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Countries around the world are experiencing the highest recorded level of school disruption in history because of COVID - 19. UNESCO estimates that 290.5 million students are out of school at this time due to school shutdowns and government- mandated lockdowns. Through our project, we explore the...

Stories of Exceptional Women Building Peace Around the World ADELAIDE SOSSEH, 73, DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON TRUTH, RECONCILIATION AND REPARATIONS COMMISSION, THE GAMBIA. "Peacebuilding means many things to me depending on whether I apply an individual or societal perspective, but the essence of this notion...

The case study takes an in-depth look at the impact that the strategies had on each other in their common pursuit of peace and justice in Liberia. From the establishment of the Liberian state in 1848, the Americo-Liberian settlers – descendants of freed slaves from the USA – imposed a form of...

SUSTAINING RURAL WATER: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAINTENANCE MODELS FOR COMMUNITY-MANAGED SCHEMES This comparative study is based on the premise that each maintenance model represents a sub-system of the broader water supply system and is constituted by a set of factors and actors, in a process of...

Background Forced migration is an increasing global challenge and understanding how countries are dealing with people forced to flee their homes is both a humanitarian and an economic priority. During the past 20 years, the global population of forcibly displaced people nearly doubled – from 33.9...

In this study, we analyse humanitarian and development water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) approaches in South Sudan, and consider how and why siloes have arisen between the two. To improve complementarity, we identify a need for common principles for WASH in protracted crises. These common...

Delivering Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services during humanitarian emergencies and immediate recovery phases is essential for saving lives and responding to basic needs, yet choices about how WASH services are delivered can undermine future development and peace. Longer-term interventions...

This document aims to present the ACCES approach and share preliminary lessons from integrating sanitation marketing into the CLTS approach in rural areas. Introduction In 2015, after a decade of approaching rural sanitation by subsidizing latrine construction with minimal results, the Government of...