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Collecting water in rural Burkina Faso

Creating “orphans” and “darlings” through aid in rural Burkina Faso

Published on: 23/05/2017
Donors have many competing concerns and this can have negative effects as shown in some villages in rural Burkina Faso.

SMARTerWASH national event, 7 October 2015

Data collection, data use and (monitoring) systems building: the SMARTerWASH experience

Published on: 08/05/2017
While writing the end-report of the SMARTerWASH Project, it was good to look back and reflect on the scale of the project and the challenges faced and ahead.

Prosperous little house in Kisumu, Kenya

IRC’s new Global Strategy Framework – Long-term commitment to partner districts

Published on: 03/05/2017
Over the coming years, IRC will work to support partner districts to bring sustainable WASH services to everyone: at least one million people.

Hilton foundation grantees meeting in The Hague

Don’t we all know exactly what “full coverage” means?

Published on: 02/05/2017
In fact, it turns out we don't.

Villagers fishing in their newly expanded pond. Meghalaya, India

How change within individuals can support institutional performance

Published on: 01/05/2017
Can leadership development training for public agency staff lead to improved utility performance and community-level service?

Poster from the Service Delivery Approach training

IRC End of Programme Evaluation: “Punching above your weight”

Published on: 01/05/2017
"IRC is having real impact in the WASH sector internationally and especially in its six focus countries".

Manual scavenger in Cambodia (photo by Danny Dourng

#InDeepShit

Published on: 25/04/2017
"Human beings are being used to plug the gaps in failing sanitation systems" – Bezwada Wilson.

Mother with children

Private finance is necessary to achieve the WASH SDGs: but it will only follow Government’s lead

Published on: 20/04/2017
The Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting will focus squarely on finance.

Sellers of Aqua+

Safe water and jobs

Published on: 10/04/2017
Creating access to safe water in India through women-led service delivery models.

Azadi Teaching Hospital, Iraq

Inclusive WASH away from home in the Kurdish region of Iraq

Published on: 07/04/2017
World Vision promotes and provides adapted water and sanitation facilities for the disabled.

Kelly Latham presenting

A shared vision alone is not enough: Agenda for Change at the WASH Symposium at University of Colorado

Published on: 28/03/2017
Working together towards our shared vision of achieving SDG 6 – universal access to sustained WASH services across districts and countries through systems change.

Happy children in Ethiopia enjoying water

Systems change at district level: where do we start? The case of South Ari district, Ethiopia

Published on: 16/03/2017
Asset inventory is essential in Ethiopia to develop more realistic planning to increase functionality as well as coverage.

Water point in Komsilga, Burkina Faso

IRC well-positioned to expand operations in West Africa

Published on: 15/03/2017
IRC Board member Henk den Boer reflects on his visit to Burkina Faso.

Uploading data onto a mobile phone

Emergency mapping and critical maintenance measures: the drought and boreholes in Somali Region

Published on: 14/03/2017
Under severe conditions of water scarcity, it is vital to keep motorised boreholes pumping across Ethiopia's Somali region.

Ugandan schoolgirls using rehabilitated pump

From the borehole to the pond and back again: breaking the vicious cycle of dirty water consumption

Published on: 09/03/2017
Rehabilitation of one primary school borehole has been successful but many others still depend on unreliable water.

SDG 6: Is the glass have full or half empty?

Two cheers for the SDGs

Published on: 03/03/2017
But ... to achieve Goal 6 more urgency is needed in sector reform and systems building.

Rural latrine in Ethiopia

Transforming the WASH sector in Ethiopia: business as usual is no longer an option

Published on: 02/03/2017
Solutions that benefit both consumers and suppliers are required.

Voting sheet

Dutch elections: voting for more or less development aid

Published on: 28/02/2017
How am I going to vote?

Kieslijst met rood potlood

Verkiezingen: kiezen voor meer of minder ontwikkelingshulp

Published on: 19/02/2017
Wat ga ik stemmen?

Workshop in Benin of representatives of African collectives in the water and sanitation sector

Civil society organisations in West and Central Africa push for right to water and sanitation

Published on: 17/02/2017
Sharing advocacy practices and challenges, and making connections.

Tapping water in Karagwe district, north western Tanzania

Rural water supply access in Tanzania: why has it stagnated?

Published on: 02/02/2017
Despite massive investments in rural water supply in Tanzania, the number of people with access to improved water sources has not increased. This begs the question, what could be the reason for this stagnation?

Faecal sludge management in Cambodia

Ushering a new era in sanitation value chain management in India

Published on: 01/02/2017
Report of a WASH Dialogue on faecal sludge and septage management

Akvo Caddisfly - mobile water quality anaysis

"What's new pussycat?" - part two

Published on: 26/01/2017
The latest water and sanitation innovations: approaches, technologies and financing instruments.

Visual representation of Agent-Based Modelling

Modelling for Change

Published on: 15/12/2016
Can Agent-Based simulation models help us to improve services in complex WASH systems?

Forbidden to defecate here logo

Sanitation – a right but also our civic duty

Published on: 14/12/2016
What would happen if we outlawed and started to punish open air defecation in Burkina Faso?

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