Blue Schools project changes lives in Ethiopia
Interviews with a student and a water user committee member in Ethiopia. in English and French ...
Launch of Phase IV
SWSC has officially launched phase IV with support from SDC (article in English and French) ...
Municipality-led Total Handwashing Campaign
(version français ci-dessous) Authors: Prakash Bohara, Laxman Kharal Chettry and Sudarshan Neupane from Tdh NepalPhotos: Tdh Nepal As part of ...
CLEAN Briefing Report
Introduction to the briefing report of the CLEAN research group about research priorities for healthcare cleaning in resource-limited settings (in ...
Want more Girls in School? Break the Silence on Menstruation!
Article from HEKS Uganda in English ...
Vous voulez plus de filles à l’école ? Rompez le silence sur les menstruations !
Article d'EPER Ouganda en français ...
Effects of Improving Menstrual Hygiene and Health in Schools
Article from HEKS/EPER Ethiopia in English and French ...
Strengthening Health Systems: Together we can!
An article from Tdh India in English and French and film in English ...
Clean drinking water for the community by the community
An article from HEKS Ethiopia in English and French ...
Qui paiera les factures d’eau ?
An article from Swissaid Niger in French and English and video in French ...
Human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation – from St. Gallen (Switzerland) to New York
A public event on human rights to water and sanitation in St. Gallen, Switzerland ...
Célébration de la journée mondiale du lavage des mains
(English version below) Auteur et crédits photos: Tdh Mali Le projet SWSC mis en œuvre au Mali développe une approche ...
Mes mains sont propres car l’eau et le savon sont mes amis inséparables
(English text below) Auteur : Fastenaktion and Taratra RAT/rddd6Crédits photos : Andrianasolo Yves Sàsà le petit bonhomme au chapeau de ...
Ecoles des maris: une approche communautaire pour améliorer l’accès aux services WASH et de santé en impliquant les hommes
(English text below) Auteur : HEKS/ EPER Niger et SongES[1]Crédits photos : Oliver Girard pour HEKS/EPER HEKS Niger met en œuvre le ...
Innovative Handwashing Stations in Restrictive Environments
Authors and photo credits: Miada Azrag Background In the schools of West and Nord Kordofan in Sudan, many children do ...
Improving Environmental Conservation and Livelihoods through Community Engagement in Uganda
Authors: Deborah Nabukeera, David Ogwang Photo credits: HEKS / EPER Uganda and ACORD Uganda In Uganda, HEKS/EPER and its partner ...
Mobilising Government Support for Improved Access to Drinking Water in India
Authors and Photo Credits: Health and WASH Team, Terre des hommes, India[1] Context Terre des hommes (Tdh) in the framework ...
Giving Vegetable Growing a Try at Home: Students Apply what they Learn at School
Author and Photo Credits: Tigist Gebremedhin, WASH Coordinator, HEKS Ethiopia Abdurahman, Shemsia, Tahir and Rehima attend a Blue School of ...
Testing a Methodology for the Characterization and Quantification of Healthcare Waste: Findings from Nepal
Authors: Prakash Bohara, Health & WASH Programme Manager, Terre des hommes Nepal; Sudarshan Neupane, Head of Country Office, Terre des ...
SWSC Participation at the World Water Forum in Dakar (March 2022)
Contributors: Jacques Louvat, John Brogan, Brigit ZuberPhoto Credits: Jacques Louvat This week, the 9th World Water Forum is taking place ...
Adaptation of the Blue Schools Kit to the Cambodian Context
Author: Seanghak Khin, Blue Schools and Water Integrity Advisor, Caritas Switzerland in Cambodia Photo Credits: Caritas Switzerland in Cambodia The ...
Terre des hommes Fosters Sustainable WASH Improvements in Health Centres in Mali
(Version française ci-dessous) Authors: Aboubacar BALLO, WASH Coordinator, Terre des hommes in Mali; Bruno PASCUAL, Head of Wash expertise, Terre ...
Fastenaktion in Madagascar Promotes Reforestation through Blue Schools
(Version française ci-dessous) Author: Arsène Raveloson, Coordinator, Taratra Photo Credits: Luc Ratsimiah et Rahantanirina Esperance, Taratra Fastenaktion, in cooperation with ...
Communities Act to Build Their Own Latrines
Author: Debi NabukeeraPhoto Credits: Rogers Musiitwa Community Initiative to Construct Latrines in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement Uganda hosts many refugees ...
