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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...
Profitable businesses and positive community change. Read more...
How government, development partners and private businesses can successfully implement market-based sanitation. Read more...
Some key changes in the enabling environment could lead to significant growth in the sanitation market. Read more...
Asaloko is a small community in the Bongo district where lives have been transformed through the introduction of safe water and effective sanitation. Householders no longer carry water long distances, children are better able to learn and the whole environment has been cleaned up. Read more...
Bongo district in the Upper East Region of Ghana became known throughout Ghana for the quality of its water –for the wrong reason. The district is a global hotspot for fluoride concentration and water from some wells was damaging the health of its population. Read more...
Asutifi North is making giant strides in providing water services for its citizens – but progress on sanitation is proving much harder and slower. Read more...
Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana The Assembly WASH team went from house to house, providing toilets for those who applied. Demand soon outstripped supply – reflecting that the community was ready for change but resources were in short... Read more...
How combining Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and market-based approaches can help. Read more...
What is needed to promote behaviour change along the sanitation value chain? Report of a WASH Debate. Read more...
Dutch-funded programmes collectively develop capacity to free one million people from open defecation. 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...
As stated in my last blog, sanitation is more than building a toilet. We are all aware that the MDG target for sanitation will not be reached. By end of 2014, 2.5 billion people did not have access to adequate sanitation which is about one in three of the world's population (WHO/UNICEF Joint... Read more...
Communities have an important role to play in sustainable services. In this blog, I present personal highlights reflections from the session on Community-Led Approaches to change in Africa at World Water Week in Stockholm. Read more...
The 36th WEDC conference that took place from 1 - 5 of July in Nakuru, Kenya, was the first opportunity for IRC to launch its "West Africa Learning and Exchange workshop". This learning event will take place in Cotonou, Benin, from 12th - 14th of November 2013. Read more...
Eline Bakker reflects on practitioners' training in the marketing of sanitation in Nairobi. Read more...