Program Quality » Water

Agua y Conflicto

arytter — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:33:59 +0000

Una marco conceptual y práctica para los que aplican el desarrollo de agua, los que construyen la paz desde la sociedad civil y los defensores de los derechos humanos en su búsqueda por integrar a la planificación de sus proyectos el agua y la construcción de paz.

Rapid Experience of CRS Experience with Arborloos in East Africa

arytter — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:49:43 +0000

This rapid assessment reviewed sanitation activities by CRS, in particular the promotion of the Arborloo.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Considerations in Home-Based Care for People Living with HIV

egraham — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:30:25 +0000

This guidance document offers water supply and sanitation facility and hygiene promotion design considerations and recommendations intended to increase access to these facilities by people living with HIV.

Integrating water, sanitation and hygiene into HIV programs

arytter — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:11:50 +0000

Adequate clean water, improved sanitation infrastructure, and better hygiene may significantly improve health outcomes for people living with HIV in resource-poor settings. However, few programs effectively integrate water, sanitation, and hygiene into home-based care and other HIV services.

Innovations in Water and Sanitation

arytter — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:18:52 +0000

"Innovations" bulletins highlight CRS projects and programs that are successful because of their inventive and creative approach.

Water, conflict, cooperation

schultz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:35:17 +0000

A conceptual and practical framework for water development practitioners, civil society peacebuilders, and human rights advocates seeking to integrate water and peacebuilding in their work.

Groundwater Development

arytter — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:45:19 +0000

New IWRM Learning Alliance

jschultz — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:27:26 +0000

A new Learning Alliance on integrated water resource management (IWRM) will launch later this year, with these objectives:

Launch new IWRM strategy, linked to the Global Water Initiative (GWI) project and focused on multiple uses of water
Build an IWRM community of practice across CRS water and ag teams
Create capacity in CRS staff and partner institutions to identify and develop IWRM strategies for managing and investing in multiple uses of water, strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation, and disaster risk reduction
Develop training modules for IWRM
Document good practice and produce case studies for institutional learning

A series of four to six meetings over the next two to three years are planned and will follow the Learning Alliance approach: acquisition of new skills, implementation, reflection, feedback, and documentation. Further meetings might be linked to the biannual regional GWI meetings.

More info: Robert Delve, rdelve@earo.crs.org.

CRS launches new approach to agricultural development

jschultz — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:00:33 +0000

Catholic Relief Services has debuted a new agricultural programming strategy that links farming with other efforts in emergency response, health, water, sanitation and nutrition. The new approach also makes linkages to natural resource management, climate change adaptation, microfinance, knowledge management and communication technologies.

The strategy was unveiled in April 2009, when more than 120 partners and colleagues from nearly 50 organizations came together for a day-long symposium that featured presentations and discussion of how innovative agriculture programming can contribute to an integrated approach to complex challenges. Speakers included Katherine Sierra of the World Bank and Ren Wang of CGIAR.

Symposium program and presentations
pdf of CRS Agriculture and Environment Strategy

Wat/San project resource

jschultz — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:45:07 +0000

Concise how-to's and reviews of technology. Topics include ecological sanitation, WASH needs assessments, rainwater collection, borehole drilling equipment, and irrigating home gardens.