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Viable 24/7 rural water in Uganda Viable 24/7 rural water in Uganda Whave is a Ugandan social-enterprise founded in 2011 to solve this problem of non-functional rural water resources in Uganda. 

The project focuses on strenghtening  the service delivery arm of Whave as a 24/7   O&M Service Delivery business. They do this through appointed technicians. They currently service 250,000 people via over 1000 handpumps. 

This project supports WHAVE in making key adjustments to the strategy and organisational structure to achieve their 10-year vision:  providing financially self-sustaining (covering OPEX and CapManEx) delivery for 2 million people within 4 regions in Uganda . WHAVE has identified key needs around improving the cost-recovery ratio of their communities and strengthening their operational capacity. This project focuses on two of their four existing regions and one new region in Midwestern Uganda.  

For improving the cost-recovery, they aim to focus on two key areas: 

1. Reducing Operational cost
2.  Increase revenues 

The scaling, saturation and increased willingness to pay also requires enhancing WHAVE’s governance structure and capacity. WHAVE seeks to launch a dedicated service entity with specific branding as an “off-grid utility” to distinguish the philanthropically funded work and advocacy to the service delivery arm.
Sanitation Accelerator for Kenya & Uganda Kenya and Uganda The Sanitation Accelerator is scaling 8-10 high-potential sanitation businesses in Kenya and Uganda. The key objective is to make innovative sanitation businesses investment ready and scale their operations to reach hundred-thousands or even millions of rural beneficiaries. The participating enterprises will develop an acceleration strategy, implement and receive investments for an acceleration project, get in-depth coaching and technical assistance and will be matched with interested impact investors to create impact at scale.
SS WSP Challenge Fund Scale - Drinking water/Sanitation Aqua for All – with its implementing partners Rural Focus and Smart People Africa - will set up a challenge fund – a _competitive financing facility_– whose main aim is to enhance creditworthiness of ss wsps to attract investment finance for micro and small water infrastructure projects. In partnership with local commercial banks, water service regulatory agencies and private sector service providers, the challenge fund will support the first of its kind “_revenue-based loan financing_” program for water providers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of bank worthy collateral remains the biggest barrier to small enterprises, especially in water sector.
SIINC for aQysta Scale - Finance for WASH aQysta is a Netherlands-based impact enterprise, providing hydro-powered pumps to smallholder farmers in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, allowing better irrigation of their fields. While the pumps are mostly meant for farming, the water can also be used for other purposes, such as sanitation and hygiene. 

Most of aQysta’s revenues to date come from Business to Government (B2G) and Business to Business (B2B) contracts and projects, but the enterprise is planning to strengthen their Business to Customer (B2C) sales by enhancing their pay-after-harvest model. 

Given that in the short term, the B2C model is both riskier and less commercially attractive, Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) model aims to support the enterprise in overcoming the tension between their economic and impact goals. SIINC’s additionality is focused on incentivising the enterprise to increase the percentage of pumps sold via the pay-after-harvest model, as well as the income increase benefits that arise hereby.
PERFORMING SME Program by ForthInvestment Innovate - Drinking Water / Sanitation The PME PERFORMANTES programme aims to ensure the sustainability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by addressing the lack of business skills. According to different economic reports, the gap in knowledge is the main hindrance to the development and sustainability of initiatives in Africa, confirmed by our own experience. This 15-month intensive capacity building programme is organised and implemented by ForthInvestment, in collaboration with IRC, Sinergi Burkina, Société Générale and 2iE.

