Former IRC Associate
The Akatsi District in the Volta Region collected baseline data on all its water facilities using the Field Level Operations Watch, (FLOWs) technology. Read more...
Triple-S Uganda organised a national learning forum to reflect on self-supply. The forum was organised in partnership with The Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE); Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET); Network for Water and Sanitation (NETWAS); Uganda Rain Water Association (URWA)... Read more...
Enhancing self-supply initiatives can go a long way in improving access to safe water in Uganda, and ultimately attaining the MDG targets. This was the key message emerging from the discussions taking place during the National Learning Forum on Self-Supply in December 2011. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) in Ghana is considering a combination of insurance cover and mutual funds between villages to ensure that there is enough money in the system to repair and maintain water systems in rural areas. Read more...
In 2011, Triple-S Uganda commissioned a study to assess the utilisation of the District Implementation Manual (DIM)—a tool issued in 2007 to guide the implementation of water and sanitation services at local government level. An important recommendation emerging from the study is to review, update... Read more...
The 6th Global Forum of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) was held in Kampala, 29th November to 2nd December 2011. The Forum attracted over 500 participants from nearly 50 countries drawn from national and local governments, academia, NGOs, the private sector and development partners. The Forum... Read more...
Uganda embraced a decentralised system of government in 1997 and has since taken strides to ensure that the agenda for public service provision is driven by the local governments, mainly at the district and sub-county levels. Though the decentralisation policy provisions and structures are clear,... Read more...
Ghana recently achieved a zero case status in guinea worm eradication, this means Ghana has not reported any guinea worm infections within the last one year. Ghana will however have to maintain the zero case status for the next three years in order to qualify to be declared as having completely... Read more...
Ghana has launched the water and sanitation sector performance report for 2010. The report is the second edition to be published by the Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing. The 83 page document catalogues the gains of the sector over the past year. Read more...
Water users in Kabarole and Lira districts will be in a position to monitor the performance of service providers when they complete a capacity building programme initiated by Triple-S and NETWAS Uganda. This will ultimately contribute to improved governance in rural water service delivery, in form... Read more...
This paper summarises findings from a recent study of the status of rural water supply in some thirteen countries, which aimed to identify commonalities in both challenges and opportunities to rural water supply in countries as diverse as the USA, India, Honduras and Ghana. It spans a developmental... Read more...
Triple-S Uganda has partnered with SNV Uganda and Makerere University to introduce a new way of collecting data on the functionality of rural water sources - using mobile phones. Read more...
The Country Team Leader of Triple-S Ghana, Mrs Vida Duti launched the Triple-S 13-Country study and the Ghana study reports during the Learning Alliance Meeting in Accra. Read more...
During the 2011 edition of the MOLE Conference Series, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency and IRC, through the Triple-S Project presented a paper entitled: "Governance, accountability and aid effectiveness: Towards sustainable rural water services ” . The Conference was held under the theme... Read more...
Triple-S is working with rural water stakeholders in Ghana to establish a well defined and participatory monitoring and evaluation system that adequately measures and reports on parameters/indicators for assessing water services in terms of sustainability and functionality. Read more...
Triple-S works to forge a closer working relationship between Ghana's business community and other water sector stakeholders. Read more...
The RWSN Forum will bring together water sector actors from around the globe to engage in lively discussions about the realities of improving rural water supplies. Read more...
On Friday 21 October, Triple-S Uganda organised a media dialogue in Kampala, which attracted over 25 journalists and editors from print and electronic media as well as officials from the Ministry of Water and Environment, Directorate of Water Development (Rural Water Department) and actors from Non... Read more...
When Triple-S Uganda opened office in Lira district, there was nothing like coordination of WASH actors. Coordination had stopped with the disbandment of the WASH Cluster and the closure of the UNICEF office in the district. Triple-S worked with the District Water Office to give a new beginning to... Read more...
Lira district hosted the 2011 independence day celebrations, graced by the President of Uganda. Read more...
