Prakash Amatya's blog

Nasir asks - Can SDGs serve and survive as tools for sustainable development?

Prakash Amatya — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:40:00 +0000

Syed Shah Nasir Khisro, National Convenor of FANSA Pakistan, is participating in the Rio+20 conventions from 13 June 2012. He shares his participation and learning from the conference to the larger audience of FANSA family.

Bangladesh: government cuts water and sanitation budget by US$ 121 million

Prakash Amatya — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:30:34 +0000

The Bangladesh government has reduced its allocation for water and sanitation by around 10 billion taka (US$ 121 million) in the proposed 2012-13 budget. This is 29 per cent less than in 2011-2012. Just two months earlier at the SWA High Level Meeting in Washington, DC, the government had committed to increase the allocation for sanitation and water supply by 50 per cent. [1]

It changed my perception…

Prakash Amatya — Tue, 22 May 2012 09:40:48 +0000

Eklavya Prasad is representing FANSA in Bonn Climate Change Talks. He writes his first day experience from Bonn Climate Change Conference 21 – 25 May 2012.

FANSA and ANEW member impressions of the Global Forum on Sanitation

Prakash Amatya — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:53:19 +0000

FANSA and ANEW representatives joined WASH professionals from around the world at WSSCC's Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India from 9 to 14 October 2011. They were busy promoting the network, their work and learning from the many sessions throughout the week.

ANEW: We have a cause, commitment and capacity to serve the sector

Prakash Amatya — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:14:37 +0000

Catherine Mwango, the vice chairperson of ANEW, addressed a meeting of FANSA and ANEW members for the first time during the Global Forum for Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai. She highlighted the work being done by ANEW and its member networks. For her, this meeting was a unique opportunity to come together and share. Read to her account.....

The urban right to water and Sanitation: pictures from Delhi

Prakash Amatya — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:52:01 +0000

O.P. Singh, a visual anthropologist and director at Water Zoom, together with Nandita Singh, who is an associate professor at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, presented a photo exhibition: WATSAN Right: Issues and Reality.

Poor cannot wait for their right: Hilda shares strategies for empowering communities

Prakash Amatya — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:42:43 +0000

Hilda Grace Coelho, Convener of FANSA India, works with the Dalit and marginalized communities at the grassroots level in India. Sixty four years after independence, there is still much work to be done.

All govt. schools must have toilet by November end: Supreme Court of India

Prakash Amatya — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:05:30 +0000

The Supreme Court of India on Oct 18, 2011 directed all states and union territories to build toilets, particularly for girls, in all government schools by the end of November. A bench headed by Justice D K Jain asked all the governments to take immediate steps regarding this and file their compliance report before the deadline fixed by it.

Sharing across regional sanitation conferences

Prakash Amatya — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:33:05 +0000

Ceridwen Johnson, Networking and Communications Manager, FAN Global, presented her paper on the impact and future of regional sanitation conferences during the plenary discussion at the WSSCC Global Forum for Sanitation and Hygiene held in Mumbai from 9 to 14 October.

Report from FAN communications workshop 2011

Prakash Amatya — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0000

In March, the global FAN communications team gathered in London to learn and develop new skills and share their own learning. Here's a summary of what we got up to.