Institute of Water and Sanitation Development
IWSD is addressing issues of sustainable development in water resources, waste management, environmental integrity, poverty reduction and gender equity through capacity development in water, sanitation and hygiene.
Institute of Water and Sanitation Development Internship
Applications are invited from Civil Engineering and Natural Sciences students who would like to join the Institute of Water and Sanitation Development on a one-year internship
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN WATER SUPPLIES AND SANITATION (DWSS)
The Post Graduate Diploma in Water Supply and Sanitation is a distance learning course aimed at equipping personnel with interdisciplinary skills to appropriately respond to the current water supply, sanitation and hygiene challenges
OBITUARY of David Arthur Proudfoot
David was born on the 26th of May 1951 and died on the 16th of August 2011. David Proudfoot was a dedicated Environmental Health Officer in the Ministry of Health for over 30 years starting his career in Manicaland Province in 1974. He held a number of high profile positions in the water and sanitation sector before joining Unicef Eritrea where he was working at the time of his death.
Developing a Strategy to Accelerate Access to Sanitation and Hygiene for Meeting MDGs
The Sanitation and Hygiene Taskforce an organ of the National Action Committee organized an all stakeholders workshop to identify critical sanitation and hygiene issues that needs tackling in order to attain the MDGs sanitation target. The workshop was attended by representatives of key government ministries and departments at national and provincial levels; Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and representatives from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and was made possible through funding from the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). During the workshop key areas of focus were identified and strategic solutions proffered. Follow-up steps included the consultation and drafting of the strategy. It is also recognized that the development of the sanitation and hygiene strategy took place at time when the WASH sector was undergoing institutional coordination reform, and transiting from emergency to recovery.
Household Water Treatment (HWT) for meeting MDG target on access to water
Household water treatment has become very important in the advent of deteriorating water supply systems in Zimbabwe resultant in poor water quality in the supply system.It is therefore important to focus on ensuring that communities have access to safe water through low cost water treatment technologies, whereby focus should be on household water treatment for improved drinking water quality.
Sustainable Community Health Clubs: The Case of Makonde District
Community health clubs have stood out as an effective hygiene promotion tool in different districts in Zimbabwe. The approach has been particularly popular among development agencies including NGO's, CBO's and government agencies. Various factors have contributed to the sustainability of the approach, and in Makonde district it has proved to be a huge success.
Using Plain Common Sense for Accelerating Sanitation Improvements.
Where targets have not been met and many women, children and poor men still use unsafe, undignified sanitation and where there is need to treble efforts towards meeting sanitation challenges and where there are limited resources to meet those challenges, common sense in solving those challenges should prevail.
