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Agenda For Change’s Conversations with Collaboration Champions feat. Sovattha Neou

04 May 2021

Strategic Exit

Agenda for Change’s (A4C) new podcast, Conversations with Collaboration Champions, focuses on collaborative action in the WASH...

Evolving Metrics for Monitoring Sanitation Market Systems / ការវិវត្តនៃនិយាមវាស់វែង សម្រាប់ត្រួតពិនិត្យប្រព័ន្ធទីផ្សារអនាម័យ

28 Jun 2019

WaterSHED

Strategic Exit,Think pieces

In 2011, when WaterSHED introduced the Hands-Off market-based sanitation program, the rural sanitation market was negligible. To...

Women in WASH Profile – Samros Nov

12 Feb 2019

WaterSHED

Success Stories

WaterSHED developed the Women in WASH Program to bring more women into the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH)...

A sanitation enterprise advertises its product in Bihar, India. Photo credit: FSG

Globalwaters: Webinar Explores Barriers to Effective Sanitation Enterprises

14 Nov 2018

WaterSHED

In the news,Research,Sanitation

Original post on Globalwaters.org The provision of sustainable sanitation for all is one of the world’s most important...

BMGF | Case Studies in Gender Integration: Market-based solutions in Cambodia

06 Nov 2018

WaterSHED

In the news,Research

From the case study Introduction Gender matters across the sanitation value chain. It influences user behaviors and...

Business Profile – Thung Thun

11 Jun 2018

WaterSHED

Success Stories

When WaterSHED began to build the market for toilets, the NGO needed to grow demand in lockstep...

Global Citizen: This All-Woman Team Is Building and Selling Toilets in Cambodia

28 May 2018

WaterSHED

In the news

Read the article in Global Citizen. By Didem Tali Ouen Chomroeun and her team raise awareness of the importance...

The gender equity blind spot

20 Mar 2018

WaterSHED

Think pieces

WASH organizations are putting a greater emphasis on women and girls in their efforts to end open...

Civic Champions profile – Sun Chhoeun

12 Jan 2018

WaterSHED

Success Stories

When WaterSHED set out to build the rural market for water, sanitation, and hygiene in Cambodia, our...

Building the market for sanitation with planned obsolescence

22 Nov 2017

WaterSHED

Strategic Exit,Think pieces

Six years after starting an experimental program to build the market for sanitation in rural Cambodia, WaterSHED...

Channel News Asia: Millionaire Minds | Daroath Phav

21 Nov 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

Watch the video documentary, Millionaire Minds, in Channel News Asia. Daroath Phav Fresh out of university, Cambodian Daroath Phav...

The Phnom Penh Post: In providing a valuable service, toilet makers becoming flush

21 Nov 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

Read the article in The Phnom Penh Post. Efforts to include the private sector in the expansion...

Al Jazeera: World Toilet Day | Growing momentum for sanitation in Cambodia

20 Nov 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

Read the article in Al Jazeera. Cambodia has been badly affected by people going to the toilet in the...

ABN-CBS News: Bringing sanitation to rural Cambodia via sustainable business

26 Jul 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

Read the article in ABN-CBS News. MANILA – Sanitation was a major problem in Cambodia several years ago,...

Fostering Collective Action in the rural sanitation and hygiene sector in Cambodia

01 Jul 2017

WaterSHED

Think pieces

“Collective impact is fundamentally not about creating a whole new initiative, but rather connecting and strengthening existing...

Entrepreneur: These 30 International Entrepreneurs Really Are Solving the World’s Problems

16 Jun 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

The world has countless problems, unless you’re an entrepreneur, in which case the world has countless opportunities....

The Phnom Penh Post: Sokha called out over sanitation comments

18 May 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong speaks at an event yesterday in the Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar district....

The Phnom Penh Post: Market-based approach to development

08 May 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

WaterSHED executive director Phav Daroath at the NGO’s headquarters in Phnom Penh last month. Photo by: Hong Menea,...

WaterSHED Executive Director selected as a top social entrepreneur in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia

13 Apr 2017

WaterSHED

Press Releases

Phnom Penh – Daroath Phav, WaterSHED’s Executive Director, has been selected as a top social entrepreneur in...

Forbes: 30 Under 30 Asia – Meet The Class Of 2017

12 Apr 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

Read the article in Forbes magazine. Diversity and empowerment: two words that come to mind when attempting...

Die WELT: My house, my moped, my toilets | How a businesswoman turns toilets into a luxury items

05 Mar 2017

WaterSHED

In the news

A toilet saleswoman points to a poster showing man’s best friend and a man relieving themselves outdoors,...

Deutsche Welle: Cambodia makes progress flushing sanitation problems

18 Nov 2015

WaterSHED

In the news

Read the article in Deutsche Welle. Local innovations have catapulted Cambodia, which has long had dire toilet...

AsiaLIFE: Toilets of Cambodia

10 Nov 2015

WaterSHED

In the news

Read the article in AsiaLIFE magazine. Cambodia has the region’s worst indicators on toilet use, but this...

WaterSHED and WaterAid Host Practitioner Training

28 Feb 2013

WaterSHED

Press Releases

Over three intense days beginning 27 February 2013, WaterSHED and WaterAid-Australia are hosting an intensive training for...

