In the first post of a two-part series, we explore and share the conditions which we have found to be present when non-financial support has achieved the desired outcome for the enterprises we support.
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Opportunities and challenges of replicating Safisana’s waste to resource model
In this second blog, Managing Director Aart van den Beukel discusses new plant expansion through client acquisition.
Continue reading “Opportunities and challenges of replicating Safisana’s waste to resource model”Building the business case for a waste to resource enterprise
In this two-part blog series, Aart van den Beukel, Managing Director of Safisana, a waste to resource enterprise currently operational in Ghana, shares his reflections on the journey to date and his ambition to scale Safisana’s innovative model to other developing countries.
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In this blog post, Amandine Muret, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Advocacy, shares insights from 1001fontaines’ 15 years journey in Cambodia implementing and scaling a water kiosk model, leading to the achievement of a key milestone at the end of 2020: full recovery of operating costs.
Continue reading “Our journey: Scaling a social franchise solution for safe drinking water”Uganda’s COVID-19 water sector response – a threat to sustainability or an opportunity?
Everflow is a community-funded enterprise providing preventative maintenance and emergency repair services to keep rural Ugandan water wells flowing. The Stone Family Foundation began supporting Everflow at the end of 2019 to conduct a study in partnership with Stanford University to assess the willingness and ability to pay for water maintenance services, as well as costs and benefits to users, communities and local government.
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Louise Couder (Director, External Relations) and Sheila Kibuthu (Assistant Manager, Communications) at Sanergy, a sanitation service provider in Kenya, reflect on the results and drivers of success of a new pit emptying project, aimed at ensuring the safe disposal of waste from urban communities.
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