Fwd: [BORDA]: DEWATS Newsletter (Vol. 7 | Issue2)

[Alex Campbell]

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Subject: [BORDA]: DEWATS Newsletter (Vol. 7 | Issue2)
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View this email in your browser About Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Solutions & Proper Sanitation For humanity and urban environmental protection Improved Sanitation for All! Volume 7 | Issue 2 A BORDA BNS Network Publication The DEWATS Newsletter, published quarterly by BORDA in Bremen, constitutes a compilation of links to articles about DEWATS and sanitation from the BNS Network partners, posted on BORDA websites from Afghanistan, Latin America, Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Germany. The articles reflect actual aspects of current programme work. BORDA Head Office | Bremen | Germany Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association “Clean water – zero calories but still a contribution to food security” The WASH-Network - a broad alliance of German aid organizations - launches on United Nations World Water Day 2014 an intensive dialogue...  Read more by WASH-Netzwerk Germany, March 24, 2014 Afghanistan BORDA Afghanistan Programme Office | Kabul | Afghanistan Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association DEWATS and Biogas Workshop conducted in Bamiyan On the April 23rd 2014, the BORDA team invited twenty three people working in NGO’s, local Government, and UN organisations in Bamyan to the COAM (Conservation Organisation for Afghan Mountains Areas) Environment centre in Bamyan... Read more by BORDA Afghanistan, April 28, 2014 Training of trainers for Afghan Technical Vocational Institute (ATVI) 20 ATVI teachers were trained to enable their future students in Kabul, Laghman or Helmand to practically apply DEWATS. In order to assure the courses’ applicability to the local environment of trainers and students, the training... Read more by Antje Sandmann, BORDA Afghanistan, February 17, 2014 Latino América BORDA Latin América Programme Office | Mexico City | Mexico Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association With CUBASOLAR supporting Biogas Users in Cuba BORDA attended the XI CUBASOLAR International Workshop 2014 and assisted in the preparation of a participatory strategic planning methodology for the biogas-user network. … Read more by Sonia Martinez Ferreiro, BORDA Latinoamérica, April 28, 2014 Planning Workshop on International Cooperation Projects for Sanitation of the Havana Bay and its Tributary Watershed Sponsored by GTE-Bahia, ETS Consultants and BORDA Organized and conducted by the State Working Group of the Bay of Havana (GTE-BH), ETS Consultants and BORDA a participatory analysis and planning workshop was held on January 29th and 30th, 2014. … Read more by Sonia Martinez Ferreiro, BORDA Latinoamérica, February 28, 2014 SADC Region | Southern Africa Development Community BORDA Southern Africa Programme Office | Dar Es Salam | Tanzania Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Tanzania A Royal Visit What an honor! On 20th of March, no less than the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria visited the DEWATS Sludge Treatment Plant (STP) in Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam, during her three-day visit to Tanzania. Princess Victoria came to... Read more by Annika Petruch, BORDA Tanzania, April 09, 2014 BORDA Tanzania Planning for 2014 BORDA Tanzania’s 2014 Implementation Programme meeting was from 19 – 21 February. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss lessons learnt from the previous year and to plan objectives and goals to be achieved in 2014. … Read more by Bossman Liana, BORDA Tanzania, March 19, 2014 Zambia WASAZA | Lusaka | Zambia Water and Sanitation Association of Zambia BORDA Questions & Answers: The Human’s Part in Ecological Cycles An interview with Christopher Kellner, Water and Sanitation Association of Zambia (WASAZA). Read more by Annika Petruch (BORDA Tanzania) & Christopher Kellner (WASAZA Zambia), May 02, 2014 Good BORDA News in Zambian News(papers) For more than 30 years, the municipal wastewater of the town of Livingstone (60.000 inhabitants) has been treated in a complex of six wastewater ponds covering an area of 24 hectare. Over the years, water hyacinths completely... Read more by Christopher Kellner, WASAZA Zambia, April 29, 2014 Biogas cooking technology introduced in Libuyu Compound, Livingstone With the