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HappyTap - Building a market system for hygiene that service low-income communities | Placing the stepping stones from B2B to C Bangladesh and Kenya HappyTap exists to address an enormous public health issue. Inadequate handwashing is a stubborn, persistent problem. It's not due to a lack of awareness by the people who need to wash hands. Nor is it cost, technology issues, or uncertainty about health impacts. Instead, it's primarily due to a lack of access to desirable and conveniently-located handwashing facilities.

HappyTap advocates for a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJxddw4uYM&t=51s]new normal[/url] in hand hygiene, where facilities are always within reach—even outside the toilet. We work with diverse stakeholders to create viable, sustainable markets for hygiene facilities.
Young Water Fellowship in Bangladesh Bangladesh The Young Water Fellowship is an 11- month training programme for entrepreneurs aged 18-30 with an idea for a WASH business. Young Water Solutions, Cewas, and YGAP, a local Bangladesh incubator will organise two bootcamp weeks for a group of at least 7 entrepreneurs to help grow and develop their business idea.
SIINC TA for TapEffect - ILF for WASH Scale - Finance for WASH TapEffect is a social enterprises that operates piped water systems across Cambodia that supply rural households. In Cambodia, 5 out of 6 in rural areas don't have access to safely managed water. Our focus is on increasing access to water for last-mile communities. We bring the technical know-how and financial capabilities to ensure that rural piped water networks are designed, built and operated sustainably.
Dji ni Mokoya — Togo Tile Innovate - Drinking water Togo Tile is a Malian enterprise selling household products (cookstoves, solar products, etc.) in peri-urban and rural areas. The enterprise aims to provide households with simple and cheap access to better quality drinking water, while they continue to use traditional sources, such as rivers or wells. With this pilot, Togo Tile adds a new product to their business line by introducing different water filters designed for their target groups. This pilot will focus on identifying and testing the market through their sales channels, determining the best suitable product and developing a business case.
Folia Water - Sales Expansion Bangladesh [b]Folia Water is bringing material innovation to solve the lack of safe drinking water problem among the 3B global BOP communities. Folia's silver nano-technology, and its market creation strategy with 4A's (affordability, [/b][b]awareness, [/b][b]accessibility, and [/b][b]adaptability)[/b][b] are key in establishing a sustainable impact enterprise. Folia Water has a clear path to profitability by 2024 or 2025, and a vision to scale to a level where it creates a meaningful impact on access to clean water. [/b]
Oshun: decentralised solutions for water and sanitation in Burkina Faso Innovate : Drinking Water This project is a pioneering large-scale initiative in the field of decentralised solutions for water and sanitation in Burkina Faso. Focusing on the villages surrounding the city of Bobo-Dioulasso, it aims at creating an offer of safe drinking water and sanitation at a low price. This is achieved through traditional water supply systems upgraded to water kiosks, in parallel with low-cost latrines. SCP has put together a high-level consortium in order to design and implement innovative approaches, including social marketing and entrepreneurship.

Aqua for All is supporting Société Canal de Provence (SCP) in introducing the Oshun treatment technology and piloting the business model for selling two different water qualities: treated drinking water and non-treated water for households and agricultural purposes.
PuPu pump pilot: Improving pit emptying services in Burkina Faso Innovate : Sanitation Practica Foundation’s PuPu Pump is a promising innovation for affordable pit emptying. A large share (60%) of latrines in urban African communities cannot be served by vacuum trucks and must be emptied manually. In spite of numerous attempts, no successful technology has yet been developed to deal with this problem. PuPu pump has the potential to solve this issue by introducing clean, efficient and affordable emptying services to the population unreached by conventional vacuum trucks. Aqua for All is supporting Practica Foundation to work together with two local pit emptying associations in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to test and validate the PuPu pump’s functionality and explore its market potential.
MoCOMo — Mobile COVID-19 monitoring in sewage for strong cities and regions Innovate - Sanitation Information on the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic is vitally important for societies worldwide, especially in developing countries. Actionable, up-to-date and reliable data can be easily and cost-effectively gathered by quantitative monitoring of the coronavirus presence in sewage. The proposed technology for monitoring is mobile, easily deployable and provides results within two hours. 

