Shedding Light on Humanitarian Sanitation
This short paper presented at the 41st WEDC conference highlights the need for adequate lighting within WASH facilities in humanitarian contexts.
Date: 13 September 2018
WEDC
Learnings from the 41st WEDC Conference
I had the opportunity to attend the 41st WEDC Conference held at Nakuru, Kenya 9 – 13th July 2018 . The theme of the five-day event was, 'Transformation towards sustainable and resilient WASH services'. The power-packed week saw more than 160 presentations, 29 side events, 21 capacity building workshops, exhibitions and posters - there was something for everyone! I was thrilled to interact with participants who were working on diverse themes, but with one common objective. As we all eagerly await next year's conference, here are my reflections on some of my conference highlights.
Learning and reflections from the 40th WEDC conference
The theme of this year’s conference was “Local action with international cooperation to improve and sustain water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services”. Participants came from many different countries, organizations, governments and universities and many papers, poster presentations, espresso slots, side events and capacity building workshops took place. The one day CLTS Sharing and Learning workshop hosted by the CLTS Knowledge Hub was held before the main conference.
CLTS Knowledge Hub activities at WEDC 2017
The 40th international WEDC Conference takes place from the to the 24-28th July 2017 in Loughborough, UK.
The CLTS Knowledge Hub will be there, offering a variety of activities, including:
Synopsis of SanCop 18: WASH in low and middle income countries
The 18th meeting of the UK's Sanitation Community of Practice was held on Tuesday 27th September 2016 at Loughborough University. The meeting was organised by SanCoP, in partnership with WEDC at Loughborough University, Cranfield University, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of Leeds.
Date: 8 November 2016
CLTS plus: making CLTS ever more inclusive
If CLTS is to eliminate open defecation, issues of disability inclusion must be fully addressed. Research in Malawi aimed to discover if WASH practitioners, after a short training, could implement CLTS in a more inclusive way, and whether this made a difference to disabled peple in the community in terms of access to sanitation and hygiene faclities. After a three-day training, CLTS implementers designed and implemented a CLTS+ Action Plan, in which additional triggering activities were introduced, and more attention paid to households with disabled and older people post-triggering.
Date: 5 September 2016
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Webinar: Disability-making CLTS fully inclusive Recording and resources
On Thursday 30th October, the CLTS Knowledge Hub together with Hazel Jones (WEDC) and Jane Wilbur (WaterAid) hosted a webinar on the theme of the recently published Frontiers issue 3: Disability-Making CLTS fully inclusive.
Date: 6 November 2014
Undoing inequity: inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene programmes that deliver for all: Uganda and Zambia
This briefing note reports baseline findings from a research project to understand the barriers disabled, older people and people living with a chronic illness face when accessing WASH in Zambia and Uganda.
Date: 6 November 2014
Webinar - Disability: Making CLTS Fully Inclusive
On Thursday 30th October, 10-11.30am (GMT), the CLTS Knowledge Hub together with Hazel Jones (WEDC) and Jane Wilbur (WaterAid) will be hosting a webinar on the theme of the recently published Frontiers issue 3: Disability-Making CLTS fully inclusive.
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