Today is World Toilet Day!
Today is World Toilet Day! This day, established by the UN in 2013 to inspire action and bring awareness to the lack of access to safely managed toilets all over the world and reach the goal of SDG 6: water and sanitation for all. From 2017 to 2022 in our 5 programmes combined, 11 of our fellows have provided solutions centered on issues related to toilet accessibility and use.Currently we are supporting 3 fellows that are tackling the issue of open defecation by improving the access to and the quality of toilets through our incubation programme in Latin America and our pre-acceleration programme in West Africa....
Young Water Fellowship: our editions in Senegal, Uganda, Latam and Bangladesh are coming to an end
We are concluding 4 of our programmes at the end of this year: YWF Bangladesh 2021, YWF Senegal 2021, YWF Uganda 2021, and YWF Latam 2022. To conclude each programme, we host "pitching nights" for the fellows to present the results of their start-ups to major stakeholders. These events provide a collaborative space where the young entrepreneurs can get feedback from important WASH entrepreneurship stakeholders and a networking moment for them to find the support they need to pursue their businesses. YWF Senegal 2021: 17th November in Dakar The Pitching Night of the Senegal programme just happened on Thursday 17th of November, at the French Institute of Dakar....
YWF Latin America 2021: the entrepreneurs have completed their MVP phase
In the YWF Latam 2022, the fellows have completed their MVP (Minimal Viable Product) phase. This phase is vital to the start-up development because it enables entrepreneurs to test their initial assumptions of purchasing power, the needs of their customers and the characteristics of their products. ...