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Rising Tide - A Blog by Ned Breslin

Ned Breslin, Water For People CEO, challenges conventional thinking and calls for transformative change within the water and sanitation sector.

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The Jalabandhu Keep Water Flowing in India
The 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...more less
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- When:January 24, 2012 8:08 PM
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Caitlin Harris 18 hours ago
This is a terrific story! As we scale the Jalabandhu program up, would Mr. Jana be willing to train other entreprenuers on how to grow their business? Could/would we pay him for this type of training?
Jenelle Van Eynde 12 hours ago
I second Caitlin's question (great question!)... is his teaching at night in regards to his day job or completely different? Would he be... willing/interested to train other entreprenuers, for pay of course?more less
Jim Hocking 7 hours ago
Yep...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.more less
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They Don't Need Us Anymore: A Success Story From West Bengal, India
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- When:January 18, 2012 6:16 PM
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Jenelle Van Eynde 7 days ago
I love these stories! Keep 'em coming, and way to go West Bengal WFP team and community!
David Christiana 6 days ago
Congratulations! Water For People and West Bengal. Encouraging news. Keep up the great work everyone. Sounds like a hit country song, "They... Don't Need Us.....Anymore!" (add a twang to that).more less
John Sauer 4 days ago
Great simple video, clear message, good example of how we can produce learning videos without a lot of technical input.
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The Naked Truth about Microfinance Loans
Share 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...more less
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FLOW Update
Water 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...more less
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- When:December 2, 2011 7:18 PM
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Edgar Fajardo 7 weeks ago
FLOW has a lot of potential with other development areas, is very flexible... Congratulations, good way to increase the information access.
Kalimuthu Arumugam 6 weeks 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.
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