In this capacity building programme, ForthInvestment selected 10 high potential WASH SMEs who will receive organisational and technical support, to both improve the SME’s products or services and strengthen the capacity of these entrepreneurs to grow sustainably and become investment-ready.
OUDEC-WASH (Outils d'aide à la décision communale pour la gestion de l'accès à l'eau) Innovate - Drinking Water Association Impulsion is a water service provider in Barsalgho, Burkina Faso, through a PPP with the municipality. In order to improve the management of the water services of Association Impulsion, two areas will be worked on together with Akvo and the municipality of Barsologho: 
● Local water quality monitoring solution for the service provider and the municipality. 
● Adapting a water data management tool (for decision-making) at the municipal level. 
This tool is needed because many stakeholders want to invest in municipal infrastructure because of the IDP. Thus, if the municipality is able to have up-to-date data on the situation, it can channel and target investments.
Uptime: Piloting results-based funding for rural water maintenance services in Africa Innovate - Drinking water The Uptime consortium proposes to create an outcome-payment model to fund rural water maintenance services at scale. Under this grant, we will pilot results-based funding contracts with rural service providers in four African countries with payments based on verifiable operational and financial performance metrics. The immediate goal is to disburse targeted and transparent funding to sustain rural services; the broader goals are to develop the information systems, investment cases, and institutional structures needed to scale a results-based funding model globally.
Dji Ni Sanya Programme Innovate - Drinking Water / Sanitation The Dji Ni Sanya (‘water and sanitation’ in the local Bamanankan language) project is an accelerator program aiming to strengthen about 10 SMEs in the Water and Sanitation Sector in Mali. The program, funded and co-created by Aqua for All and executed in partnership between Impact Hub Bamako, Crosswise Works and IRC will run until May 2023 and will deliver intensive training and coaching on four levels: entrepreneurship, market development, operational management and technical support. Tailor-made programs are used to strengthen the SMEs and increase their readiness for (commercial) investments
First loss capital program for Family Bank The proposed partnership aims to increase the capacity of FBL to finance a new client segment of community based water service providers (CWPs The proposed partnership aims to increase the capacity of FBL to finance a new client segment of community based water service providers (CWPs)
Leveraging rural entrepreneurship to provide access to safe drinking water , India Scale - Drinking water Recognizing the pilot’s success, the Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) has decided to scale up the model, targeting other geographies where ground water sources are contaminated, specifically with high levels of fluoride. The scale-up is planned to be conducted in three phases spread over a period of two to three years and involve setting up of 40 CWTPs. GoMP will select technology vendor(s) for procurement and installation of the CWTP equipment through a transparent tendering process (refer Annexure – I to understand the tendering process followed by the government). For the operationalization of these CWTPs, GoMP plans to leverage the support of Madhya Pradesh State Rural Livelihoods Mission (MPSRLM) and its vast network of Cluster Level Federations (CLF) and their associated Village Organizations (VO) and Self-Help Groups (SHG) in the state5.

CHAI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GoMP to provide technical and program management support for scaling the model, which includes:

a) supporting PHED in identification of sites to set up CWTPs based on the analysis of water contamination levels and village-level household and institutional surveys,

b) provision of capacity building and hand-holding support to CLFs and their associated VOs/ SHGs on plant operations and management,

c) development of Standard Operating Procedures for the operational and financial processes,

d) designing IEC for awareness and demand generation among the community, and

e) development of monitoring and reporting formats for the CLFs and their associated VOs/ SHGs to ensure efficient management of plant operations and financials.

CHAI’s technical support to the government is being co-funded through its on-going nutrition program grant and through the funding provided by Aqua for All. Update end of Y1: Villages selected for phase 1a CWTPs

S.No. District Block Village

1 Dhar Dharmapuri Kunda

2 Dhar Tirla Mohanpur

3 Dhar Sardarpur Amodya

4 Dhar Umarban Lawani

5 Dhar Umarban Aharwas

6 Dhar Umarban Umarbankalan

7 Dhar Manavar Balipur

8 Dhar Gandhwani Balnera

9 Dhar Kukshi Lengsari

10 Dhar Kukshi Girwanya

11 Dhar Bagh Ambasoti

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Uptime Catalyst Facility: results-based funding for rural water maintenance services Scale - Drinking Water The project aims to continue the expansion of the Uptime Catalyst Facility model to new WSPs and new countries. The contract value is EUR 2,353,600 and Aqua for all's contribution will in majority  be used for disbursements to those WSPs after UCF validation of the agreed and reported results is completed.

Results-based contracts catalyze rural water service development and ensure that water keeps flowing. Grant disbursements are linked to service results through three key performance metrics (the ‘Uptime Framework’) and a standardized, transparent and scalable payment model:

· Reliability – the number of waterpoints with quarterly uptime >96%

· Water volume – the amount of water consumed

· Local revenue – the amount paid by users and institutions for the service

These performance metrics are combined in a standardized payment formula to calculate disbursement results to service providers after results are confirmed. Results-based grants supplement user payments and match a portion of local revenue – so long as the service is reliable. Results-based payments help service providers bridge shortfalls between costs and user payments to ensure service continuation and improvement in remote and rural contexts.
Safisana: Scaling up sustainably in waste management and re-use Scale - Sanitation Safisana is a social enterprise developing a circular model for waste treatment. On their recycling plant in Ashaiman, Ghana, they turn organic waste and faecal sludge into high-value products: renewable energy sources, organic fertiliser and irrigation water. With Aqua for All’s support through a blended-finance mechanism, Safisana will link up with existing wastewater treatment plants. They plan to combine their expertise while utilising and improving these often malfunctioning facilities for a competitive service fee. By 2025, they expect to have three operational plants and win recognition by urban planners as a sustainable and reliable approach for non-sewered sanitation management.
Sanivation Regional Expansion Scale - Sanitation Sanivation partners with local governments to enable waste to be safely managed. To date, in Kenya, Sanivation has partnered with local governments to leverage >$10M in infrastructure funding for sanitation, reach >100,000 people, and created systemic change with national government through policy change and creation of national targets for city-wide inclusive sanitation. Sanivation is now using learnings from Kenya to expand (and respond to requests to expand) to new countries. Through this support, they will deliver on and derisk their developed regional expansion plan, growing their impact!
Amhara Region Filter Programme 2021 Prepare for Scale - Drinking water Aqua for All has found an efficient and effective way to create a market for water filters in Amhara Region. Utilities in 4 zones have taken up the responsibility for safe water at home and manage the logistics around filter sales to clients and non-clients. Aqua for All is aiming to transfer its project management role to the Association of Water Utilities in Amhara, for which it is assisted by a group of local consultants. Meanwhile, the sales of filters is further expanded.
JERRY: a jerrycan water filter Innovate - drinking water The JERRY water filter, based on membrane technology, is designed to be mounted on a jerrycan. It is small, affordable and easy to transport and use. It fits the most common type of water container that people use to transport and store water.