The project aims at developing the mobile device and testing it in Nakuru and Kisumu. The implementing organisations are Orvion (the Netherlands) and Upande (Kenya), in association with local partners, including the utilities Nawassco and Kiwasco as well as Kenya Medical Research Institute. The main contributors are UN-Habitat and Aqua for All. ​ The pilot will have three components:

1. development of the technology and device and data system

2. piloting in Nakuru and Kisumu

3. communication and building the business line

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​ At the start of the project, there were no field devices that could rapidly detect and quantify virus concentratiuons in water. The applicability of qPCR tests for COVID surveillance in waste water was already proven (e.g. by KWR in the Netherlands). The project aims to:

1. develop and pilot a field device for COVID-19 detection in waste water. The device is based on qPCR technology.
2. 2. develop and test a data registration system and dashboard for almost real time COVID vigilance
3. build up a business line for rapid COVID detection in low income areas The pilot is focussed on Low Income Areas of Nakuru and Kisumu. The purpose of the device is to develop surveillance systems for Low Income Areas, globally.
Uttaran Paani (Uttaran Waters) Bangladesh 73% people lack access to safe water in Satkhira due to  salinity, arsenic, and climate change. People spend more than BDT 600 taka/month for fresh water or spend 2/3 hours daily in fetching water from far sources. We offer to establish a jar based water transportation system where fresh water from ground is extracted, treated, Jarred and transported using local vans to the doorstep of people. Quality of the water is better than current sources and the cost is less, contributing to safely managed drinking water and providing us an opportunity to serve 10000HHs and run sustainable business
NBK WASH Financing Scale - Finance for Wash NBK intends to implement a pilot phase, by committing EUR 8 million, for its "NBK WASH loan program"starting August 2021 to July 2022. The loan program will seek to meet investment finance WASH-related needs for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Notably, MSMEs form the backbone of Kenya's economy and are the majority of providers of essential WASH services in the sector.
Improving access to drinking water through the rehabilitation and modernisation of manual water pumps in Senegal Innovate - Drinking water The Falémé project initiated by SCP and Oshun is part of Oshun’s scaling strategy in the Kédougou region of Eastern Senegal. It focuses on setting up a public-private partnership to rehabilitate and modernise 17 manual water pumps into solar-powered pumps. They will also include a storage tank and Oshun’s water treatment systems to produce safe water inside water kiosks. SCP and Oshun will provide support to SOGES, a private operator, who will integrate the rehabilitated sites in their operations and manage the sale of water, both raw and treated, through the kiosks.  

With support from Aqua for All, Oshun is able to position itself as a key player in point-of-use water treatment in rural areas. They propose a solution that is energy independent and requires low operating and maintenance costs while working closely with the authorities. It is expected that this partnership will serve around 34.000 people in a region where access to water is very limited.
CHULU VALLEY RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY Chulu Valley Community Water Project Chulu Valley Project is a community managed rural water social enterprise in Makueni county, Kenya. The organization provides water services, mainly safe water for drinking, but also partially for irrigation on kitchen garden and handwashing stations. The organization serves around 20,000- 25,000 customers through 14 community water kiosks and 106 piped metered connections. Water is pumped from a borehole at pumping capacity of 14.4 m3/hr, powered by solar panels during day time and with a generator at night. The water quality is good and chlorination is provided between the pumping station and the 150m³ reservoir tank.

During COVID-19 outbreak many people retuned to the village from bigger cities and the water project faced increased demand for water compared to the previous year. At the same time revenues decreased due to customer’s economic challenges, while operational costs increased. The increased demand for free water and accumulated negative cashflows started being a challenge 3 months down the line of the pandemics outbreak. 

Consequently, Chulu had to cut down the cost of operation by closing a water kiosk and reduce the number of water kiosk workers. 

Chulu Valley is receiving support from the Response Facility for Water and Sanitation to revive operations through improved financial management: control customer payments through smart water meters, introduction of a digital billing and cashless payment system. Additionally, 100 HH in the vicinity of existing pipelines will get the chance to get connected at subsidized rate (50%) to improve the water projects revenues and increase access. Extremely poor households will receive free water handouts, they get registered at the water kiosks and receive coupons for water refill.
Women entrepreneur network in informal communities distributing dry toilets by Arrebol Peru Scale Response Facility - Sanitation Arrebol Peru is an sustainable sanitation organisation that executes domestic wastewater treatment projects and dry sanitation systems. They produce dry sanitation accessories. Arrebol is launching a pilot in San Juan de Lurigancho (an informal community near Lima) to sell the SeEco toilet, a dry toilet which separates feces into compostable material in partnership with Winay Warmi, a womens champion network who will be employed as salespeople. Due to COVID-19, Arrebol has seen their sales of their regular solutions and technology go down, the revenue of which was reserved for this pilot as they reported profits in 2019.

The goal of this pilot is to employ the Winay Warmi in each informal community (of which they are members) to promote and sell the SeEco toilet. This pilot is being assisted through a partnership with Water.org and Mi Banco, a local MFI who will provide houshold loans to customers.

Arrebol received Response Facility support to compliment their pilot with Water.org and Mi Banco. Activities will include increasing manpower for field operations, technicians and installation, office operations, accounting and marketing (who will train the Winay Warmi sales network). They will also engage in a sanitation promotional campagin, provide PPE for their community workers, and set up a revolving fund for financing the SeEco toilet.
Bangladesh WASH Innovation Challenge Innovate - Drinking water / Sanitation YY Ventures has partnered with Aqua for All and Bopinc to launch the WASH Innovation Challenge in Bangladesh. This programme supported 12 teams that have creative and market-driven solutions for the WASH sector in Bangladesh, with a 4-day boot camp and 1-on-1 coaching to provide opportunities for training, mentoring and networking to develop their solutions.