turning of a valve and lighting of a match, five years of dedication, discussion, design and delivery culminated into a successful completion of the P-LOCSAN Libuyu, Livingstone project in February 2014. … Read more by Jeannette Laramee, WASAZA, Zambia, March 17, 2014 Southeast Asia Region Indonesia BORDA Southeast Asia Programme Office | Yogyakarta | Indonesia Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Indonesia Celebration of World Earth Day in Yogyakarta City The World Earth Day is a worldwide event to make people aware of the importance of a sustainable way of living. The slogan for this year’s World Earth Day was “Green Cities” and was adapted to “Cinta Jogja untuk Bumi” in... Read more by Marius Zeyher, BORDA Indonesia, April 29, 2014 Aksansi | Yogyakarta | Indonesia All-Indonesian Association of Community Based Organizations of DEWATS AKSANSI Conducted Field Trip in South Sulawesi In accordance to AKSANSI goals of monitoring DEWATS plants in Indonesia, AKSANSI need more opinion and suggestion from regional AKSANSI. Beside that, AKSANSI also created regional AKSANSI and conducted meeting with them. In other... Read more by Nora Nebelung – Weltwaerts AKSANSI, March 27, 2014 LPTP CBTECH | Yogyakarta | Indonesia Lembaga Pengembangan Teknologi Pedesaan Workshop to introduce MRV in Decentralized Waste Water Treatment Systems MRV is an activity that includes measurement data both qualitatively and quantitatively, inventory and verification. LPTP collaboration with UNILA (State University of Lampung) and IGES (Institute for Global Environmental... Read more by Suranti, LPTP, March 25, 2014 Cambodia BORDA Cambodia Project Office | Phnom Penh | Cambodia Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association Participatory Rapid Assessment (PRA) for School Based Sanitation Lite 1.0 (SBS-Lite 1.0) in Siem Reap Province Completed ESC-BORDA Cambodia has assessed 20 primary schools in two Siem Reap districts for SBS-Lite 1.0 over a four day period between the 27th and 30th of January using a PRA approach. The PRA is a methodology to collect information and... Read more by Artur Rutkiewicz, ESC-BORDA Cambodia, April 24, 2014 First DEWATS Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Training for Eight School Based Sanitation (SBS) 4.0 Schools in Phnom Penh On the 20th of September, 2013, eight project schools in Phnom Penh received training in Decentralized Wastewater Treatment System (DEWATS) O&M. ESC-BORDA engineer, Mr. Ry Borin, explained why O&M necessary and which tools are... Read more by Marja Green, ESC-BORDA Cambodia, March 25, 2014 All Initial Technical Meetings Complete for School Based Sanitation (SBS) 4.0 ESC-BORDA engineers met with all ten SBS 4.0 project schools for the first technical meetings that took place from the 22nd of August, to the 2nd of September, 2013. At these meetings, an ESC-BORDA engineer and a SBS site…Read more by Marja Green - Weltwaerts ESC-BORDA Cambodia, February 25, 2014 Philippines BNS | Quezon City | Philippines Basic Needs Services Philippines Inc. The Inauguration of Bacnotan District Hospital Hospitals, as one of the harmful wastewater producer, should be considered by a municipality when it comes to waste discharge. … Read more by Eden Limbog, BNS Philippines, April 24, 2014 Laos BORDA Vientiene Project Office | Vientiane | Laos Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association BORDA and Sunshine School Celebrate the World Water Day BORDA Laos celebrated together with Sunshine School the World Water Day with the aim to make children aware about current problems of water quality and sanitation. Twenty six students together with their teachers have been... Read more by Julia Westphal, BORDA Laos, March 26, 2014 CBS Orientation Meeting Reveals High Interest in Attapheu Province Since the beginning of February, BORDA Laos is working together closely with UN Habitat and Nam Papa State-Enterprise Attapeu (NPSE)on the ‘Pilot Project on Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Solutions (DEWATS) in Attapeu... Read more by Tobias R. Moeller, BORDA Laos, March 07, 2014 South Asia Region BORDA South Asia Programme Office | Bangalore | India Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association India CDD Society | Bangalore | India Consortium for Dissemination of DEWATS Mr. Brian Arbogast (Director-WSH wing, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) visits CASS Mr. Brian Arbogast (Director-WSH