The JERRY is designed in the Netherlands by start-up FortheMany and is now piloted in different countries, among which Ethiopia and Kenya. In this project, with the supporting services of BoP Inc, a deeper analysis of the marketability of the filter is made in order to enter the Ethiopean and/or Kenya markets.

More information about the JERRY filter is available in the video: [https://vimeo.com/518208607](https://vimeo.com/518208607)
ILF for WASH Foundational Support (IMM) for Tier Data Limited Technical Assistance on Impact Measurement & Management (IMM) The **Foundational Support Programme** is one of the [++technical assistance++](https://aquaforall.org/ilf-for-wash/ilf-for-wash-technical-assistance/) tracks available for impact-driven WASH enterprises, as part of the Impact-Linked Fund for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ([++ILF for WASH++](https://aquaforall.org/ilf-for-wash/)). The programme is supported by the [++Social Finance Academy,++](https://social-finance-academy.org/) an initiative by Roots of Impact.

The programme aims to transfer knowledge and skills from certified service providers to WASH enterprises in two areas: **impact measurement and management (IMM)** and **investment readiness (IR)**. At the same time, the goal is to embed these areas into the specific business model of the selected enterprises.

One of the selected enterprises receiving support on (only) IMM is  Tier Data Limited (hereinafter referred to as 'Tier Data'), part of Centum Group, is a sector-agnostic IT provider that is expanding to a new market/sector (water) with an existing, successful product: ‘Revenu Stadia’, a cloud platform. For the water sector, they provide smart meter devices and automate efficiency, incl. centralised billing for WSPs (via their cloud platform) in water supply and distribution for last mile distributors. The enterprise installs smart meters for community water vendors; automates the billing, provides leakage detection and revenue collection.
Ensuring High Quality Safe Water Services in India Scale Response Facility - Drinking water Safe Water Network India, a safe water enterprise (SWE), operates 350 Safe Water Stations serving a market of over 1.3 million people in quality-affected habitations in India. Each station has a 6-step water treatment plant, a remote monitoring system, and an automatic water dispensing unit. The stations are supported by the Clean Water and Energy Trust (an FSE) which, under the contract of Safe Water Network India, is responsible for station management, marketing, operator training, and technical servicing. 

While the stations have experienced a near-total reduction in distribution sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in walk-in consumer purchases, which increased their operational expenditures (OpEx). In order to continue providing the services, they need on-demand backup operators, promoting cashless payment transactions, upskilling field staff to implement COVID-19 safety protocols, and upgrading health insurance for staff and their families. 

Response Facility funding is aimed at helping Safe Water Network India to cover local operational expenditures for the upcoming six months.
FINISH Mondial 2021-2025: Local results to achieve global ambitions Scale - Sanitation and health FINISH Mondial aims at improving sanitation, including faecal sludge management, in six countries: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The programme aims at strengthening four important pillars to make sanitation systems work. They comprise access to good quality sanitation enterprises, access to finance for sanitation at household and enterprise level, government as an enabler, and sanitation marketing to mobilise communities/households. In principle, FINISH Mondial focuses on the entire sanitation service and value chain. When needed to turn faecal sludge into useful products, (organic) solid waste management could also be included.

FINISH Mondial has set ambitious targets: in the period 2021-25, an additional 10 million people will have gained access to and use safe sanitation through the programme. This equates to 1/5th of the Dutch Government’s total sanitation target till 2030. This will be achieved through the realisation of 2 million safely managed sanitation systems and translates to an average grant investment of €20 per facility.
POO TO PRODUCT (P2P) turnaround strategy Nawasscoal is a feacal sludge management company based in Nakuru, Kenya, producing renewable energy briquettes from waste. An in-depth analysis of the company's performance indicated the need for a thorough turnaround strategy, to get the company on track to break-even. This would enable the company to also secure additional funding and investments for the future.

