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South Ari District exemplifies its efforts in strengthening WASH systems to the Joint Technical Review (JTR) mission. Read more...
To integrate or not to integrate basic WASH services - that is the question Read more...
This is a story of South Ari Woreda's pioneering kebeles, showcasing their efforts in developing and implementing a water safety plan that has enhanced the safety, quality, and service delivery of their water and sanitation. Read more...
Members of the South Ari Woreda water safety team visited Arba Minch Town Water Supply and Sewerage Enterprises and were greatly impressed by the high level of professionalism. Read more...
Looking back on Post-COP Activists Connect Read more...
Recently I listened to a speech by Arnold Schwarzenegger on how the climate movement is stuck and needs to reset. I think our approach to solving the water and sanitation crisis could help. Read more...
Providing safe water to hard-to-reach villages in a cost-effective way in Arusha. Read more...
Using learning hub 'model projects' to test new approaches for projects and service delivery. Read more...
The Water User Committee in Anandapur village (India) consists of 12 women volunteers who have been trained on issues of water quality, budgeting and more. Read more...
Self-supply has the potential to do so much more, and to do so more safely than at present. Read more...
Systematic or systemic inequalities are grounded in our mindsets; in the way, we think, in the way we plan, in the way we see people, and in the way we interpret the rights to water and sanitation. Read more...
The South Ari Woreda learning alliance pushed for the establishment of the Gazer Town Water Supply Service Office as a utility to improve water services in the area. Read more...
In de nasleep van orkaan Eta steunen IRC en Water For People de oproep van de Hondurese overheid aan de internationale gemeenschap en roepen ze op tot onmiddellijke actie voor de wederopbouw van talloze water en sanitaire voorzieningen die door de oorkaan verwoest zijn. Read more...
In the wake of Hurricane Eta, IRC and Water For People support government appeal and call for immediate action to restore a decade's worth of water and sanitation development in Honduras Read more...
Pure water has become a powerful selling point for communities in the Wassa East district of Ghana, proving that people will indeed pay for water if they can be sure it is safe. Read more...
One innovation in Asutifi North has been the introduction of kiosks at water points where vendors sell a range of sanitation products. The kiosks not only provide shelter from the sun and rain but improve the livelihoods of water vendors and help to make water systems more sustainable. Read more...
Asutifi North District is doing a pilot study on conducting smart tests. Read more...
When Wassa East District Assembly audited 202 water points in 2015 as part of the SMARter WASH project they found that 50% were not functional. They developed a four-year Sustainable WASH Plan to ensure sustainable access to safe water for all communities in the district. Read more...
Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana Clement Akazeire Nyaaba, head teacher of Foe Primary School B, being interviewed in front of water tower that serves schools in the town His school with 186 pupils is one of three that shared a single... Read more...
Water and sanitation comprise an increasingly important focus for global health and development philanthropy, but the approach has often been piecemeal, resulting in broken pipes and pumps, disillusioned donors, and suffering beneficiaries. Read more...