wing, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) was invited to Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solution (CASS) on 25th March 2014. The visit intended to introduce activities carried out by BORDA and CDD... Read more by Santosh G.S, CDD Society, April 24, 2014 Sanitation Orientation for Slum Children As part of a Sanitation Orientation Program aimed at disseminating safe WASH practices, GIZ invited CDD Society and BORDA to conduct a session on safe hygiene practices. The orientation was conducted on 11th April 2014 at Shalini... Read more by Rajesh R Shenoy & Vidhya Srinath, CDD Society, April 24, 2014 CDD-BORDA Network conduct its Annual Partners Meeting 2014 The network conducted its Annual Partners Meeting 2014, which provided an excellent opportunity for members to meet and share information. This year’s was hosted by Design Collaborative during 10th-11th March 2014 at Le Pondy... Read more by Miriam Machnik, CDD Society, April 07, 2014 A One Day journey to Understand Wastewater Characteristics and Treatment CDD Society has a staff of diverse academic backgrounds e.g. civil and mechanical engineering, business administration, epidemiology, urban planning, etc. A workshop, ‘One Day in Centre for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS)... Read more by Rajesh Shenoy, CDD Society, April 07, 2014 CDD Society’s Initiative in Providing Sanitation Solutions to Temples in Karnataka CDD Society explored the possibility of establishing DEWATS at temples. In this context, recently the DBNS Technical Unit took the initiative to visit Siddalingeshwar Temple and Chunchungiri Mutt (ashram) situated at Yedeyur,... Read more by Anitha S, CDD Society, March 18, 2014 Engineers’ Training Programme on DEWATS™ from 26th- 30th May 2014 CDD Society will be conducting a 5-day training programme on DEWATS™ for Engineers in collaboration with BORDA and RGRHCL at CASS, Bangalore, from 26th through 30th May 2014 at the Center for Advanced Sanitation Solutions (CASS)... Read more by Nithya Bharadwaj, CDD Society, February 27, 2014 e-Disha Newsletter is published bi-monthly by CDD. The Indian Consortium for Dissemination of DEWATS (CDD) publishes the electronic newsletter on DEWATS Information for Sustainable Habitation “e-Disha” regularly. It is CDD’s endeavour to promote DEWATS and sustainable habitation by providing a deeper understanding of the scope of DEWATS and strategies for basic need services. Download e-Disha May 2014 Subscribe to the e-Disha newsletter: cddi...@eth.net DEWATS Newsletter - Imprint Published regularly by: Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA e.V.) Fahrenheitstraße 9 28359 Bremen, Germany Geschäftsführer: Stefan Reuter Registergericht: Amtsgericht Bremen VR 3366 Mail: newsl...@borda.de Phone:+49-421-4089525-0 Fax: +49-421-4089525-50 Web: www.borda-net.org Inhaltlich verantwortlich gemäß §6 MDStV: Maren Heuvels & Sven Meyer, BORDA, Bremen (Person responsible according to the German media law) Articles not written by BORDA staff are published with the consent of the respective partner organisation and the author. The content of the articles reflects the opinion of the authors, for which BORDA takes no responsibility. Copyright: BORDA, Bremen. Printing articles, graphics or extracts is granted as long as it is clearly marked with „Source: BORDA, DEWATS Newsletter". Please forward a copy of any reprints. Print version (pdf) DEWATS Newsletter archive   The BORDA BNS Network is an international forum of organisations and institutions working to strengthen the dissemination of decentralized Basic Needs Services (BNS). It consists of organisations and institutions working together as partners with the Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) in development programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Their shared mission is to improve the livelihoods of disadvantaged groups within societies and to sustain the functioning of eco-systems by dissemination of demand oriented Basic Needs Services in the fields of decentralised wastewater treatment, sanitation, water and energy supply as well as solid waste management. 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Alex Viwat Campbell
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Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar

ESC-BORDA Cambodia
Environmental Sanitation Cambodia
Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association

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