The project to design and implement a turnaround strategy, includes a review the business model, craft a robust operational model, review institutional administrative structures, a critical review of the production process and an exploration of additional revenue streams as part of new business lines.
High-value products derived from black soldier fly larvae raised on human waste Innovate - Sanitation In this project, Sanergy will use Aqua for All’s funding to research and demonstrate the technical and business viability of high-value products, such as oil and protein meal, produced from black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) that are reared on faecal sludge. The circular economy for faecal sludge has remained constrained to low-value products, making it difficult to attract the private sector and commercial capital. Sanergy will research and test innovative waste processing methods and product lines derived from BSFL. This will provide sustainable and scalable solutions for developing countries across Africa and Asia where the implementation of sewage systems is unfeasible. The project covers 3 stages and a marketing survey. The 3 stages are:

1 Literature research for product and production line selection

1. Bench scale testing
2. Production at pilot scale

Before the 3rd phase, an external eview is done to assure that the most appropriate products and equipment are selected. In Kenya, Sanergy has developed an on-site shared sanitation concept for Low Income Areas, covering the entire chain from toiltet to end products derived from the fecal sludge. Revenues from the latter are essential to improve the business case of the concept. At present these products are compost (Evergrow), energy and chicken feed (KuZaPro). The latter is based on the larve of Blak Soldier Fly, raised in boxes with a mixture of fecal sludge and other organic waste. The sales price of this chicken feed is rather low. It is assumed that the revenues can increase if protein and fats are separately extracted from the larvae.

At the start of the pilot, the daily production of Chicken meal was 10.25 tonnes against a sales price of € 1,10 per kg. 

​ Sanergy is in constant search to get its sanitation concept financially feasible. Income comes partly from the user fees and sale of end products, which is reducing the need for donations and government contributions. Increase of sales price for end products will make the concept more sustainable. Ring fencing the production lines will even make them bankable. The goals of this project are:

1. to select the products that can be 'easily' extracted from the larvae and have the best market prospects

2. the select and pilot the best extraction methods and required equipment

3. to prepare a marketing plan and business line for massive products

​ The focus of the Sanergy sanitation concept is on Low Income Areas with people that lack access to sanitation at household level. At the start of the project, Sanergy provided these sanitation services to over 100,000 people and is ready to scale. 

Hundreds of people get employment through this business. 

The client group for the end products range from chicken farmers (protein) and transport sector (oils) to high end consumers of cosmetics.
Aggregator for filter sales in Amhara Region, Ethiopia Innovate - Drinking water This project is aimed at building an aggregator for (household) water filters in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. An aggregator is an administrative unit that facilitates the purchase of public utility services, such as water filters. It negotiates on behalf of a group of water utilities or on other institutional levels. Additional supporting activities of an aggregator might be transportation, intermediate stocking, communication, (market) research, (end-user) client administration, customer administration, developing financing schemes, client service management.
ILF for WASH Foundational Support (IMM) for Elphrods Services LLP Technical Assistance on Impact, Measurement & Management (IMM) The **Foundational Support Programme** is one of the [++technical assistance++](https://aquaforall.org/ilf-for-wash/ilf-for-wash-technical-assistance/) tracks available for impact-driven WASH enterprises, as part of the Impact-Linked Fund for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ([++ILF for WASH++](https://aquaforall.org/ilf-for-wash/)). The programme is supported by the [++Social Finance Academy,++](https://social-finance-academy.org/) an initiative by Roots of Impact.

The programme aims to transfer knowledge and skills from certified service providers to WASH enterprises in two areas: **impact measurement and management (IMM)** and **investment readiness (IR)**. At the same time, the goal is to embed these areas into the specific business model of the selected enterprises.

One of the selected enterprises receiving support on (only) IMM is  Elphrods Services LLP.   

Elphrods Services LLP is a micro credit company that offers WASH credit services to the poor households within low-income communities and links them to WASH service providers such as trained Manual Pit Emptiers, Exhausters, Plumbers, Utilities and Master Operators.

The WASH credits help poor households connect their premises to water & sewer piped networks, access formal pit emptying services and to upgrade the pits to required standards. In some cases, the enterprise directly lends to tenants/households. 

Through these WASH upgrades, Elphrods services LLP enables tenants in low-income communities get access to adequate, safe, and environmentally friendly WASH services that aim to positively impact public health and restoration of environmental standards.

Besides WASH loans, the enterprise also provides SME loans and school fee loans.
Investment strategy Water4-4Ward development Ghana 2023-2027 Develop the NUMA scaling and investment strategy by using Social Finance models Water4 is supporting the strategy process for our local business partner, 4Ward, and helping to develop their business growth to scale. These funds will cover staff costs for Water4 and external consultants to develop the NUMA scaling and investment strategy. The three key deliverables include institutionalizing 4Ward’s profitability goals, developing a NUMA investment strategy and vetting new, potential partnerships.