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An interview with sanitation entrepreneur Mayank Midha. Read more...
An interview with Dr. Ritesh Kumar of Wetlands International South Asia. Read more...
Accountability is crucial in ensuring that public officials take responsibility for their duties and are answerable for their actions. Read more...
Two meetings on urban sanitation held at the Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW) showed that there is increasing interest in urban sanitation. Read more...
With rapid urbanization and the development of large infrastructure in Delhi, came the demolition and resettlement of unauthorised slums/colonies within the city. Read more...
Roel Blesgraaf looks back on day 2 of the Africa Water Week. Read more...
Three takeaways from a field visit to a rural sanitation project in Burkina Faso. Read more...
Solid waste management has become a big challenge in Jijiga, the capital city of Ethiopia's Somali National Regional State. Read more...
Testing a simple tool to assess faecal waste flows in a real life situation can be a lot of fun. The results though can at best be described as enlightening and at worst as shocking. Read more...
The objective of Action Research for Learning was to strengthen the capacities of the selected partners for action research, analysis, reporting and learning. Read more...
A group of gifted local performers with different disabilities made us realise that going to the toilet is not as easy for everyone as you might think. Read more...
On the third day of the regional learning event we reflected on the field visits and discussed what we learned. Read more...
During a field visit we observed some seriously big and fancy toilets in a rural village. Read more...
Today we were told that the Siem Reap (or Angkor Wat) half marathon has a clear finish line, but that it is unlikely that anyone of us will reach that mile stone. Read more...
2016 is a crucial year for IRC India. With its strong track record in India, IRC is well positioned to develop and establish a country programme there. Read more...
Appraising shit flows along the entire sanitation service chain and identifying the weakest links of the chain is not as easy as one might think. The development of a simple-to-use faecal sludge management assessment tool has brought that to light. Read more...
2015 and the Millennium Development Goals are almost behind us. The new global goals for sustainable development are expected to inspire and create a new determination for all of us. What has IRC learned during 2015 and how are we moving ahead in 2016? Read more...
A specially organised side session at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Water and Health Conference in October 2015 focused on WASH away from the home. Read more...
A successful pilot in Ethiopia deserves to be scaled up for health care centres in other parts of the country. Read more...
Le programme SaniEst, mis en place depuis 2014 au Burkina Faso, a pour objectif la constitution d'une offre et d'une demande d'assainissement pérenne dans 6 communes à l'Est du pays. Après une année de mise en œuvre, l'expérience démontre l'importance d'avoir des institutions solides. Quelques... Read more...