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Ned's blog has new commentsHere it is – another episode of the Naked Truth. The Naked Truth is my attempt to shed light on field realities and to present challenging... situations in a rather stark way. The focus is on actual Water For People work, as is the case here, or in aspects of our work that we value and utilize, such as microfinance. The point is to spark debate, not for me to answer all the questions posed in a particular Naked Truth video. To date this objective has been achieved. The Naked Truth Uganda ...moreless2 Comments30Group Details5 weeks ago- When:April 5, 2012 7:56 PM
- Where:BLOG ARCHIVES in Rising Tide
Kalimuthu Arumugam 4 weeks agoEven after an investment of finance and human resources to address the drinking water needs of a family or community and at the end of the day, the... subject scheme/technology is not serving the intended purpose – it is very sad. EF - F is more powerful and we need to give more emphasis. Twice I have tempted to do naked truth on our IEC poster - but, it is your series, I do not want to dilute it.moreless
Ned Breslin 4 weeks ago
you go for it, its a water for people thing AK, would love to see that!!!
- Ned's blog has new commentsWater For People and Akvo are in discussions regarding Field Level Operations Watch (FLOW), a leading data collection platform created by Water For... People. The collaboration will enhance FLOW's ability to support global monitoring in water and sanitation, and create opportunities for it to support other development categories. The combined strengths of the two organizations will accelerate advocacy, funding, licensing, and training. Discussions center on the future development of FLOW as an...moreless4 Comments30Group Details5 months ago
- When:December 2, 2011 7:18 PM
- Where:BLOG ARCHIVES in Rising Tide
Edgar Fajardo 5 months ago
FLOW has a lot of potential with other development areas, is very flexible... Congratulations, good way to increase the information access.- Kalimuthu Arumugam 5 months ago
There is tremendous demand from the sector players to know more above FLOW and its application. I am sure Akvo partnership will help us to strengthen our FLOW platform to reach wide and far. - Edgar Fajardo 4 weeks ago
- Ned Breslin 4 weeks ago
Process moving ahead well Edgar. I will do an update soon as this is a great question!
Add Comment - Ned updated a blogI love Oxford, England. Great history, fascinating architecture and the certainty of another great week with the... dynamic Skoll Foundation community. Last year, Water For People was selected as a recipient of the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. It was a humbling moment for Water For People, a great honor, and an award that gave us confidence that we may be on the right track programmatically. It has been a significant year for us at Water...moreless30Group Details7 weeks ago
- When:March 26, 2012 8:39 PM
- Where:BLOG ARCHIVES in Rising Tide
- Ned's file has new commentsI am writing a blog on the "MDG Success" recently announced by UNICEF and the WHO through the Joint Monitoring Program. It led me to dig back into my... "grey paper" from my days at WaterAid, where we started mapping work in 2004 using handheld GPS, SPSS to analyze data and clipboards with paper questionnaires. As I reread this I smiled though as it was a pretty early attempt at trying to figure out Everyone Forever as well as we tried to figure out what it would cost to get Sanga to full...moreless2 Comments10Group Details2 months ago
- When:March 9, 2012 10:23 AM
- Where:Main in Rising Tide
- Download:Sanga Mapping Sept 2004 (1).doc
Eileen Lambert 2 months ago
Jim Hocking 2 months agoNed, I would really like to talk to you soon....ICDI has worked from hand held GPS, camera's and paper reports for some time and are now moving... towards some pretty cool electronics. Could we please talk on the phone as I need your insight into the issues and problems. M&E is important but I do not want it to wag the dog of trying to actually get sustainable water to people in villages. Jimmoreless
- Ned's blog has new commentsIf you weave your way through the Mukuru slum, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, and find your way through the stalls selling seemingly... everything you can imagine, down alleys with houses made from scraps of tin, cardboard boxes, and pieces of discarded wood, jumping over shit in bags (“flying toilets”) or just shit in the open, you may luckily find Agnes. As many as 200,000 people might live in this tiny space, but Agnes' house is worth the search. Agnes is in her mid-40s and has lived...moreless3 Comments30Group Details3 months ago
- When:February 16, 2012 4:29 PM
- Where:Main in Rising Tide
Muthi 2 months agoare these the same people (sanergy) who are trying to generate energy from the composting shit? good to see they have hit the ground running with... their business model (if it is the same people i am thinking of). how was the community response to paying for using a public latrine - we have had quite a challange here having people to pay for latrine usage at some paying toliets we have facilitated.....moreless- Ned Breslin 2 months ago
nmiller 2 months ago
What a GREAT, inspiring story. Thanks, Ned! I'm interested in this technology: it's sacks lining a pit? Are they plastic?
Add Comment - Ned added a blogA delicate walk in Bihar, India... with a cameo from Steve Sugden20Group Details3 months ago
- When:January 30, 2012 7:33 PM
- Where:Main in Rising Tide
- Ned's blog has new commentsThe Jalabandhu are an initiative spearheaded by Water For People–India in response to challenges we saw from our monitoring program that suggested... that routine maintenance and minor/major repairs of handpumps were not effective when managed by local water committees. The Jalabandhu are a private sector, mobile mechanic response to this programmatic weakness. I have seen the Jalabandhu get stronger each year since they were started in 2009. I think there are also additional challenges they...moreless7 Comments60Group Details3 months ago
- When:January 24, 2012 8:08 PM
- Where:BLOG ARCHIVES in Rising Tide
View 2 previous comments- Jim Hocking 3 months agoYep...this is the way it happens and many of these people in these developing countries have incredible skills. We can celebrate their skills and... help them to learn how to use those skills to help others and provide for their families. 4 teams with ICDI in Central African Republic keeping 1300 villages in clean water. Those are talented Central Africans.moreless
- Ned Breslin 3 months ago
- Jim Hocking 3 months agoBelieve me Ned there are difficulties with it but we are getting better at our M&E all the time. Currently doing training with the men here on... ipad's which will give us much more information on our M&E and provide GPS and time stamps to know when service work is done on these 1300 pumps. The end of this year should bring much more to light on which pumps are most effective at what depths.moreless
- Kalimuthu Arumugam 3 months ago
A few Jalabandhus from South 24 Paragans are helping us as resource person to train youths on hand pump repairing in other districts of West Bengal. - Ned Breslin 3 months ago
Great Jim. Maybe we can do a joint publication on lessons - that would be fun!
- Ned's blog has new comments3 Comments80Group Details3 months ago
- When:January 18, 2012 6:16 PM
- Where:Main in Rising Tide
Jenelle Van Eynde 3 months ago
I love these stories! Keep 'em coming, and way to go West Bengal WFP team and community!
David Christiana 3 months ago
John Sauer 3 months ago
Great simple video, clear message, good example of how we can produce learning videos without a lot of technical input.
- Ned updated a blogShare this video with others: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnNPgtx7mdYI am a big fan of microfinance, having started my first microfinance project for water and sanitation in rural KwaZulu, Natal, South Africa in 1993. ... But I learned very quickly in this project that there was often a gap between repayment rates and actual impact. The microfinance sector spends a great deal of time focused on repayment rates – with organizations suggesting that they are successful and impactful because...moreless60Group Details5 months ago
- When:November 21, 2011 7:01 PM
- Where:BLOG ARCHIVES in Rising Tide
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