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.
AutRC Skybird Team at the 6th AACOSE
Ashoka East Africa and Tangaza University College, department of the Institute of Social Ministry, in collaboration with other partners, are organizing each year the Annual Africa Conference on Social Entrepreneurship (AACOSE). The conference involves plenary and...
Monitoring and evaluation of Skybird I by NPO CC
Background of the Skybird programme The Austrian Red Cross, together with its partners embarked, the Skybird Programme (Innovation and collaboration in WASH for improved living conditions in East Africa), a 5-years (2019-2023) regional WASH (Water, Sanitation and...
URCS Skybird I second cycle micro-projects – Highlights of the key achievements
Arua branch: Sanitation, Waste Management and Community Services The SAWACOS project supported the operation of a faecal sludge treatment plant in Imvepi which was constructed by the ADA-funded Living Conditions in Imvepi Fostered together (LIFT) project. The project...
ERCS Skybird I second cycle micro-projects – Highlights of the key achievements
Addis Ababa branch: Improve Sanitation and Hygiene Management through MHM Material support in targeted Primary Governmental Schools of Addis Ababa The team from Addis Ababa Branch conducted a Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) intervention which included sensitization...
Gender Gap Analysis within ERCS and URCS
Consultants team based in Uganda are conducting Gender Gap Analysis within ERCS and URCS to support and enable the Skybird II planning to consider gender equality as its significant objective (to make Skybird II a Gender Marker 2 project). In March 2023, the team...
New IFRC Team Member for the African Region
Hi Skybirds! My name is Peter Nyamoko Mamburi. I am a water, sanitation and hygiene, WASH expert with over 14 years of experience in integrated WASH programmes in humanitarian, transitional and developmental contexts. I hold an undergraduate degree in water and...
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