Regional Workshop West Africa (November 2021)
Contributors: Abdias Bio Sika, Jacques Louvat, Thijs van der Velden, Brigit ZuberPhoto Credits: Brigit Zuber, Abdias Bio Sika The project ...
No Access to Water: Difficult Daily Life at Hedase Primary School
Authors: Tigist Gebremedhin (WASH Coordinator at HEKS/EPER in Ethiopia); Zelalem Mitiku (Program Manager at Enhanced Rural Self Help Association ERSHA) ...
Improved WASH for Quality Healthcare: The Story of a Community Clinic in Bangladesh
Authors: Mithila Rahman Soshy, Intern, HEKS/EPER; Noor Kutubul Alam Siddique, Project manager-Health, HEKS/EPER; Shahid Kamal, Regional Humanitarian Aid Delegate-ASIA, HEKS/EPER ...
Blue Schools Kit Featured in UN-Habitat Campaign
Authors: Lucie Leclert (SWSC Regional Advisor East Africa), Adeline Mertenat (project officer, EAWAG-Sandec) The Swiss Water and Sanitation Consortium (SWSC) ...
World Water Week Spotlight on HEKS: WASH in Remote Health Care Facilities
The World Health Organization invited HEKS to contribute to the session “Supporting resilient communities through WASH and energy services in ...
Blue Schools in Sudan: SRC Supports Hard and Soft Skills in North Kordofan
Contributors: Amna Shaddad, Amélie Courcaud, Lucie Leclert Photo Credits: Mugtaba Elkhalil – SRCS WASH Officer North Kordofan, April 2021 In ...
HEKS Introduces WASH FIT in the Amhara Region in Ethiopia
Contributors: Tigist Gebremedhin, Zekarias Fekade, Lucie Leclert Photo Credits: Ali Said From – Ethiopian Rural Self Help Association (ERSHA) HEKS ...
Action and Investment in Menstrual Health and Hygiene
(version française ci-dessous) Contributors: Laafia Project Team, Idrissa Moussa, Jacques Louvat, Lucie Leclert, Ramesh Bohara Photo Credits: Abdoul Konaté Over ...
World Health Day: SWSC Commitment
This year’s World Health Day (April 7, 2021) theme is “health inequality” and 2021 is the “International Year of Health ...
13-year-old Fatiya is a Hygiene-Champion
Authors: Girum Girma, Lisa Fry Photo Credits: Alexander Niguse Blue Schools of Caritas Switzerland in Ethiopia 13-year-old Fatiya attends a ...
Caritas Switzerland’s Blue Schools in Cambodia – A Success Story
Authors: Seanghak Khin, Brigit Zuber Video Credits: Deadbeat Productions Caritas Switzerland in Cambodia implements the Blue Schools approach in 45 ...
Promoting WASH Services in Health Care Facilities During a Global Pandemic
Terre des hommes’ experience in Segou, Mali Authors: Aboubacar Ballo and Brigit Zuber Photo Credits: Terre des hommes / Amadou ...
SWSC Contribution to the 2020 Global Progress Report on WASH in Health Care Facilities
The recently published Global Progress Report on WASH in Health Care Facilities (HCF) features contributions of several members of the ...
CHAST – Children Hygiene and Sanitation Training – a New Edition Launched by Caritas Switzerland
Working in primary schools with teachers and children is an efficient way towards improving hygiene and sanitation practices, and ultimately ...
Improved Sanitation and Hygiene in Health Care Facilities in Mali through WASH FIT and Community Mobilization
written by Aboubacar Ballo – Terre des hommes Note: The original story is available in French here. WASH FIT is ...
Blue Schools in Cambodia – a Successful Approach Embedded into Community Efforts for Disaster Risk Reduction
Since 2018, Caritas Switzerland has been implementing the Swiss Water and Sanitation Consortium’s Blue School approach in Cambodia, contributing to ...
News from Previous Phases of the SWSC
Regional Workshop 2018 – Francophone African Region – 7-10 May 2018
Thirty-two participants from 8 countries working in 13 different projects and 8 organizations met to exchange, discuss and learn from ...
End of Phase 2 Report
The End of Phase 2 Report higlights the main achievements and lessons learnt of the Swiss Water & Sanitation Consortium ...
Partage des acquis au Madagascar, 20 avril 2018
Sous le haut patronage de son Excellence l’Ambassadeur de Suisse et de Son Excellence le Ministre de l’Eau, de l’Energie ...
