Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) is a other that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
WSUP Advisory appoints Dr Philippa Ross as the new Managing Director
WSUP Advisory, Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor's (WSUP) commercial arm has appointed Dr. Philippa Ross as its new managing director. WSUP Advisory provides global commercial consultancy services in water, sanitation, and hygiene. With her extensive expertise and visionary leadership approach, Dr Ross will further scale up WSUP Advisory's business strategies, strengthen client and […]
“We need to keep communicating to highlight the water crisis and show what needs to be done”
Set up in 2005, Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) helps transform cities to benefit the millions of people who lack access to water and sanitation. Head of Communications Steve Metcalfe tells us how innovative communication strategies, for example, ingenious games can promote understanding and encourage action in the water sector. Question: How […]
Report: steps needed to support cities in delivering citywide sanitation services
To mark World Toilet Day, celebrated every year on the 19th of November, WSUP released a new report that identifies steps needed to support cities in delivering citywide sanitation services. In one in seven countries, access to basic sanitation is decreasing. Even in cities, where access to safely managed sanitation is more prevalent than in […]
“Women, adolescent girls, the elderly are worse hit when it comes to poor sanitation facilities”
On occasion of World Toilet Day, celebrated every 19th of November, to draw attention to the global sanitation crisis and help achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, we caught up with Sibongile Ndaba, Business Development Lead at Water & Sanitation For The Urban Poor in Zambia. Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) is […]
Can Ghana unblock its toilet sales market?
On occasion of tomorrow’s World Toilet Day, the WSUP charity has released a report that explores the financial, social, legal and physical hurdles to improving household sanitation in Ghana. In urban Ghana, it’s rare for people to have toilets inside their house. Instead, public toilets, many of them pay-per-use, fill the gap and open defecation […]
Five myths preventing increased access to urban water and sanitation
Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) has identified five myths which are stopping investors, agencies and policymakers from properly addressing the inadequate access to essential water and sanitation services in cities across Africa and South Asia. The five myths are published in a new report, Running Dry: Tackling the myths about urban water and […]