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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
WaterSHED Ventures Launches Quick-Install Toilet Shelter Into Rural Market in Cambodia 05 Apr 2017 WaterSHED Press Releases Phnom Penh – WaterSHED Ventures, a Cambodia-based social business, has launched its Paradise Shelter in the rural...
Business Profile – Bo Sambath 08 Mar 2017 WaterSHED Success Stories Along a stretch of highway in Kampong Speu province, toilets, painted a bright sky blue, jut out...
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,...
Accelerating Sanitation Coverage with Smart Business 23 Aug 2016 WaterSHED Press Releases This month the staff from more than 200 small businesses are being trained on the new ‘Smart...
Business profile – Chan Sor 23 Mar 2016 WaterSHED Success Stories On the last week of February WaterSHED’s Women’s Empowerment team arrived in Takeo province, less than two...
WaterSHED launches program to get more women into toilet industry 08 Mar 2016 WaterSHED Press Releases Phnom Penh – WaterSHED marks International Women’s Day 2016 with the launch of WEwork, a first-of-its-kind program...
How Do We Measure Women’s Empowerment? 06 Mar 2016 WaterSHED Think pieces As we launch our new Women’s Empowerment program, one of the biggest challenges we will face is...
Reflections on Nairobi: Breaking the Barriers to Women’s Empowerment 01 Mar 2016 WaterSHED Think pieces Last week our Women’s Empowerment Program Manager, Sarah van Boekhout, and Social Behaviour and Research Specialist, Janita...
AsiaLIFE: Cambodian Clean Water Innovation Shortlisted For Design Award 22 Jan 2016 WaterSHED In the news Read the article in AsiaLIFE magazine. WaterSHED’s HappyTap portable sink has been shortlisted in the finals for...
Business profile – Srun Sokheng 19 Nov 2015 WaterSHED Success Stories At Srun Sokheng’s house, down an unpaved road in Kampong Cham, toilet rings are everywhere. Drying in...
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...
Civic Champions profile – Mey Sahun 17 Nov 2015 WaterSHED Success Stories In the early morning hours, Mey Sahun and his wife walk out to the back of their...
Customer profile – Min Vibol 16 Nov 2015 WaterSHED Success Stories Srae Kok village is less than 40 km away from Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh but the quiet...
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...