Features
This page is about stories of success, challenges and research findings.
Champion of Resilence (31 Jul 18)
Guadie Demeke Amare (37) is a visually impaired, disability inclusion Trainer in COWASH’s Amhara region inclusion technical team. Talking about COWASH’s approach, Guadie said, “COWASH follows the existing government structure and doesn’t create a parallel system which often is confusing in other development projects”. He added; “it is unique, and highly participatory to the level of community ownership”. He supplemented; “COWASH’s success is cemented in its approach”.
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Women Led Water Supply (31 Jul 18)
W/ro Zenash Abebe is the chairperson of the Debero-Garmojo water point. She is assisted by W/ro
Tatchi Gemeda (Treasurer), Ato Kebede Zeleke (Secretary) and other three WASHCO members. Together
they manage the water supply serving 30 households. This all takes place in Abichu Gena Woreda in Oromia Region.
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Case In Balance (31 Jul 18)
Sanitation Marketing: A case in balance
To Tebere Berihe, the days ahead are brighter than the days gone by. The future beholds hope while the past still conjures up despair and a sense of helplessness. The mental transformation from the state of cluelessness to purposefulness has not been an easy work though.
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Water is Life-A magazine by Tigray Region Water Bureau (04 Jan 18)
This is an outcome of a dedicated training given in COWASH Communications strategy to regional stakeholdesr with close collaboration with COWASH FTAT, RSUs and regional stakeholders in COWASH Phase III.
Menageze RPS (26 Sep 17)
Menageze RPS in Degua Tember woreda was inaugurated on September 24, 2017.
Please find more information in the attached document.
Healing the Scars (06 Jun 17)
By Benti Ejeta
In Zelale Dorpe village, Arba Minch Zuria district of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ (SNNP) region, most of the adults are said to have scars from burns on their bellies. Matso Macho, apparently in his mid-50s, courageously shows off such scratches on his abdomen. To date, his three cuts serve as a vivid reminder of what he and his community have gone through. These scars are not for beauty as someone might tend to think. Actually, they epitomize the severity of lack of access to safe water.
The Leader (26 Jan 17)
By Benti Ejeta
Zinash Abebe, 45, is a brave fighter. She has fought for a good cause. And, more interestingly, she has emerged triumphant in all accounts. The selfless combatant, a mother of eight, has made all the difference in the lives of her communities. “I am happy that we have made it that far. I really feel honored in serving my community. I am still committed to do more for them,” Zinash says proudly.
CMP Approach Implementation Brochure (12 Aug 16)
In 2003, Rural Water Supply and Environmental Program (RWSEP), introduced Community Managed Project (CMP) approach, then known as Community Development Fund (CDF). RWSEP, the first safe water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) bilateral program between Finland and Ethiopia, started implementing CMP in two districts of Amhara region.
Water and Job (27 Jun 16)
By Benti Ejeta
Medihanit Chekol, 22, is making a name for herself in a town. She is rising to fame by doing the kind of work most women might only have less aspiration for at first place. “It is not too difficult for women and not too easy for men,” says Medihanit with electrifying smile all over her face as she strongly rebuffs this notion.
In search of water (03 Dec 15)
By Benti Ejeta
It was the eve of Easter in 2015. As usual, at 1 a.m., Sinidu Mohe, 49, was queuing up her yellow Jerry Can at the only water point in Nebar Keshmando. Until the tap attendant opens the water point which is four hours later, she wanted to go home and continue the preparation for the next festive. Halfway home, suddenly a roaring and groaning sound overtook her. The fiercest, and apparently starving hyenas as she calls it, are attacking her from left and right. “At once fear conquered me. My jaws shaking with fear and my knees are trembling under me. I was freezing to death,” Sinidu recounts. The guy from a neighbor who was accompanying his wife to the same water point helped her escape the attack.
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