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A woman uses her water credit, which is stored in a small, plastic token, to buy water from a Water ATM in Hadado, Kenya. Credit: Katie G. Nelson/Oxfam

Taking emergency water, sanitation and hygiene to market

Esther Shaylor

March 1st, 2018 Humanitarian, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Esther Shaylor explains how Oxfam is working with other NGOs to share learning about providing emergency water, sanitation and hygiene using local markets. In recent years there has been a …

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A team hired by the railway company maintain draining ditches alongside the track that runs through Mukuru informal settlement, in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Sam Tarling

Taking a toilet break: on the railway line

Caroline Sweetman

July 13th, 2017 Gender, Gender & Development Journal, General, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Having unmet needs for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) not only endangers life, it can negatively affect all aspects of daily existence, and women and girls suffer the most. Editor, …

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A tiger worm found in mud, Ethiopia.

Tigers in the toilet

Angus McBride

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Could the Tiger Toilet be a long lasting sanitation solution for refugee camps? We think it could be. anitation is a huge priority for Oxfam as we seek cost effective, …

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Residents collect water from a communal pipe, right next to an open sewer and drain

The forgotten nexus of sanitation, hygiene & water: Is this the inhibitor to progress?

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

In the lead-up to World Toilet Day, Oxfam’s Katie Whitehouse looks at how water, sanitation, hygiene and development are connected. n the 1800s, towns and cities across the world, including …

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Making standards practical is critical to sanitation innovation for rapidly expanding urban areas in developing countries

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

WASH solutions can only implemented when they work in context. Coming up to World Toilet Day, Katie Whitehouse explains why, in some cases, standards may not be achievable. ontainer based …

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A toilet block built by Oxfam at a temporary schools in Gorkha, Nepal.

The dilemma of managing toilets

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Where there are no sewers to connect to, we need to find other ways to manage waste. Here Katie Whitehouse looks at some of the issues that come with having …

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Building latrines in Logan Town, Liberia.

Toilet access is dominating programme delivery but what is the point of building more toilets if we cannot manage them?

Katie Whitehouse

November 18th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Tomorrow is World Toilet Day and here, Katie Whitehouse looks at how building a toilet isn’t the end of the story and we need sustainable approaches to Water, Sanitation and …

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Plastic latrine slabs next to the newly dug latrine holes - ready to be completed once the new frames are finished, South Sudan.

Responding to our toilet duties: An important subject!

Jenny Lamb

November 15th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Sanitation in emergency contexts must consider a diverse range of social, environmental, cultural and economic parameters. Jenny Lamb explores what this means for Oxfam and for Water Sanitation and Hygiene …

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A 28 year woman is photographed at her home in Haiti.

The impatient optimist: Urine-tricity to light humanitarian camps

Andy Bastable

November 10th, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

In this blog we’re introduced to two sides of the ‘Urine-tricity’ story. Firstly, we hear from Oxfam’s Head of Water and Sanitation Andy Bastable, who shares his eager observations on the …

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Overcoming social barriers: A journey by women WASH platform

Ashish Barua

October 3rd, 2016 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

In this latest blog Ashish Barua explains how the all female ‘Women WASH Platform’  has broken down social barriers to encourage better practice in Bangladesh.  “We install latrines inside the …

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