Five poor households receive a subsidy to construct latrines, Julivius's reflections on his first trip overseas to support the Phnom sanitation project, and more.

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WISE and NOD execute Phnom sanitation project pilot scheme
Diary from Phnom Village
WISE Happenings: September 2018
Make Waves With WISE: Legal Advisor (Indonesia)

WISE and NOD execute Phnom sanitation project pilot scheme

✍️ Monday Yakubu

The five latrines took about two weeks to construct (📸 Intan Rahmita Adiputri)

WISE, in partnership with Neakpoan Organisation for Development, NOD, has constructed five latrines for five poor households in Phnom Village, Tbong Khmum Province, Cambodia. This was in fulfilment of the proposed latrine construction subsidy pilot scheme as discussed, agreed and planned with the villagers last year. → Full article

Diary from Phnom Village

Julivius Prawira reflects on his time in Phnom Village as part of the team launching the pilot latrine construction subsidy scheme…

In Phnom Village with some of my teammates. I’m the second from the right. (📸 Intan Rahmita Adiputri)

17th May 2018: I fill in a form applying to volunteer for the Phnom sanitation project, Cambodia. WISE was going back to Phnom Village after eight months. Their goal was to pilot a latrine subsidy scheme in Phnom village and I intended to help with preparing the logistics from my home in Bandung, Indonesia. → Full story

WISE Happenings: September 2018

Mr Ero of NOD speaks to Grandma Sok Ron about her latrine (📸 Chao Kimsreang)

At Neakpoan Organisation for Development (NOD)'s second follow-up visit to Phnom Village, Cambodia, Hom Lean repaid the rest of her 20% contribution of US$60 to the construction of her household's latrine. This means that three of four recipients have finished repaying their contribution!

Discussing the transtheoretical model of behaviour change (📸 Thye Yoke Pean)

After months of research and curriculum development, the Singapore team successfully piloted a workshop on designing for behaviour change

. Next, the team will conduct a public run of the workshop, targeting youth and people involved in social causes. In future, we hope to also contextualise and bring the workshop to Indonesia and Cambodia. Read the course brochure (PDF 1.1MB) here.

Yoke with the attendees (📸 DRR-CC @LKYSPP)

Yoke was invited to speak to members of the Disaster Risk and Resilience - Climate Change (DRRCC) group at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. She shared about how government policies have influenced WISE's activities, such as Cambodia’s National Guiding Principles on Hardware Subsidies for Rural Household Sanitation on the Phnom sanitation project

. We hope the students enjoyed our sharing!

INSPIRASI sing a Papuan song at their farewell (📹 UnionAid)

Rosa and her fellow INSPIRASI program participants have graduated from their three-month English language course

. Congrats Rosa! The final 11 weeks of the program will be a sustainable development course. We're excited, are you?

Make Waves With WISE: Legal Advisor (Indonesia)

WISE is seeking a volunteer Legal Advisor to support the team in Indonesia. You will: conduct legal analysis and research on various legal matters; provide legal advice regarding the laws in Indonesia, related to foundations (Yayasan) and, potentially, limited liability companies (Perseroan Terbatas), and; review and draft various contracts and other legal documents.

Click here for more information.