Outreach & Public Relations Update

June saw a variety of activities on several different communications streams. Most significantly, the project’s profile was added to the SuSanA website, worked continued on the initial draft version of the work-in-progress Technical & Design Guidelines document, and a series of project partner profile videos planned out.

The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is a network of organizations working in sustainable sanitation formed in 2007. Its purpose is to act as a forum for those working in the sanitation to share their work while promoting awareness and, hopefully, fostering collaboration amongst members and other interested parties. Currently a project brief and issues of the newsletter have been shared on the site. Going forward, we will contribute photographs and additional documents to continue promotional efforts for the project.

The Technical & Design Guidelines document acts as a repository for all Project Sammaan related information, from its genesis through to the specific steps taken along the way. Though a work-in-progress document that will be constantly updated as the project progresses, the team feels it important to share a draft as soon as possible in order to highlight the efforts made thus far. This document will also act as the preliminary version of the project toolkit, one of the key deliverables for the grant.

A series of project partner profile films have been storyboarded and interview guides prepared and shared with the team. These films will highlight each organization that is part of the project and the work that they are doing on Sammaan. These will be rolled out in the coming months, with the intention of releasing one per month beginning in August or September.

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