WfWP presents case study on 1st African Water Integrity Learning Summit
On the 1st African Water Integrity Learning Summit in Lusaka , 29 and 30 April 2014, Women for Water Partnership Steering Committee member, Africa Coordinator, Asha W. Abdulrahman will present the case study “Social Accountability Approach to Rainwater Harvesting for Mwihoko Women group” demonstrating social accountability tools, by lessons learned and impacts on integrity. The 1st African Water Integrity Learning Summit is hosted by UNDP-Water Governance Facility, The Water Integrity Network, UNDP/Cap-Net, WaterNet and the Stockholm International Water Institute.
About the Social Accountability Approach to Rainwater Harvesting for Mwihoko Women group: Coached and trained by Soroptimist International Kenya and Nakuru Club, the Mwihoko Women Group have curbed corruption, assumed leadership, contributed funds and labor, and engaged the community and the village leadership, making the water & sanitation provision a joined effort of community members with local authorities.
The project, which was funded by Achmea Foundation, had been a very useful project for the community. It has helped many families and schools to access clean drinking water, which translated into a healthy community, reduced incidences of water borne diseases. It has released women from the chore of collecting water from long distances through a rugged landscape. The women and the community have been involved in all decision making enhancing social accountability. It clearly demonstrates the importance of community involvement for transparency and sustainability of projects, especially in water and sanitation.
About the Water Integrity Summit in Lusaka: As concluding part of the ‘Regional Capacity Building Programme promoting and developing Water Integrity in Sub-Saharan Africa’, UNDP-Water Governance Facility, The Water Integrity Network UNDP, Cap-Net, WaterNet and Stockholm International Water Institute will convene the 1st African Water Integrity Summit: Accelerating Towards a Water Secure World. The summit will bring together water sector stakeholders from Western, Southern and Eastern Africa who have been trained in water integrity over the last three years. It serves to encourage and stimulate dialogue on learning how corruption can be addressed in the water sector at a regional and national level.
On the 1st African Water Integrity Learning Summit in Lusaka , 29 and 30 April 2014, Women for Water Partnership Steering Committee member, Africa Coordinator, Asha W. Abdulrahman will present the case study “Social Accountability Approach to Rainwater Harvesting for Mwihoko Women group” demonstrating social accountability tools, by lessons learned and impacts on integrity. The 1st African Water Integrity Learning Summit is hosted by UNDP-Water Governance Facility, The Water Integrity Network, UNDP/Cap-Net, WaterNet and the Stockholm International Water Institute.
About the Social Accountability Approach to Rainwater Harvesting for Mwihoko Women group: Coached and trained by Soroptimist International Kenya and Nakuru Club, the Mwihoko Women Group have curbed corruption, assumed leadership, contributed funds and labor, and engaged the community and the village leadership, making the water & sanitation provision a joined effort of community members with local authorities.
The project, which was funded by Achmea Foundation, had been a very useful project for the community. It has helped many families and schools to access clean drinking water, which translated into a healthy community, reduced incidences of water borne diseases. It has released women from the chore of collecting water from long distances through a rugged landscape. The women and the community have been involved in all decision making enhancing social accountability. It clearly demonstrates the importance of community involvement for transparency and sustainability of projects, especially in water and sanitation.
About the Water Integrity Summit in Lusaka: As concluding part of the ‘Regional Capacity Building Programme promoting and developing Water Integrity in Sub-Saharan Africa’, UNDP-Water Governance Facility, The Water Integrity Network UNDP, Cap-Net, WaterNet and Stockholm International Water Institute will convene the 1st African Water Integrity Summit: Accelerating Towards a Water Secure World. The summit will bring together water sector stakeholders from Western, Southern and Eastern Africa who have been trained in water integrity over the last three years. It serves to encourage and stimulate dialogue on learning how corruption can be addressed in the water sector at a regional and national level.
