50,000 Latrines Sold reported by the Cambodia Daily
From the Cambodia Daily on May 10,2013: WaterSHED has helped to sell more than 50,000 toilets and latrines in the past two years…...read more
WaterSHED-supported suppliers sell 50,000 toilets to rural consumers
PHNOM PENH – WaterSHED is excited to announce that more than 50,000 toilets have been purchased by rural Cambodian consumers since January 2011. Entrepreneurs across 6 provinces have invested in growing their businesses as part of WaterSHED’s Hands-Off Sanitation Marketing … Continue reading ...read more
TED Talk: Rose George on sanitation
It’s 2013, yet 2.5 billion people in the world have no access to a basic sanitary toilet. And when there’s no loo, where do you poo? In the street, probably near your water and food sources — causing untold death and disease from contamination. Rose George “talks shit” to raise awareness about the lack of basic sanitation worldwide. Continue reading ...read more
Sanitation Marketing highlighted by Cambodia Daily
From the Cambodia Daily, 23 March 2012: By supporting local suppliers in proper marketing of latrines, WaterSHED has helped to sell more than 50,000 toilets…...read more
Selling Toilets in Cambodia: WaterSHED Style
Jay Graham, Associate Professor from the School of Public Health at George Washington University School, visited Cambodia this week and filmed a short video about a community-level toilet sales event. It shows a local sales agent in Kampong Speu going … Continue reading ...read more
WaterSHED Launches Women’s Empowerment & WASH Initiative with Support from Diageo
PHNOM PENH – On 8 March 2013, WaterSHED will mark International Women’s Day with the launch of a new initiative, supported by Diageo, to build and strengthen opportunities for women’s empowerment in Cambodia through enterprise development in the water, sanitation … Continue reading ...read more
WaterSHED and WaterAid Host Practitioner Training
Over three intense days beginning 27 February 2013, WaterSHED and WaterAid-Australia are hosting a hands-on training for organizations planning to implement sanitation marketing. Over 40 participants from 14 different countries are participating, intent to learn the practical how-to of sanitation … Continue reading ...read more
Learning What Works: Gates Grantees Visit WaterSHED Program
Between January 14 and 17 international grantees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation participated in a four-day learning event, “Learning What Works” in Cambodia. Attendees were able to tour WaterSHED’s Hands-Off Sanitation Marketing program. Continue reading ...read more
Stone Family Foundation visits successful WASH programs in Kampong Cham
WaterSHED was honored to host John Stone, founder of the Stone Family Foundation, in Kampong Cham province 8-9 January, 2013. The Foundation is a key sponsor of WaterSHED’s innovative Hands-Off sanitation marketing program. During the site tour, Mr. Stone attended … Continue reading ...read more
Scaling up rural sanitation: WaterSHED collaborates with SNV
In early 2012 WaterSHED and SNV developed a cooperative partnership in rural Cambodia to provide complementary sanitation programs: SNV’s program supports CLTS and BCC and WaterSHED facilitates sanitation marketing in joint target districts in Kampong Cham and Takeo provinces with expansion planned in Kampong Speu province in 2013 Continue reading ...read more
WaterSHED hightlighted on SanitationMarketing.com
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development, commonly known as WaterSHED, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the water and sanitation sectors in South East Asia. Its objectives are to “bring effective, affordable water and sanitation products to market in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam”. Continue reading ...read more
WaterSHED’s staffs talked to VOA about the UNC’s 2012 Water and Health Conference
Two representatives from WaterSHED participated in Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill from the 29th October to the 02nd November 2012. Continue reading ...read more
Stone Prize awarded to Dispensers for Safe Water
The Stone Family Foundation Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Water has been awarded to Dispensers for Safe Water in Kenya (DSW). The project provides free access to chlorine at communal water points. It has already reached approximately 424,000 people across over 800 villages. The prize will support DSW’s efforts to produce and deploy 3,000 new chlorine dispensers, enough to provide safe drinking water to over 600,000 people. Continue reading ...read more
WaterSHED Forum, “Make the Impossible Possible”
On 27 September 2012, WaterSHED hosted a forum title, “Make the Impossible Possible” which attracted nearly 200 participants from government institutions, local authority, relevant NGOs, donor communities, private sector, commune council members Continue reading ...read more
