The Funder Collective for More Effective Partnerships
By Susan Davis, Executive Director On March 21 in Washington DC, we had an excellent discussion on innovations in grantee-grantor relationships, which... Read More
Sticky Toilet Use
By Kate Fogelberg, Springfield Centre From Susan Davis: I’m thrilled to have a guest blog from Kate. We got to know each... Read More
We’re sending you a high five today!
By Susan Davis, Executive Director To thank you for all of your support, we’re sending you a virtual High Five today. Will... Read More
Guest Blog: Re-launch of the Water Point Data Exchange
by Brian Banks, Global Water Challenge Over the past decade, a dramatic shift has taken place in the international water sector that... Read More
Resources on Supply Chains for Water & Sanitation
Updated April 4, 2016 Water points in developing countries fail and fall into disuse at high rates, in part due to the... Read More
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney... Read More
Resources on Microfinance for Water & Sanitation
By Susan Davis, Executive Director You might have heard about the wonders of microfinance for helping poor people start or expand small... Read More
Lessons Not Learned in International Development
Susan Davis wrote this guest blog on ICTWorks based on her lightning talk at MERLTech: The world has made several commitments to... Read More
The Sustainable Development Goals are here, and “business as usual” won’t work!
By Susan Davis, Executive Director The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were approved by the UN last week. A tweet last week about... Read More
Improve international turns four today
By Susan Davis, Executive Director It’s hard to believe we were officially formed four years ago today. Let’s raise a glass of... Read More
Training Resources for WASH Stakeholders
By Susan Davis, Executive Director Recently, I was contacted by an organization that was looking for training materials for community water system... Read More
The Water Data Point Exchange needs your input!
By Susan Davis, Executive Director I am a member of the Water Point Data Exchange (WPDx) working group along with the others... Read More
Upcoming WASH Conferences & Events
[update: March 25, 2016. You can find a more updated list on this page] To encourage learning and sharing, I’m sharing this... Read More
Can failed water & sanitation projects cause harm? Quote from a recent evaluation
By Susan Davis, Executive Director A recent AidSpeak blog asked “Is any harm being done?” It was about “amateur do-gooder, voluntourism” but... Read More
Resolution: guidelines for addressing problems with water systems
By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International Here are my talking points from today’s Resolution webinar: What is resolution? As a reminder,... Read More
How much water is enough? Determining realistic water use in developing countries
By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International How much water do you use every day? If you live in the US, you... Read More
Sad stats: failure of water & sanitation projects
By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International [Note: Please visit this page for more up-to-date information on water point failure statistics and... Read More