Regional Workshop 2018, 3-6 April 2018 in Pokhara, Nepal
Workshop participants coming from Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal and Switzerland Day 1 - Opening and getting acquainted with Water Integrity The ...
Half-yearly Report 2017
The report presents the results of the period January to June 2017. It reflects achievements at project level as well ...
UNC Water and Health Conference 2017
The 2017 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy, organized by The Water Institute at University of North Carolina, ...
Stockholm World Water Week 2017
This year’s Stockholm World Water Week will take place from 27th August – 1 September. This conference for experts, practitioners, ...
Annual Report 2016
The present report summarises the results of the period January to December 2016. The report highlights both achievements at project ...
Aguasan workshop 2017
The 33rd AGUASAN Workshop on the topic “Circular economy – transforming waste into resources” took place in Spiez, Switzerland from June 26 ...
SDC Water Team Days 2017
The SDC Water Team Days 2017 took place in Bern on 22-23 June 2017. The SDC Water Team Days are ...
Tender for consultancy to help refining Blue Schools 2.0
The Swiss Water and Sanitation Consortium is looking for a Consultant to assist in preparing an approach and tools for “Blue Schools ...
Article sur les « Écoles Bleues » au Benin dans l’Hebdomadaire béninois Educ’Action
Titré: ''Les « écoles bleues » pour éduquer autrement les apprenants'' le Hebdomadaire béninois Educ'Action présente un article sur les ...
Visite du Président Suisse au village de la Francophonie
Madagascar a accueilli le 16è Sommet de la Francophonie à Antananarivo du 22 au 27 novembre 2016. A part les ...
RWSN Forum 2016
Under the topic “Water for Everyone”, the 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum took place from 29th November – ...
Regional Workshop Francophone Africa 2016
The third regional workshop in Francophone Africa was held from 3 to 7 October 2016 in Parakou, Benin. All 8 ...
Regional Workshop Eastern & Southern Africa 2016
The Regional Workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa was held from 31 October to 4 November 2016 in Addis Ababa, ...
Regional Workshop Asia 2016
The third regional workshop in Asia took place from 14 to 17 November 2016 in Bardiya, Nepal. Once more, the ...
Media broadcast on WASH roundtable in Bangladesh
The results of a multi-stakeholder roundtable on “The importance and expansion strategy of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) at school ...
Media broadcasts news on solar lifting drinking water supply system in Nepal
In Nepal, different medias have covered news on the solar lifting drinking water supply system, which was implemented by a ...
Half-yearly Report 2016
The present report summarises the results of the period January to June 2016. The report highlights both achievements at project ...
Stockholm World Water Week 2016
This year’s Stockholm World Water Week will take place from 28th August – 2 September. This conference for experts, practitioners, ...
Alliance for public hygiene
The Swiss Water & Sanitation Consortium as an “alliance for public hygiene”, read more on page 3 of the article in SDC’s ...
Annual Report 2015
The present report summarises the results of the period January to December 2015. The report highlights both achievements at project ...
Regional workshop in Asia 2015
The second regional workshop in Asia took place from 23 to 27 of November 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop ...
Regional workshop Francophone Africa 2015
The second regional workshop in Francophone Africa was held from 12 to 15 October 2015 in Sokode, Togo. It was ...
Regional workshop Eastern & Southern Africa 2015
The Regional Workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa was held from 21-24 September 2015 in Pemba, Mozambique and brought together ...
RWSN Newsletter October 2015
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of professionals and practitioners working to raise standards of knowledge and evidence, ...
Joint Small Town Project is launched!
The joint small town project aims at improving access to water and environmental sanitation in the town of Katarniya located ...
RWSN Newsletter March 2015
The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network of professionals and practitioners working to raise standards of knowledge and evidence, ...
Global Advocacy Fund
The Swiss Water & Sanitation Consortium puts a strong emphasis on advocacy and policy development. We have an allocated Global ...
Regional workshop in Asia 2014
The Regional Workshop in Asia, hold from 24-27 November 2014 in Rangpur, Bangladesh, aimed to support increased networking, mutual learning and ...
Regional workshop Eastern & Southern Africa 2014
An inception workshop for Eastern and Southern Africa was held from 12-16 October 2014 in Shashemene, Ethiopia. The main objective was ...
Regional workshop in Francophone Africa 2014
The regional workshop in Francophone Africa was held from 7-10 October 2014 in Bamako, Mali. It has allowed 20 participants from ...