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Dirty water is stored inside the Cube, which resembles a tough five litre jerry can. The small pump on the cap is used to increase the pressure inside the Cube, forcing water through an internal membrane filter which removes bacteria, […] View resource Technical briefing Welfare Reform and Work Bill 2015-16: Oxfam’s written submission to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee, 21 September 2015 13/10/2015 1 documents 11 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Apprenticeships Decent work Inequality Poverty in the UK UK poverty Welfare Welfare reform Overview The Welfare Reform and Work Bill currently proceeding through Parliament will make substantive changes to support for low-paid working people, with important consequences for poverty in the UK. The bill introduces a new overall benefit cap, freezes certain in-work benefits and repeals the current measures of child poverty. At the same time, it puts duties […] View resource Technical briefing Oxfam Minimum Requirements for WASH Programmes: MR-WASH 01/03/2013 3 documents 52 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Health promotion Humanitarian practice WASH Water and sanitation Water, sanitation and hygiene Overview This paper is Oxfam’s essential guide for WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) staff and partners. It describes the processes and standards that Oxfam WASH programmes should follow if they are to be carried out effectively, consistently and in a way which treats affected communities with respect. All WASH staff members are expected to understand and […] View resource Technical briefing Technical Guidelines on Water Trucking in Drought Emergencies 04/01/2013 1 documents 22 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Drought Resource scarcity WASH Water and sanitation Wellbeing Overview Emergency water trucking to drought-affected populations, particularly in the Horn of Africa, has become cyclical intervention as rainfall patterns in these areas has become increasingly unpredictable. In addition to being expensive and unsustainable, cyclical water trucking is coming under increased scrutiny as it increasingly appears to have negative impacts on pastoralist livelihoods, existing coping mechanisms […] View resource Technical briefing Hygiene Promotion for Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage in Emergencies 01/12/2012 1 documents 13 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Health promotion Humanitarian practice WASH Water and sanitation Overview It is now well accepted that despite source water being safe, water can be contaminated during transportation and storage and the hygienic handling of water during transport, storage and use is an important aspect of hygiene promotion in all WASH interventions In an emergency, it may not always be possible to ensure that the source […] View resource Technical briefing Pipeline Extension from Wellhead to Hand Pumps in Villages 22/05/2012 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Drought Humanitarian practice WASH Water and sanitation Overview This technical briefing note looks at the criteria for selecting ‘Pipeline Extension from Wellhead to Hand Pumps in Villages’ in all settings (e.g. early recovery, recovery, rehabilitation, development) except first phase response, including its construction, operation and maintenance. View resource Technical briefing Handwashing 18/05/2012 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Health systems Humanitarian practice Maternal and child health WASH Water and sanitation Overview It is now well known that handwashing with soap has a greater impact on morbidity from diarrhoeal disease than any other single intervention. This technical briefing note looks at the relevance of handwashing in disease prevention, as well as the practicalities and promotion of handwashing in developing countries. View resource Technical briefing Working with Children in Humanitarian WASH Programmes 01/01/2012 1 documents 13 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Children WASH Water and sanitation Overview Children under five years can represent up to 20% of the population. In some cases children under 18 years may represent over 50% of the population. They are thus major stakeholders in all humanitarian programmes. This briefing describes the practical issues that need to be considered when involving children in humanitarian WASH programmes. View resource Technical briefing Design, Construction and Maintenance of a Biogas Generator 24/06/2011 1 documents 23 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Humanitarian practice Overview Biogas generators can be used at household or community level to produce usable fuel and fertilisers from human and animal waste. This document covers many of the technical aspects of designing, constructing and maintaining a biogas generator however does not explore the cultural, social and education facets of the project. These should be researched separately […] View resource Technical briefing Urban WASH Lessons Learned from Post-Earthquake Response in Haiti 06/05/2011 1 documents 11 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Humanitarian practice WASH Water and sanitation Overview Large-scale urban WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) programming requires different approaches to those normally employed in Oxfam emergency response activities. This paper examines the lessons learned from the WASH response to the Haiti earthquake in January 2010. The paper also gives practical case studies of some of the success and failures from the WASH activities, […] View resource Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 … Page 4 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know