The winning solution, Uttaran Communities Ltd received a cash prize, and top participants were invited to apply to the Making Water Count programme. Smaller follow-up support was offered to four further innovations in order to continue their development and pilot their products and services.
COVID-19 second wave Bangladesh- SJP Emergency Fund Response - Eau et Vie Scale Response facility - Drinking water / Sanitation Due to the increased COVID situation in Bangladesh and resulting lockdown, SJP is facing a second wave of Covid-related challenges. As they work in the slums, many customers are facing economic troubles due to the inability to work and earn money. Further, the lockdown has meant SJP has had to put on hold field activities such as construction of latrines, establishing piped connections, and promotion of their services while continuing emergency services and repairs.

Response Facility support was granted to support SJP during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to continue to cover staff salaries, continue water provision and make activities safer for staff and customers in the slums.
Making Water Count Incubator Innovate - Drinking water / Sanitation WSIP is a Water and Sanitation Incubation Programme, the first of its kind in Ethiopia. It is done by Ice Addis, that was contracted by Aqua for All. It is meant to give a boost to several WASH enterprises, most of them having a rather marginal existence in the public sector and NGO dominated WASH scene. To incubate around 10 entrepreneurs in improving their WASH business
Partnership to Launch the Global Credit Enhancement Facility in Kenya Scale - Finance for Wash Water.org developed the concept of a global WSS guarantee facility with a country-specific pool with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in 2019. Together, we have structured the Global Credit Enhancement Facility (GCEF) launched in Q4’20 in India. We are now ready to scale the model to other countries, starting with Kenya. GCEF represents an important extension and evolution of Water.org’s strategy in Kenya.
SIINC complemented Technical Assistance Support for aQysta Scale - Finance for WASH aQysta is a high-tech social enterprise providing sustainable hydro-powered pumping solutions, which are operating entirely by the energy present in flowing water and thus do not require fuel or electricity. aQysta's pumps have been implemented in over 24 countries globally, providing sustainable irrigation technologies worldwide. 

This Technical Assistance support takes place in addition to aQysta's Social Impact Incentive for WASH project, which aims to boost aQysta's social and financial impact in Malawi and Nepal by strengthening their pay-after-harvest model and after-sales service support to smallholder farmers. 

This 24 month TA intervention will support the enterprise to improve their agricultural after-sales support model for farmers by developing market linkages and promoting exports that will lead to higher yields and higher revenues. At the same time, the TA will focus on further digitalizing farm management through the implementation of the ERP system, improving farming practices maximizing harvest and produce quality.

 This TA support will amplify aQysta's efforts to reach the highest impact during the SIINC intervention.
Savvyloo Tembisa pilot: Pennine desiccation toilet and waste valorisation system Innovate - Sanitation Pennine is piloting an integrated waterless sanitation solution for informal settlements, starting in Tembisa, South Africa. They leverage portable sanitation service providers (PSPs) and valorisation experts to service residents, saving up to 80% in logistics costs. The enterprise employs GIS capabilities with their SavvyLoo solution. The toilet separates urine and desiccates faeces to a dry bio-waste. This reduces life-cycle costs, pathogens and odours while protecting the environment. Compared to pit latrines, waterborne and chemical toilets, it has a lower economic and environmental impact.
Preparation Stage Grant for Take a Stake Fund Scale - Support and Develop Through this project, Aqua for All supported the Take a Stake Fund to prepare and update its pipeline of Small and Growing Businesses in Kenya, India and Uganda for potential future investments.
ASE INFRA - Impact Investment Facility Investing in Sanitation Economy Infrastructure ASE INFRA is an infrastructure investment vehicle with focus on asset financing, they have set up a local fully owned subsidiary in India ‘SANIFRA’ Partners which purchases sanitation assets from SMEs. The impact objective of ASE INFRA is to increase access to safely managed and sustainable sanitation services for people in low-income countries. ASE INFRA requested A4A to support with funding in the pilot phase (POC) for €45k. This would allow Aqua for All to act as knowledge partner to support the development of the model and attract private investors that co-finance the purchase of assets in the POC phase. Assets that will be purchased during POC are: 8 public toilets from two enterprises (Sara Plast and ERAM), 1 sewage truck (Sara Plast) and 1 Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP).
PuPu commercialisation phase Innovate - Sanitation At Practica, we believe that the PuPu pump, a small scale mobile desludging units can address the current gap in latrine emptying services. Proven field testing in Ouagadougou with professional manual and mechanized pit emptier, showed that the Pupu Pump is mature for the next step of product development: production and commercialisation. How to make this happen? Imported in parts from Netherlands or India, the Pupu pump is assembled by a selected local distributor, that can offer his client’s a lease-purchase agreement. Market development is expected beyond the borders of Burkina Faso, driven by a smart marketing campaign.
Hygienic and comfortable public toilet experience at bazaars Innovate - Sanitation Bhumijo aims at helping the bazaar community by providing well designed and well maintained smart and clean toilets. Bhumijo offers a dignified, smart and convenient experience to the daily lives of the bazaar community and shoppers which existing toilets are unable to provide. Bhumijo model’s operational excellence, combined with a focus on profitability, ensures that the urban poor will continue to receive safe sustainable sanitation services without disruption.

