Copyright © 2025 by Chris Roesel

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First Edition

ISBN: 9798294521431

Printed in the United States of America

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Contact: chris.roesel@gmail.com

Preface:

This book is dedicated to the resilient and visionary women and men of Africa’s villages who, when equipped with the tools of transformation—clean water, health, and finance—build dignified lives and powerful communities. It is a call to rethink development: not as something brought in from outside, but as a process ignited from within.

Development, when imposed from afar, often withers before it can take root. It becomes dependency generation rather than increasing self-sufficiency. Yet, when villagers lead—and donors listen—change becomes not only possible, but sustainable and profound. This book, shaped by decades of public health practice, international partnership, and the lived wisdom of communities, explores how integrated efforts in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), Maternal and Child Health (MCH), and malaria initiatives can reshape both lives and landscapes. Drawing on international research and the stories of those at the forefront, it demonstrates that the journey from dependency to self-sufficiency is not just a policy shift, but a revolution of dignity.

Table of Abbreviations:

WASH – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
VSLA – Village Savings and Loan Association
LLIN – Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net
IRS – Indoor Residual Spraying
RDT – Rapid Diagnostic Test
ACT – Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy
VIP – Ventilated Improved Pit (latrine)
ITN – Insecticide-Treated Net
NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
MCH – Maternal and Child Health
WHO – World Health Organization

.About the Author: Chris Roesel is the President of P2P Inc., a Rotary International WASH Cadre and Ambassador, and a lifelong public health, nutrition, and whole systems change practitioner who believes that the most transformative development happens when villagers lead—and donors listen.