Learnings and Updates
We believe that we learn as much from best practices as we learn from things that unintentionally went wrong. A part of the Skybird Programme is to actively share our learnings with the wider WASH community so we can mutally learn and exchange our experiences to inform future projects. In this section you will find our learnings as well as updates concerning the Skybird Programme and its Micro-Projects.
Briquette Making – Challenges and Opportunities in Gulu City
Written by George Baliraine, focal person for the Skybird micro project at Uganda Red Cross Society HQ level Background Gulu City is situated in the northern part of Uganda, with an estimated population of 1.2 million. The northern region was embroiled in instability...
Skybird on Menstrual Hygiene Day
Activities by Ethiopia Red Cross Society (ERCS) Addis Ababa Branch Issues related to menstruation, especially in schools, are related to a lack of perceptions, a lack of WASH facilities and items, privacy and space, awareness and education, limited access to...
Skybird and Menstrual Hygiene Day: Tanzania RC & Uganda RC Showing Commitment
Tanzania RC: Written by Hosiana Silayo Afred, Community Mobilization Officer for the Skybird Micro Project implemented by Tanzania RC School girls are facing challenges that affect their enrolment and educational participation. These challenges are related to...
How to host a virtual Design Thinking workshop for 6 different countries during a pandemic
Written by Priyanka Patel, Innovations Lead at Kenya Red Cross Society Design, a word that is always associated with the imagination of a pen or a drawing, and an artistic piece. In the world of innovation, we design to apply creativity, imagination, hidden leadership...
How Rwanda Red Cross connected the use of human urine to food security
Written by Placide Mutangana, WASH Coordinator at Rwanda Red Cross, and Vanessa Hausegger, Skybird WASH Network Facilitator at Austrian Red Cross The government of Rwanda launched a school feeding program in day-schools to reduce hunger and malnutrition among the...
Skybird & The Pandemic: Change is the only constant
As we received a question during our mid-term review about the impact of COVID-19 on the implementation of the Skybird Programme, we wanted to answer this question in a bit more depth through this post. Part of a 5-year capacity building program, the Skybird Programme...
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