With Aqua for All support, Bhumijo will expand its operations with eight more facilities in which they will pilot their business model, exploring which additional services (e.g. laundry, showers, tea stall) are most viable. Aqua for All's funding will also allow  Bhumijo to get professional business development support. That will make them better equipped to closely monitor the financials of each facility.
Susamati gap funding: starting the toilet business in Maputo, Mozambique Innovate - Sanitation Susamati was created in 2019 as a company that aims at low cost and water-saving sanitation technology. The main product is the Pia Fantastica, a toilet that needs very little water to flush. Next to that, the company is continuing the development of other business lines that include the black soldier fly larvae products, consultancies and training. As a starting company, Susamati requested gap funding from Aqua for All to sustain itself during the first year of operation and strengthen its business. Susamati was created after the completion of the Aqua for All supported practical research project aiming at the introduction of the Black Soldier Fly as a means to reduce the volume of sludge in latrine pits. The research project had developed three business lines: the biobased pit latrine, Black Soldier Fly production and the Pia Fantastica, a very low flush toilet that was meant to be combined with the bio-based pit. Only the Pia Fantastica was business ready. Specifics are the straight flush pipe, the low water use, the ease of local production (concrete in a mold and painting), the attractiveness of the design  and the competative price compared to industrial flush toilets. Marketing of toilets is, however, not a simple business as many toilet manufacturers have gone bankrupt, already. The gap funding is to support the further implementation of the business plan. Specific deliverables are testing different marketing strategies and business concepts (franchise) while developing business lines for training, consultancies and larger works (such as public toilet buildings). At the start of the project, Susamati existed for several months, had 14 molds and a production workshop. It had been awarded for funding from the Islamic Development Bank, but the first instalments were delayed. Specific goals for this funding are:

1. Continuation of the business of this start-up

2. Development of strategies for marketing and scaling

3. At least 2 main contracts secured The main target group for the Pia Fantastica are people living in  Low Income areas without a sewer system. The price of 800 Mt (about € 11) is affordable for people living at the base of the pyramid. 

Susamati aims to scale through production workshops that work on franchise basis. Preference is given to women groups. Sales will be done through existing sales outlets of hardware.
Generation Tapwater: Scaling safe and affordable piped water in Bangladesh through a safe water enterprise model Scale - Drinking Water Generation Tapwater supplies rural and peri-urban households in Bangladesh with safe running water by building and operating mini-grids for piped water supply. The households can access safe, easy and affordable water for meeting their domestic needs. The initiative helps women and girls to save time and labour for water collection. By collaborating with Local Entrepreneurs, water entrepreneurship is promoted at the local and national levels. As a result, this will lead to a positive business climate for safe water enterprises (SWEs) in Bangladesh.
Oikocredit Partnership Activities Activities that support the partnership with Oikocredit o Aqua for All to provide WASH training for the front office staff of Oikocredit in West Africa (Senegal) and East Africa (Uganda) composed of a training module and field visits to potential clients. 

o Communications

- Joint or separate communications on this partnership and any related transactions and deals resulting from this partnership. 

- Collaboration to promote the partnership and financing of WASH externally and internally (OI, regions, SA’s, Aqua for All’s stakeholders and funders).

o Events - webinars, conferences, etc. - on WASH in African and/or Asian countries: 2-3 during the partnership and focused on countries that Aqua for All works in (i.e. Senegal, Kenya, Cambodia). Examples of potential external events: (SIWI, European Microfinance Platform, GIIN)
Clara: Remotely monitored, energy and chemical-independent chlorination system for rural areas Innovate - Drinking Water In Ethiopia, where 80% of a total population of 120 million people lives in rural area, only 5.25% has access to safely managed drinking water services. Especially in rural areas, 70 up to 80 % of fecal contamination is caused by water re-contamination during transport and storage in dirty jerry-cans.

Clara solves the problem of water re-contamination by continuously chlorinating water flowing in a pipe using only kitchen salt and solar energy. With Clara, we can provide safe drinking water at low cost and ensure sustainability in the long term as support can be provided thanks to remote monitoring service.

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