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‘Locally led adaptation is critical to achieve water justice in the face of the climate crisis’

For Simavi Director Dieneke van der Wijk there is no doubt: empowering communities to take ownership of the process of adapting to the impacts of climate change is crucia...

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How to make locally led adaptation truly locally led? Looking back on one year Water Justice Fund

In Kailali, Nepal, a village is fighting against the floods that are threatening their homes and their land. They have the knowledge, they have natural resources availabl...

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Hearing the Unheard: Simavi's focus during the 10th World Water Forum

07.05.24 Amsterdam

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WASH SDG: looking back with Simavi’s country coordinators of Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda

The WASH SDG Programme is closing after 7 years. Simavi has led the WAI sub-programmes in Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda. Navigating the systems strengthening approach towa...

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Prashanna Pradhan (ENPHO): ‘Lasting change in the WASH sector starts with system strengthening’

Prashanna Pradhan, from Simavi’s partner ENPHO in Nepal, works on two important programmes: the WASH SDG sub-programme in Nepal and the Sarwacha programme. While the firs...

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Newest member of the supervisory board Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole: ‘I represent the people on the ground’

28.03.24 Rwanda

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The price of water: violence and harassment against women and girls

14.03.24 Uganda, Nepal and Bangladesh

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More money and more confidence: WASH committees in Bangladesh achieve spectacular results

Water and sanitation committees in Bangladesh urge their local government to put safe water first in their budgets. Simavi trains and guides them.

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Taking matters into your own hands for better access to water: the story of Magreth Augustino

When Magreth Augustino, as the only woman on the water committee, failed to get the interests of women and girls on the agenda, she took matters into her own hands. Thank...

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