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Malawi: facts and figures. Total Population : 15, 910, 000 Per capita Income : US$ 900/year (8 th poorest) Water Coverage : 83% Sanitation Coverage: 51% Hygiene coverage : 37% Open Defecation : 8% Project areas for Everyone Forever : Peri-urban Blantyre; Pop ≈ 500, 000
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Malawi: facts and figures • Total Population : 15, 910, 000 • Per capita Income : US$ 900/year (8th poorest) • Water Coverage : 83% • Sanitation Coverage: 51% • Hygiene coverage : 37% • Open Defecation : 8% • Project areas for Everyone Forever: • Peri-urban Blantyre; Pop ≈ 500, 000 • Rural Chikhwawa; Pop ≈ 484, 000
Everyone Forever: Oh No! Not Another NGO Slogan! Full and lasting coverage Making ambitious WASH investments Building local capacities Strengthening local economies and markets Testing new and risqué ideas Sharing learning to influence practice
Everyone Forever: Oh No! Not Another NGO Slogan! We keep good company Possess local knowledge Have social capital/rapport Last longer than us Trickle-down of practice Everyone Forever Ethos is maintained
Local ngos: accepted best practice Local WASH NGOs INGO – NGO partnering INGO is indirect implementer Builds local capacity NGO implements directly Replicate best practice
Local ngos: the reality Have multiple concurrent partners/donors Low level of commitment to values Resistant to market development thinking Culture of Poverty Administrative nightmare Unsustainable partner option
Local government: accepted best practise Local municipality or public utility Crucial for policy changes or regulation Extensive networks Build local capacity Actual implementation with local NGO Create linkages and trust with local CSO
Local government: the reality Susceptible to political logic High staff turnover Fraud / Allowance Please! Laissez Faire / Strategy Disconnect Resistant to market thinking
Private sector: accepted practise Mostly masons, water mechanics & banks Build their technical and financial capacity Offer marketing support Bank Guarantees Mentorship and Monitoring
Private sector: The reality Small scale in nature Poor selection →→→ poor performance Dependency on us Resistance to market thinking Social monitoring lacking– banks
Lessons we’ve learnt about partners Focus on thematic areas e.g. CAMA Leave business to business people e.g. TEECs NGOs distort expectation e.g. OIBM If they don’t exist – create them! E.g. coalition Better the devil you don’t know Have a shared and demonstrated philosophy