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Ned Breslin: Navigating Public Toilets in the City, Begging for Change in the WASH Sector

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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 06:00
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Sometimes, all it takes is a little outside-the-box thinking to make a difference, as Ned Breslin describes of a recent trip to Rwanda’s capitol.

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Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:05
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We need a mind shift this World Water Day; a transformation in how we think about and the approach we take to getting the message out to the world about water on this one day. And the shift is long overdue.

Ned Breslin: The Invisible Indian Indicator — On The Main Road and In Plain Sight

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Tuesday, 28 February 2012 14:22
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From a recent trip to rural India, Ned Breslin describes that moment when staff and partners made the jump to Everyone, highlighting the difference between counting beneficiaries like sheep and finding a particular community that signified that the ambition of everyone had been reached.

Ned Breslin: Lessons From Polio

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Monday, 23 January 2012 09:00
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One of my best friends fell victim to polio as a child, as he describes in this Frontline story from PBS.

Ned Breslin: Scratching the Surface — Retooling the WASH Model’s Indicators (Part III)

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Thursday, 01 December 2011 06:00
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Sharing failures can be just as valuable as sharing successes. Yet, the development sector more often touts its successes as indicators to donors, who, in turn, are content to think short term and tend to not ask the tough questions.

Ned Breslin: Building Momentum — Is Self-starter the New Self-sufficient?

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Thursday, 08 September 2011 06:01
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Every time I see Mayor Mendoza, I am greeted by his warm smile and a firm hug. When I saw him yesterday, however, the mayor of the Honduran municipality of San Antonio de Cortes had something important he wanted to discuss, something that he had been thinking about since I had last seen him eight months ago.

Written by Ned Breslin
Thursday, 14 April 2011 06:00
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So if “beneficiaries” are a terrible indicator of success in the international water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector, as I suggested in my last posting, then what should take their place?

Written by Ned Breslin
Friday, 28 January 2011 17:38
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I hate the word “beneficiary.”

Ned Breslin: Keep it Flowing — Rethinking Community Water Management

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Friday, 03 December 2010 12:10
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A subtle but important trend in the water sector is only now starting to emerge in developing nations–

Q&A: Ned Breslin on Rethinking Hydro-Philanthropy in Water Aid

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Thursday, 08 July 2010 12:25
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