The esteemed Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kenya, Maarten Brouwer, and the First Secretary of Food Security and Water, Pim van der Male, visited the FINISH Mondial Busia County faecal sludge treatment plant, a groundbreaking initiative supported by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Together with health officials from the County, they explored the Busia
Our female masons in Uganda are featured in Smart Water Magazine. The specialist magazine for the global water sector has just published an article telling the story of Tweheyo Naume, who at only 23 has already constructed more than 80 safe sanitation systems and trained more than 40 other women in her community to follow in
The FINISH Mondial Ethiopia team has proudly received the award of the Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations (CCRDA), as 2nd place winner. The award grants recognition to NGOs who positively impact their communities through social entrepreneurship, innovative solutions to social issues and best practice examples. The organisations entering the competition were
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
Our CEO, Valentin Post, led an engaging session on blended finance for WASH at All Systems Connect on Wednesday, the 3rd of May. The session explored how to leverage public and development finance to harness commercial finance and scale-up sanitation service provision. It also focused on how blended finance fits in the overall financial landscape
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
