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This study was undertaken within the ROSA project (Resource oriented Sanitation concepts in peri‐urban areas in Africa) in order to understand greywater characteristics and to demonstrate a low cost reuse option involving direct application of untreated greywater to small so called “greywater towers” at household level in peri‐urban settlements in Kitgum Town Council.

KULABAKO, R. ; KINOBE, J. ; MUJUNGA, J. ; OLWENYI, S. ; SLEYTR, K. (2009): Greywater use in peri-urban households in Kitgum, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda. In: Sustainable Sanitation Practice: Volume 1 , 16-24 . URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

Pilot study on UV tubes with a new design in Mexico, developed by researchers of the University of California Berkeley.

DATTA, E. HERNANDEZ, J. MING, K. VERGARA, S. (2006): Improving and Evaluating the UV tube for use in Mexico. Presented for (ERG 291/E298) Design for Sustainable Communities Class. Berkeley: University of California. [Accessed: 19.05.2010] PDF

http://www.fundsforngos.org [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

Funds forNGOs.org is an online initiative, working for the sustainability of NGOs by increasing their access to donors, resources and skills.

The report gives a comprehensive description of the main components in successful greywater management. Examples as well as recommendations are given for designing and dimensioning treatment systems.

RIDDERSTOLPE, P. (2004): Introduction to Greywater Management. (= EcoSanRes Publication Series, Report 2004-4 ). Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute, EcoSanRes Programme URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

Factsheet summarizing the process, advantages, limitation, monitoring, and operation of UV disinfection.

TECH BRIEF (2000): Ultraviolet Water Disinfection. (= Tech Brief, A National Drinking Water Clearinghouse Fact Sheet, 15 ). URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

Article on the contribution of households to urban agriculture and food production.

FAO (1999): Studies suggest that up to two-thirds of city and peri-urban households are involved in farming. In: Spotlight / 1999 Issues in urban agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

http://uvtube.berkeley.edu/ [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

This is the homepage of the UV tube centre, at the University of California, Berkeley, where the technology has been initially developed.

Case study from a vertical garden project in France.

UN-HABITAT (2002): Best Practise Database – Vertical Garden Creteil. France: United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

Short article on living walls constructed in Vancouver and Paris.

GONCHAR, J. (2010): Vertical and verdant, living wall systems sprout on two buildings, in Paris and Vancouver. In: Architectural Records: URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

This resource pack is intended for anyone who wants some guidance or direction in planning, organising and delivering effective training for both professionals and support staff whatever their working or learning environment. The bulk of the pack addresses the various techniques for delivering training but it also covers the practical administrative tasks that are essential for successful training courses and which underpin the training content.

CROCKET, M. FOSTER, J. (2005): Training the Trainer Resource Pack. France: International Council on Archives URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

Poster for the 34th WEDC conference with several pictures that illustrate the step-by-step construction of greywater towers.

SHEWA, W. A. (2009): Greywater Tower, The Arba Minch town ROSA project experience. Poster for the 34th WEDC International Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2009. Arba Minch, Ethiopia: Arba Minch Town ROSA project Office PDF

Study from the ROSA project (Resource oriented Sanitation concepts in peri-urban areas in Africa) on greywater characteristics and a low cost reuse option involving direct application of untreated greywater to “greywater towers” at household level in peri-urban settlements in Kitgum Town Council.

KULABAKO, R. KINOBE, J. MUJUNGA, J. OLWENYI S. SLEYTR, K. (2009): Greywater use in peri-urban households in Kitgum, Uganda. Kampala, Uganda: Makere University, Department of Civil Engineering URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

This article contains information on safe drinking water, and explains the benefits and risks of chlorination.

GORCHEV, G.H. (1996): Chlorine in water disinfection. In: Pure & Applied Chemistry: Volume 68 , 1731-1735. URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

The subject of this short course is proposal writing. It is available in French, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

FOUNDATION CENTER (2010): Proposal writing short course. URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NzBvbdIPKA [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

A collection of vertical garden images.

The paper gives a brief overview on the topics of greywater and greywater gardens including a short manual on how to construct a greywater tower as well as information on suitable crops.

IWRM (2008): Tower gardens. South Africa: Department of Water Affairs and Forestry’s Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) URL [Accessed: 19.05.2010]

ROBERT, B. (2009): The Role of the Facilitator - Understanding What Facilitators Really DO. Canada: Bacal & Associates Business & Management URL [Accessed: 17.05.2010]

http://www.largescaleinterventions.com/english version/role facilitator.htm [Accessed: 17.05.2010]

A short summary about the role of facilitators. This includes a table with points of attention and guidelines that should be considered.

http://www.exforsys.com/career-center/facilitator.html [Accessed: 17.05.2010]

This site contains modules about effective facilitation.

http://www.workshopexercises.com/Facilitator.htm [Accessed: 17.05.2010]

This site is intended to serve as a focal point for professionals to not only discover new things that they can do to boost their training, but also to serve as a social exchange space.