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SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Supporting women’s livelihoods by bringing water to Lulinda, DRC

01/04/2016

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Ungwa Sangani, a single mother who lives in Lulinda, South Kivu, used to leave home very early in the morning to make a two-hour round-trip to a river to fetch contaminated water for herself and her three children. She would stop work in her field early to collect water again in the afternoon, and had […]

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SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Promoting health and well-being through a club in Katchungwe, DRC

01/04/2016

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In Katchungwe, a semi-urban village in South Kivu, defecation used to take place mostly in the bush. Hand-washing with soap or ash wasn’t practised, the importance of hygiene in preparing food wasn’t understood, and discarded rubbish rotted in the roads. Sickness and disease were widespread. Now, however, thanks to the Community Health Club set up […]

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SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Changing sanitation and hygiene habits through a club in Matongo, DRC

01/04/2016

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In the past, sanitation was poor and illnesses such as diarrhoea were rife in Matongo, a semi-urban village in South Kivu. Defecation used to take place mostly in the bush, hand-washing with soap or ash wasn’t practised, the importance of hygiene in preparing food wasn’t understood, and discarded rubbish rotted in the roads. Under the […]

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SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Inspiring improvements in health and hygiene through a club in Mwandiga, DRC

01/04/2016

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In the past, residents of Mwandiga I, a semi-urban village in South Kivu, had no access to clean water, instead using water from Lake Tanganyika for drinking, washing and cooking. Defecation took place mostly in the surrounding bush, hand-washing with soap or ash wasn’t practised, and the importance of good hygiene wasn’t understood. Now, however, […]

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SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: SWIFT supports Kasitu in DRC to become a ‘healthy village’

01/04/2016

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The ‘Healthy Villages and Schools’ approach is a step-by-step process of village mobilisation that is supported by DRC’s Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF. Under the SWIFT programme, Oxfam is supporting Kasitu to implement the approach through local partner Centre de Promotion Socio Sanitaire (CEPROSSAN). CEPROSSAN has rehabilitated Kasitu’s water source and capped it to […]

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SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Working with residents of Soya, DRC, to improve health and hygiene

01/04/2016

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The ‘Healthy Villages and Schools’ approach is a step-by-step process of village mobilisation that is supported by DRC’s Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF. Under the SWIFT programme, Oxfam is supporting Soya to implement the approach through local partner Hydraulique sans Frontières (Hyfro). Hyfro has helped Soya establish a village management committee, and train ‘community […]

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SWIFT Story of Sustainable Change: Supporting community-led committees to transform the village of Soya, DRC

01/04/2016

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In the past, residents of Soya in North Kivu relied for water on a stream during the dry season. Few families had access to a latrine; most would defecate in the bush near their houses, and hand-washing was rare. Illnesses such as diarrhoea, stomach aches and skin problems, on the other hand, were common. Under […]

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Evaluation report

Value for Money Assessment Oxfam in South Africa: Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) Capacity building component

01/04/2016

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Oxfam Australia sought to progress its understanding of Value for Money (VfM) and how it can be practically applied within its programs. In 2015 it engaged an independent consultant, to work with three program teams to reflect on, and assess, their programs in terms of VfM. This document presents this process for Oxfam in South Africa’s […]

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Stories of Change: Through the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES)

01/04/2016

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72 pages long

Languages: English

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The Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES) is a collaborative partnership between Oxfam Australia’s Southern Africa office and a group of South African-based organisations working at a grassroots level to affect social change. The breadth of issues these organisations tackle is diverse and includes health, sustainable livelihoods which typically involves food security and income-generating activities, early childhood development (ECD), […]

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Research report

Facilitating Active Civic Engagement – From Consultation to Participation: Learning from local communities through work with Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in South Africa and Zambia

01/04/2016

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120 pages long

Languages: English

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This publication is a reflection on approaches that stimulateÂ responsiveness in citizens and communities – based in their strengths – and enable more confident expressions of their civic voice and agency. This is done through the lens of the Australia Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES), a community-led water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) initiative implemented in South Africa and Zambia […]

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