Our CEO, Valentin Post, and our COO, Nouria Ouibrahim, had the incredible honor of meeting Rachel Ruto, the First Lady of Kenya, on Monday, the 8th of May. The discussions with the First Lady and her delegation touched on several critical areas, Rachel Ruto being a thought leader on environment and climate action, financial inclusion
What are the barriers in accessing safely managed water, sanitation and hygiene services in challenging circumstances? This question was at the heart of Santwana Sneha's recent research project. Her immersive study in 8 villages of two Indian states, Maharashtra and Bihar, looked at how integrated interventions can be more inclusive and resilient, how we can
FINISH Mondial, together with its founding partners, WASTE and AMREF Flying Doctors, will be participating in the All Systems Connect International Symposium held between May 2-4 2023 in The Hague, the Netherlands. The theme this year is “Connecting people and ideas, systems and solutions to achieve justice for all”. The symposium is designed to help
Mr Rajkumar Sampath, Advisor FINISH Mondial, talks with veteran journalist, Chander Mahadev, about his experience in a project under the US AID Securing Water For Food Grand Challenge initiative, which aimed to recycle black and grey water and use the treated faecal sludge as agricultural input, benefitting close to 2000 vegetable growing farmers. The project was
By Jacqueline Eckhardt-Gerritsen, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Working Group FINISH Mondial Mid-February, Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba became the subject of a vicious online hate campaign. The reason being that she had protested against period poverty and shame - by sitting through a Senate meeting in white clothing stained with fake menstrual blood. Many of
Women leading the sanitation revolution in Maharashtra Story by FINISH Mondial GESI Working Group Jayshree Yona Valvi, is 25 years old and a mother of two. She has lived all her life till now without a toilet in Wadjhakan Gram Panchayat, around 20 kms from Nandurbar city. Open defecation is an age-old practice that is
From 5th-8th March, we participated in the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) held in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference’s theme this year was “Resilient Health Systems for Africa: Re-envisioning the Future Now” and brought together Africa’s top thought leaders, political figures, innovators, researchers, policy makers, health workers and community mobilisers for dialogue and action aimed
Winners announced! 3rd Annual Sanitation Technology Hackathon on innovative ideas on smart public toilet designs. Our jury of international sanitation experts and our technical working group have selected the top 3 winners for their innovative ideas on smart public toilet designs. 1st Place: S.M.I.L.E (Smart Maintenance Insight by Latrine End user), by Willem
FINISH Mondial will be participating in the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) held between March 5th-8th 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference’s theme this year is “Resilient Health Systems for Africa: Re-envisioning the Future Now” and will bring together Africa’s top thought leaders, political figures, innovators, researchers, policy makers, health workers and
Our jury of international sanitation experts and our technical working group have selected the top 3 finalists/winners for their innovative ideas on smart public toilet designs. We received 20 applications from different countries with as many novel ideas submitted to the call. The top 3 finalists match our detailed criteria: (a) Toilet design
