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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
Civic Leaders Bring Transformational Change to Cambodia’s Sanitation 09 Nov 2015 WaterSHED Think pieces Leadership training is not groundbreaking. But Civic Champions is. How WaterSHED is guiding local leaders to boost...
Introducing: Our Toilet Shelter 09 Oct 2015 WaterSHED Think pieces Over the last five years we have successfully designed a low-cost, high-quality toilet, marketed it as aspirational,...
Dangers of Child Feces 22 Apr 2015 WaterSHED Press Releases A new WaterSHED study shows many households are not disposing of child feces hygienically. PRESS RELEASE –...
Why Shelters Matter 24 Mar 2015 WaterSHED Think pieces The lack of affordable quality shelters means fewer people purchase a toilet. We were pretty excited last...
USAID Health Expo: Cambodia 19 Dec 2014 WaterSHED Press Releases USAID partner, WaterSHED, takes part in development innovation exhibit in Phnom Penh Phnom Penh, Cambodia – WaterSHED...
The Secret Sauce of the Civic Champions Project 04 Sep 2014 WaterSHED Think pieces The Civic Champions program is a 9 month program designed to transform rural commune councilors in Cambodia...
Customer profile – Im Leng 11 Jul 2014 WaterSHED Success Stories King Srei Soryapor founded the new Khmer capital in what is now Odongk in 1601. Under the...
Business profile: Gov Seang Loy 11 Jul 2014 WaterSHED Success Stories At over 50 years old and with 6 grown children, many Cambodian women Gov Seang Loy’s age...
Advisory Group Highlights Importance of Sustainability in Leadership Development 13 Jun 2014 WaterSHED Press Releases PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA – “Our ancestors could build Angkor Wat, why can’t we build a toilet?” asked...
Local Leaders Push for Total Sanitation 09 Jun 2014 WaterSHED Press Releases KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE, CAMBODIA – More than 50 commune councilors from Kampong Speu province came together for...
Market solutions to Cambodia’s toilet troubles 06 Jun 2014 WaterSHED In the news From IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), June 5, 2014 PHNOM PENH, 5 June 2014 (IRIN) – Having...
Civic Champions profile – Sok Chantou 30 May 2014 WaterSHED Success Stories As a female commune councilor, Ms Chantou does whatever it takes to improve her community. She repeats...
Civic Champions profile – Chea Chhim 19 Feb 2014 WaterSHED Success Stories A globally famous American anthropologist Margaret Mead once said “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,...
Business profile – Suy Sokhim 19 Feb 2014 WaterSHED Success Stories In every morning of the weekday, 35 year-old Suy Sokhim has been performing her role as a...
Business profile – Sorn Naroath 03 Feb 2014 WaterSHED Success Stories From managing the business to actually working in concrete production, 31-year-old Mrs Sorn Naroath has earned respect,...
Civic Champions profile – Seoung Mim 16 Jan 2014 WaterSHED Success Stories Achieving the Open Defecation Free (ODF) target in the rural villages and communes is an honorable but...