Systems Strengthening: WaterSHED Case Study 29 Oct 2021 WaterSHED Research,Strategic Exit,Think pieces This case study assesses: the depth of key system changes by assessing how much performance has changed...
Exit Strategies (SSIR) 16 Sep 2021 WaterSHED Strategic Exit,Think pieces Article by WaterSHED's Geoff Revell in SSIR about NGO exits.
Beyond Political Will: Effective leadership for WASH 10 Jun 2021 WaterSHED Press Releases A joint project between the Development Leadership Program (DLP) and WaterSHED explores the main takeaways from the...
Workshopping an Organizational Exit: highlights from WaterSHED’s NGO learning event 27 May 2021 WaterSHED Strategic Exit On May 20, 2021 WaterSHED teams conducted a Khmer-language learning event for NGOs working in diverse sectors...
WaterSHED Newsletter Archive 25 May 2021 WaterSHED Strategic Exit 05/2021 – Making the impossible, possible and other reflections from WaterSHED founding members. Extra: Exit Q&A ...
Save the date: May 24 | Saying Goodbye to WaterSHED / សូមកត់ថ្ងៃទុកជាមុន ការចាកចេញរបស់អង្គការវ័តធើសេដ 12 May 2021 WaterSHED Strategic Exit We would like to invite you to a closing ceremony for WaterSHED on May 24, 2021. After...
On the Role of Expatriate Staff and Other Reflections from Early WaterSHED Team 12 May 2021 WaterSHED Strategic Exit What kind of Executive Director refuses to put their NGO’s logo on anything? Probably the kind who...
Agenda For Change’s Conversations with Collaboration Champions feat. Sovattha Neou 04 May 2021 WaterSHED Strategic Exit Agenda for Change’s (A4C) new podcast, Conversations with Collaboration Champions, focuses on collaborative action in the WASH...
Guidance on market-based sanitation (UNICEF, 2020) 18 Dec 2020 WaterSHED Think pieces Download the guidance (pdf, 8 MB) UNICEF draws on the global evidence base and experience of programs,...
What about M&E? 14 Dec 2020 WaterSHED Strategic Exit In previous newsletters and blog posts, we’ve talked a lot about facilitating a government-led program at scale....
An Old Idea about Handwashing is New Again / គំនិតចាស់មួយនៃការលាងសម្អាតដៃ ឥឡូវក្លាយជាថី្មម្តងទៀតហើយ! 11 Dec 2020 WaterSHED Think pieces (Khmer below) Did you know, the SHED in WaterSHED stands for sanitation, hygiene enterprise development. Our most...
From NGO-led to Government-led: Civic Champions Leadership Development Program in Cambodia 15 Sep 2020 WaterSHED Strategic Exit Sam Oeun, WaterSHED National Relations Officer, leads an opening session at the MToT.
Institutionalizing Novel Development Programs / ការទទួលស្គាល់ជាផ្លូវការនៃកម្មវិធីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ថ្មី (កម្មវិធីការអប់រំភាពជាអ្នកដឹកនាំ) 15 Sep 2020 WaterSHED Strategic Exit (Khmer below) How do promising development models or programs become mainstreamed by national governments? This is a...
WaterSHED update during COVID-19 28 May 2020 WaterSHED Strategic Exit Dear Friends and Colleagues, The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly changed the world around us, including our work...
ទស្សនៈរបស់លោក ពិសី៖ ការយល់ឃើញពីប្រធានកម្មវិធីការអប់រំភាពជាអ្នកដឹកនាំ / Pisey’s Perspective: reflections from a Civic Champions Program Manager 28 May 2020 WaterSHED Strategic Exit (English below) នៅពេលវគ្គបណ្តុះបណ្តាលគ្រូបង្គោលសម្រាប់មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលថ្នាក់ជាតិចាប់ផ្តើម លោក ពិសី បានឡើងលើវេទិកាដើម្បីសម្របសម្រួល ខណៈពេលនោះមានមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលពីររូបបាននិយាយទៅកាន់គាត់ថា៖ «អ្នកនៅក្មេងណាស់! អ្នកប្រហែលជាមិនអាចសម្របសម្រួលវគ្គបណ្តុះបណ្តាលដល់ពួកយើងបានទេ!»។ លោក ពិសី នៅតែញញឹម និងបន្តការសម្របសម្រួលវគ្គបណ្តុះបណ្តាលគ្រូបង្គោលទៅដល់មន្ត្រីនៃក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ និងក្រសួងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ជនបទ អស់រយៈពេល២ម៉ោងពោរពេញដោយថាមពល ភាពជឿជាក់...
