Developing reusable sanitary pads for marginalized and vulnerable women groups in Costa Rica

Latin America and the Caribbean, Stories / By

Type of Change: New/further knowledge gained  Boundary Level: Community Summary/Theme: Developing reusable sanitary pads for marginalized and vulnerable women groups in Costa Rica  Ana López Ramírez, a Costa Rican community leader, attended REDICA’s ‘Sanitation, Hygiene and Menstrual Health’ regional workshop. She was exposed to an eye-opening and unknown reality: the serious challenges that women in most vulnerable conditions, who …

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Public and private sectors compliance with industrial waste and water discharge in Uganda

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Type of Change: Changes in policies, plans and strategies  Boundary Level: National  Summary/Theme: Applying participatory knowledge exchanges to change how policy monitoring is done in the public and private sectors for compliance with industrial waste and water discharge in Uganda  Ms. Stacy Natukunda, a Water Officer for Uganda’s Ministry of Water and Environment, attended a couple training programs offered by Nile IWRMnet. After attending a training on competitive …

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WASH standards at the community level in Uganda

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Type of Change: New/further knowledge gained   Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Achieving improved WASH standards at the community level in Uganda by engaging Water User Committees and primary schools in water education. Aaron Acuda, a volunteer with World Vision in Oyam district, Uganda, was working on the improvement of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) standards in the area when he came across …

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Changes towards efficient water use in paddy farming in the Deduruoya basin of Sri Lanka

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Type of Change: Changes in practices and programs’ implementation  Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Changes towards efficient water use in paddy farming in the Deduruoya basin of Sri Lanka  Paddy is the staple food for Sri Lankans and the main income earner for rural farmers. However, the traditional way of cultivating paddy is highly inefficient regarding water use, as it uses …

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Sri Lanka: student innovates with a smart water pipe cleaner to help decrease the level of water pollution

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Type of Change: New/further knowledge gained  Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: A school student innovates with a smart water pipe cleaner to help decrease the level of water pollution in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka  Cap-Net Lanka conducted the Aqua Republica Program at the University of Rajarata aiming to provide school children access to a computer-based knowledge management tool for sustainable water management. R.M. Ravindu Oshan Wijesinghe took part in the training …

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Safe water usage and water source protection in the central hilly area of Sri Lanka

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Type of Change: Changes in practices and programs’ implementation  Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Safe water usage and water source protection in the central hilly area of Sri Lanka  Cap-Net Lanka conducted a series of awareness programs: ‘Safe water usage and water source protection’ for leaders of water community-based organizations’ (CBOs) in the Badulla and Nuwara Eliya districts. These districts are located …

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Food tower’ to grow vegetables in rural areas from Bangladesh which have saline water

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Type of Change: New/further knowledge gained  Boundary Level: Community Summary/Theme: Developing a climate-adaptive solution called ‘Food tower’ to grow vegetables in rural areas from Bangladesh which have saline water.  Mr. Salah Uddin Titol works at a local NGO called SPACE (Society for People’s Action in Change & Equity) in Bangladesh. He participated in Cap-Net Bangladesh’s ‘Training of Trainers (ToT) on Climate Change, Water and …

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WASH and Climate Change: Working with civil society and the local government from Bangladesh

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Type of Change: New/further knowledge gained  Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Working with civil society and local government from Bangladesh to enhance awareness on the nexus between WASH and climate change through workshops and campaigns  Cap-Net Bangladesh conducted ‘National Level Training on Climate Change, Water and Health’. Mr. Mahbub Alam, Programme officer at the Association for Social Development in Bangladesh (ASDB), was a …

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Argentina: Partnerships to solve solid urban waste challenges

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Type of Change: Changes in implementation of practices and programs   Boundary Level: Community  Summary/Theme: Fostering partnerships with academia and the private sector in Argentina to solve solid urban waste challenges. Development of internationally certified biodegradable and ecological industrial bags.  Urban waste pollution has become an increasing threat in Mendoza, Argentina. Plastics and other solid materials are incorrectly disposed of threatening existing water sources. Arg Cap-Net identified the issue and conducted the ‘Environmental Legal Framework for Waste …

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