Learning What Works: Gates Grantees Visit WaterSHED Program

26 Jan 2013

WaterSHED

Press Releases

Between January 14 and 17 international grantees of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation participated in a...

Stone Family Foundation visits successful WASH programs in Kampong Cham

11 Jan 2013

WaterSHED

Press Releases

WaterSHED was honored to host John Stone, founder of the Stone Family Foundation, in Kampong Cham province...

Scaling up rural sanitation: WaterSHED collaborates with SNV

02 Jan 2013

WaterSHED

Press Releases

In early 2012 WaterSHED and SNV developed a cooperative partnership in rural Cambodia to provide complementary sanitation...

WaterSHED hightlighted on SanitationMarketing.com

13 Dec 2012

WaterSHED

In the news

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Enterprise Development, commonly known as WaterSHED, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in the...

Business Plans and Models

02 Dec 2012

WaterSHED

Think pieces

A lot of questions come to the WaterSHED team about our model, and if how we help...

WaterSHED’s staffs talked to VOA about the UNC’s 2012 Water and Health Conference

12 Nov 2012

WaterSHED

In the news

Two representatives from WaterSHED participated in Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Innovation at the University...

WaterSHED Forum, “Make the Impossible Possible”

05 Oct 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On 27 September 2012, WaterSHED hosted a forum title, “Make the Impossible Possible” which attracted nearly 200...

Field visit to promote media coverage on rural sanitation

14 Sep 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On 12th September 2012, WaterSHED hosted a field visit to one of its targeted villages in Kampong...

Stone Family Foundation and WaterSHED partner to speed sanitation coverage in Cambodia

02 Aug 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

Despite decades of effort to overcome Cambodia’s lack of improved household sanitation, more than 70 percent of...

The trouble with subsidized sanitation: blog post highlights need to promote sanitation businesses

09 Jul 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

In a recent blog post titled "Dirty Dilemma", Public Health practitioner, "the chronicole", touched upon the problems...

Southeast Asia Globe features WASH in Cambodia

13 Jun 2012

WaterSHED

In the news

The June edition of Southeast Asia Globe features the current water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) situation in...

WaterSHED Shares Sanitation Marketing Experience in Laos

11 Jun 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

From 4-8 June 2012, WateSHED visited Laos to share lessons from its successful 'Hands-off' sanitation marketing...

WaterSHED hosts Nepal delegation visit to Cambodia

25 May 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On 23 May, WaterSHED and Plan International hosted a Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) learning exchange in Kampong...

WaterSHED hosts Global Sanitation Fund visit to Cambodia

09 Mar 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On 02 February 2012, WaterSHED-Cambodia hosted representatives from the Swiss-based Global Sanitation Fund (GSF), the Cambodian Ministry...

Hands-Off Marketing: Helping to fill the sanitation gap

08 Mar 2012

WaterSHED

Think pieces

In Cambodia, a country where 75 percent of rural villagers do not have toilets, Skuh Commune in...

Sanitation Marketing expands to Pailin Province, Cambodia

29 Feb 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On 28 February 2012, WaterSHED-Cambodia signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Governor of Pailin Province, Cambodia...

A First for Sanitation Scale-up – Concern Worldwide and WaterSHED join forces in Cambodia

29 Feb 2012

WaterSHED

Press Releases

Concern Worldwide and WaterSHED-Cambodia launched a partnership this week in Pursat Province to address the country’s lack...

WaterSHED contributes to sanitation marketing training at Global Forum on Sanitation

21 Oct 2011

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On 14 October 2011 WaterSHED continued support for a new sanitation marketing training at WSSCC's Global Forum...

Peace Corps–WaterSHED Sanitation Marketing Collaboration Launches with Strong Success in Siem Reap

11 Aug 2011

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On August 9, 2011, Peace Corps-Cambodia, in collaboration with WaterSHED, reported a tremendously successful launch of its...

WaterSHED Expands Cambodia Sanitation Marketing Through Peace Corps Collaboration

06 Jun 2011

WaterSHED

Press Releases

On June 3, 2011, a joint USAID-Cambodia/Peace Corps panel awarded a small grant that will expand WaterSHED’s...

WaterSHED Presents at “WASH Conference 2011″ in Brisbane, Australia

21 May 2011

WaterSHED

Press Releases

WaterSHED presented on a number of topics at "WASH Conference 2011" in Brisbane, Australia from May 16th-20th

Healthcare in Asia – WaterSHED Spotlighted by The Economist

24 Feb 2011

WaterSHED

In the news

WaterSHED was featured in a special edition of The Economist magazine, entitled Healthcare in Asia: The Innovation...

Cambodia Sanitation Marketing Success Featured in Phnom Penh Post

31 Jan 2011

WaterSHED

In the news

The Phnom Penh Post dedicated a feature to WaterSHED’s increasingly successful sanitation marketing program in Cambodia. The...

Real Impact. WaterSHED Featured in USAID Global Waters

20 Jan 2011

WaterSHED

In the news

WaterSHED is the featured Real Impact story in the January 2011 edition of USAID Global Waters

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