of IWRM principles)
•‘Good’ (and bad) practices/experiences on operation and maintenance of water supply systems
•Cases on how sanitation for family health and prosperity is practised
•Experiences on WASH in schools.
The two-day Forum will attract some 60-80 participants including case study presenters, government staff from national and local level, international and local NGOs, UNICEF, WSP, knowledge institutions, academia and the media.
Malawi: Justice is seen to be done as Elephant Toilet puts paid to the inconvenient courtroom (13 Mar 09) Until only a few months ago, justice was a strictly male affair and women rarely travelled to the courthouse in Chikako.The reason was simply that Chikako had no lavatory.
Uganda: Kayunga leaders arrested over latrines (13 Mar 09) About 26 people, one of them a sub-county councillor and four LC1 officials, have been arrested for lack of pit latrines [and taken to court].
Fishing communities refuse to use latrines (09 Mar 09) Mayuge District is currently looking for an alternative to the congestion in the
prison by seeking an alternative for petty offenders, according to the District
Chairman Bakari Tigawalana.
Second Sanitation Annual Learning Event 2008 (09 Mar 09) The National Sanitation Working Group (NSWG) planned for its second annual learning event for its members, local Governments and Technical support units as part of its 2008 interventions.
The objectives of 2008 NLE
The overall objective of the 2008 NLE was to facilitate the enhanced learning and sharing of information on sustainable sanitation and hygiene. Specifically the objectives were:
Share the concept, development, best practice and initiatives on CLTS and its application to communities in the Ugandan context.
Raise awareness of stakeholders in sanitation and hygiene on the importance of learning and sharing information among sector organizations and individuals at all levels.
Appreciate the importance of scaling-up sanitation and hygiene initiatives, including learning and sharing, for the wider WATSAN sector
Consolidate the main findings and lessons learnt by Plan (U) in view of scaling up best approaches and practices related to Sanitation and Hygiene promotion.
Annual Learning event 2008.doc (1.90 MB)
LeaPPS, an innovative approach to improving sector performance (05 Nov 08) Learning for Policy and Practice in Sanitation & Hygiene (San&Hyg), or LeaPPS, is a joint initiative of IRC Int. Water and Sanitation Centre and Uganda partners SNV and NETWAS to contribute to district and sub-district enhancement of San&Hyg sector performance. This initiative has been running for a year in four districts, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge, Arua and Koboko, with the involvement of two sub-counties in each district. The content focus is San&Hyg at household/community level and primary schools. The overall aim is to generate more cost-efficient and effective San&Hyg programmes and sustainable facilities and behaviours
Read more or download LeaPPS 0808 contribution Joint Sector Report 08-final.pdf (298 kB)
UWASNET Water and Sanitation Monthly Update (06 Aug 08) Find interesting Articles on the following:
UWAPPDA allows NGOs to access district conditional grant
UWASNET-Standard Chartered Bank Project takes off
UWASNET to launch a dynamic website
Read more or download UWASNET WATSAN Monthly update July 2008 Issue[1].doc (111 kB)
Links to information resources for the USAID/Panama Water Training Workshop (22 Jul 08) The manuals and reports are organized by the categories: Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), Economic Impacts/Financing, Environmental Compliance, Health/HIV/AIDS and WaSH, Hygiene Improvement/Promotion, Sanitation/Social Marketing, Sanitation Policy, Water Supply/Water Treatment, Water and Sanitation Sector Monitoring
How to make a simple pit latrine and grow fruit trees! (26 Jun 08) An Ecological Approach to Sanitation in Uganda using Arborloo and Fossa Alterna
Read more or download LeaPPS Information 2008-02 EcoSan Arborloo Fossa Alterna June08.doc (1.65 MB)
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