Dr Sonia Ferdous Hoque, University of Oxford One out of seven schools in Bangladesh’s Khulna district does not have a safe source of drinking water on premises. For those that have a waterpoint - usually a tubewell or rainwater harvesting system - the safety and...
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Exit Strategy – sustaining and scaling water security impacts for the poor beyond 2024
After nine years of collective research on water security by over 50 global partners the REACH programme is due to close in 2024. While we are on track to meet the target of providing 10 million poor people with improved water security, this is a fragile outcome. We...
Groundwater for climate resilience in the Horn of Africa
Florence Tanui (University of Nairobi), Behailu Birhanu (Addis Ababa University), Dan Olago (University of Nairobi), Seifu Kebede (University of KwaZulu Natal) The Horn of Africa is experiencing extreme climate shocks and grappling with the need to plan for an...
The future of sustainable water resources management: integrating new technologies with the wisdom of the people
Congratulations to Dr Behailu Birhanu, a researcher in groundwater management from the REACH team at Addis Ababa University, who was awarded the best oral presentation at the International Conference on Water Resources Management and Sustainability: Solutions for Arid Regions earlier this year. In this piece Dr Behailu reflects on key takeaways from the conference, held in person in Dubai.
Water insecurity, equity and resilience
REACH launches new collaboration on the role of gender norms and relations within and beyond the household to advance water security for climate resilience.
What does it cost to provide safe water to rural health care facilities?
This research in Kitui County, Kenya, shows how professionalised service delivery FundiFix can provide safe and consistent water and soap delivery in hard to reach healthcare facilities.
Professionalized maintenance of rural water services: Four findings from Kitui County, Kenya
The second in our #WWD22 releases, this post is based on 10 years of research from Kitui County, Kenya, supported by the REACH programme, the USAID Sustainable WASH Systems Learning Partnership, UNICEF, ESRC and UKAID. It presents key findings from a policy brief on investing in professionalized maintenance for rural drinking water services.
How social inequalities amplify water-related climate vulnerability
Dr Sonia Hoque, Dr Catherine Grasham and Dr Marina Korzenevica shed light on the lived experiences of water-related climate vulnerability to re-emphasise the importance of social research to ensure just outcomes in the fight against climate change.
REACH Climate Resilience Report: Water security is critical to advance climate resilience
Dr Katrina Charles summarises key messages from REACH’s new Water Security for Climate Resilience Report. The report synthesis six years of interdisciplinary research on climate resilience and water security.
Policy reform for safe drinking water services for rural Bangladesh: The SafePani model
This blog presents the SafePani model, a new institutional framework for rural water service delivery in Bangladesh.
