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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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Sarwacha Programma: the first year of a Public–Private–People Partnership (4P)

The Sarwacha Programme is special in that it brings together local governments, the private sector and the community to work towards a robust system that guarantees safe...

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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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How fundamental is the right to water? Major breakthrough in Dutch court case

21.03.24 The Hague, the Netherlands

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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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