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.

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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].

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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.

Fishing communities refuse to use latrines.doc  (29 kB)

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)

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)

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)

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

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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)

The four year-old efforts of local governments in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan to make their functioning more transparent, stimulate public participation and hence accountability are beginning to pay off.

WES News - Issue No 20, May 2008.pdf  (51 kB)

WSP-Africa, SKAT and UNICEF have played the lead role in recent years promoting RWSN activities. The partnership has grown with considerable contributions from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other agencies recently.

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