សន្និសីទស្តីពី វិស័យអនាម័យជនបទ ដែលដឹកនាំដោយថ្នាក់ខេត្តលើកដំបូង / The first province-led rural sanitation sector conference 22 Feb 2020 WaterSHED Strategic Exit (English below) ពិតជាមានកិត្តិយសខ្លាំងណាស់ ដោយមានវត្តមានដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ពី ឯកឧត្តមអភិបាលនៃគណៈអភិបាលខេត្តកំពង់ចាមបានធ្វើការថ្លែងសុន្ទរកថាបើកកម្មវិធី សន្និសីទលើកទី១៖ ភាពជាអ្នកដឹកនាំឆ្នើមដើម្បីនិរន្តភាពក្នុងវិស័យទឹកស្អាត និងអនាម័យជនបទខេត្តកំពង់ចាម ដែលដឹកនាំដោយថ្នាក់ខេត្តលើកដំបូង នៅក្នុងខេត្តកំពង់ចាម ។ មិនត្រឹមតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ក៏មានវត្តមានដ៏ខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ពីឯកឧត្តមអភិបាលរងនៃគណៈអភិបាលខេត្ត បានចំណាយពេលដ៏មានតម្លៃ ចូលរួមគ្រប់សកម្មភាពទាំងអស់នៃសន្និសីទនេះផងដែរ។ សន្និសីទ បានចាប់ផ្តើមឡើងនៅក្នុងពេលវេលាដ៏តានតឹងមួយ...
From our Executive Director: WaterSHED’s Strategic Exit 06 Feb 2020 WaterSHED Strategic Exit Dear friends and colleagues, This year is a big milestone for WaterSHED, one that we have been...
“I’m proud that now my husband and colleagues tease me about being too active, being too active is how you get change” 04 Dec 2019 WaterSHED Success Stories Facilitating the “Government-Led Change” Country Lab at the 2019 MEDS Convening, Siem Reap, Cambodia When the Bill...
Hands-Off: where taking a step back is several steps forward 28 Nov 2019 WaterSHED Research,Strategic Exit,Think pieces Download the paper: Strengthening the sanitation market system: WaterSHED’s Hands-Off experience English version Khmer version Download the...
Civic Champions – Capacity Building As It Should Be 12 Jul 2019 WaterSHED Think pieces Our Civic Champions program is designed to help elected local officials realize their leadership potential. Why? Because...
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)...
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...
Tackling hygiene in hospitals with HappyTap 10 Apr 2018 WaterSHED Think pieces When we began to look at ways to improve hygiene in rural communities across the Mekong, our...
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...
Ms. Magazine: Rural business networks put women entrepreneurs out front 14 Mar 2018 WaterSHED In the news Read the article in Ms. Magazine. By WaterSHED’s Janita Bartell, Care International’s Emily Hillenbrand, and ICRW’s Naziha Sultana...
Business Profile – Ren Lek and Norng Sothy 08 Mar 2018 WaterSHED Success Stories WaterSHED’s Women’s Empowerment Program (WEP) was developed to engage more women in the water, sanitation, and hygiene...
WaterSHED announces new Executive Director 01 Mar 2018 WaterSHED Press Releases Phnom Penh – WaterSHED has named Sovattha Neou as the organization’s new Executive Director. Ms. Neou brings...
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...
Changing the message: to promote handwashing, we need to stop talking about it 15 Oct 2017 WaterSHED Think pieces Marketing hand-washing-enabling technology is neither about the technology nor actual hand washing. HappyTap CEO Geoff Revell argues...
HappyTap portable sink to enter Bangladesh market with support of the TRANSFORM initiative 01 Sep 2017 WaterSHED Press Releases Dhaka, Bangladesh – HappyTap Co. is partnering with TRANSFORM to develop and test disruptive market-based solutions for...
In Conversation – Sothea Sao on the Paradise toilet shelter 15 Aug 2017 WaterSHED Success Stories WaterSHED’s sanitation program has seen unprecedented success over the last seven years. We helped design the all-in-one...
CNN: Meet 5 young entrepreneurs who are making the world a better place 02 Aug 2017 WaterSHED In the news Ending hunger, employing refugees, and lighting remote islands: these are just some of the big issues that...
Customer profile – Chen Nen (Paradise toilet shelter) 30 Jul 2017 WaterSHED Success Stories Earlier this year, our social business WaterSHED Ventures launched the Paradise Toilet Shelter – the first mass...
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....
ប្រវត្តិជោគជ័យនៃអាជីវកម្មលក់បង្គន់អនាម័យរបស់អ្នកស្រី អ៊ិន ចំរើន / Business Profile – Ouen Chomroeun 02 Jun 2017 WaterSHED Success Stories (Video and English version below) ផ្ទះឈើរបស់អ្នកស្រី អ៊ិន ចំរើន ស្ថិតនៅក្នុងទីតាំងដីដ៏ធំទូលាយមួយនៅក្នុងខេត្តពោធ៍សាត់ ភាគខាងជើងនៃទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ។ នៅទីធ្លាមុខផ្ទះរបស់អ្នកស្រី មានស្មៅដុះ និងមានស្នាមកង់លូដែលបានត្រូវដាក់ហាលសម្ងួតក្រោមកំដៅថ្ងៃ។ ប៉ុន្មានម៉ោងមុន នេះបន្តិច ស្វាមីរបស់អ្នកស្រីបានធ្វើការដឹកគ្រឿង...
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,...
Champion Profile – Making Handwashing A Habit 01 May 2017 WaterSHED Success Stories ABT Kindergarten is located just 80 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. But despite its proximity to...
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...