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An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19. Read more...
Sustainability of water supply services remains an uphill challenge. Which factors factors undermine the effectiveness of Operation and Maintenance (O&M)? 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...
A checklist to effective adoption and implementation of the pay-as-you-fetch model. 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...
Developing a collaborative master plan for Kabarole District to attract more national government funding. 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...
Over the last 12 months, WaterAid, Itad and IRC have conducted desk-based research to better understand the factors that facilitate and inhibit the success of ICT-based reporting to improve rural water supply sustainability. Read more...
Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
Sub County Water and Sanitation Boards could help fix community management in Uganda – but only with support. Read more...
Next week more than 200 practitioners and policy makers from government, civil society, private sector and donors will come together for the annual Joint Water and Environment Sector Review in Uganda to review progress and set-backs during the past year and discuss and decide on priorities for the... Read more...