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Writing and Publication Workshop

WASHTED conducts a Writing and Publication Workshop for The Polytechnic members of staff with funding from SHARE project

The Sanitation and Hygiene Applied Research for Equity (SHARE) supported the Writing and Publication Workshop for academic members of staff at The Polytechnic. The workshop was held from 26th to 29th March, 2018. In total, eighteen academicians submitted their draft manuscripts and attended the workshop. The workshop was supported by 8 facilitators including external lead […]

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Floating Toilets Challenge

Teams Begin the Floating Toilets Challenge

Six teams from The Polytechnic, University of Livingstonia, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) and Sustainable Environmental Management Solutions were invited to present their Floating Toilet designs on 22nd January 2018 at the Polytechnic. The assessment panel included Dr. T. Mkandawire (Associate Professor in Civil Engineering and Dean of Engineering), Dr. C. Kambala

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Save Kumwenda attends PASGAR Seminar

Save Kumwenda attends Partnership for African Social Governance Research (PASGAR) Seminar

After successful application for the PASGAR research methods seminar, on 6th November travelled to Kenya where he attended two seminars, the Design of Social Inquiry and the Case study workshop. The workshops ended on the 24th November and he came back on 25th November, 2015. The seminar was supported by SHARE from the research fellowship

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World Toilet Day Public Event

World Toilet Day Public Event

The toilet was further celebrated on the 18th of November. The guest of honour, councilor Gertrude Chilambo, primary school students and different WASH practitioners walked from the clock tower in Blantyre to the Nyambadwe primary school ground in Ndirande. The walk was spiced up by the performance of the Malawi Prison Band who performed different

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Rural Energy Access through Social Enterprise and Decentralization (EASE)

WASHTED in collaboration with University of Strathclyde, UK (Lead Partner), United Purpose and Community Energy Malawi is implementing a project aimed at increasing access to sustainable energy for rural communities in Dedza and Balaka Districts, thereby enabling economic development and improved livelihoods. The project begun in October 2018 and will run to March 2023 The

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Amplifying Local Voices To Reduce Failures In The Sub-Saharan WASH Sector

Project brief: WASH endeavors regularly fail. Sometimes this means that entire programmes do not achieve their stated aims, sometimes these failures are setbacks which can be rectified with sufficient reflection and action.  WASHTED partnered with the University of Western Australia; University of Leeds, UK and University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa among others in conducting research

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Drivers Of Resistance In Uganda & Malawi (DRUM)

The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is well recognised, with low and middle income (LMICs) countries more likely to be more severely affected due to overstretched health systems, existing Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) challenges and poor access to alternative antibiotic regime. WASHTED in collaboration with Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW) lead by Liverpool

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