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IRC has been promoting the WASH systems approach in Kabarole District for five years now. What are the emerging lessons? Read more...
In Uganda we follow and support where local government leads Read more...
Analysing partnerships and how they strengthen WASH systems. Read more...
USAID programmes collaborate to improve rural water supplies for pastoralist communities in drought-prone regions. Read more...
Case studies of the pay-as-you-fetch (PAYF) model in Kabarole District. Read more...
IRC Uganda is using GIS to map water point functionality. Read more...
Behind all water, sanitation and hygiene data is a story. Very, often these stories are hidden behind cold statistics that enable us to count and tick boxes. Read more...
A checklist to effective adoption and implementation of the pay-as-you-fetch model. Read more...
Stories from the community after IRC Uganda rehabilitated ten boreholes in Kabarole district, an effort to ensure a safe and reliable supply of water for over 3000 people, which in turn would improve health and livelihoods for the benefiting communities. Read more...
"If you do not yield to anyone's advice, the world will teach you the lessons it wants you to learn," my mother always said. Often, this was a cautionary tale and it usually came after realizing that no matter what she said or did, you would not yield to her advice. Somehow, this is the same... Read more...
As Ethiopia manages to develop more and more new rural water schemes – springs, wells or boreholes with hand-pumps or engines, piped water – keeping the existing infrastructure running well and safely is a challenge that gets bigger every day. And, despite some encouraging efforts, it's a challenge... Read more...
Political drivers, including SDG indicators, directly impact sanitation efforts on the ground. Read more...
Routine monitoring of water points is essential to achieving Sustainable Development Goal target 6.1. Read more...
Developing a collaborative master plan for Kabarole District to attract more national government funding. Read more...
Politics are a fact of life. It is easier to work with the political leaders than to avoid them. Read more...
Working together towards our shared vision of achieving SDG 6 – universal access to sustained WASH services across districts and countries through systems change. Read more...
Rehabilitation of one primary school borehole has been successful but many others still depend on unreliable water. Read more...
In January 2017 it will be seven years since I joined the IRC team. Over the years, I have done nearly everything that a communication practitioner can do within an organisational setting – and I have many outputs to show for it. Read more...
For decades, people in Uganda have been encouraged to wash their hands as a way of preventing the spread of diseases. However, the percentage of the population accessing and using hand washing facilities remains low at only 36%. What are the challenges? Read more...
To appreciate issues of catchment management, the Watershed Uganda Work Package team visited the river Semuliki which is shared by Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more...