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WASH SDG: looking back with Simavi’s country coordinators of Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda

The WASH SDG Programme is closing after 7 years. Simavi has led the WAI sub-programmes in Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda. Navigating the systems strengthening approach towa...

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Prashanna Pradhan (ENPHO): ‘Lasting change in the WASH sector starts with system strengthening’

Prashanna Pradhan, from Simavi’s partner ENPHO in Nepal, works on two important programmes: the WASH SDG sub-programme in Nepal and the Sarwacha programme. While the firs...

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Newest member of the supervisory board Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole: ‘I represent the people on the ground’

28.03.24 Rwanda

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How fundamental is the right to water? Major breakthrough in Dutch court case

21.03.24 The Hague, the Netherlands

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The price of water: violence and harassment against women and girls

14.03.24 Uganda, Nepal and Bangladesh

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More money and more confidence: WASH committees in Bangladesh achieve spectacular results

Water and sanitation committees in Bangladesh urge their local government to put safe water first in their budgets. Simavi trains and guides them.

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Taking matters into your own hands for better access to water: the story of Magreth Augustino

When Magreth Augustino, as the only woman on the water committee, failed to get the interests of women and girls on the agenda, she took matters into her own hands. Thank...

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Simavi receives 1.5 million from Dutch Postcode Lottery for Water Justice Fund

14.02.24 Amsterdam

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How the Water Justice Fund inspired a community leader and her entire village

Nirmala Chaudhary is a member of the Mehenatisheel community group. When I spoke with Nirmala in July 2023, her story left an undeniable impression on me.

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