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Ghanaian Times | By Castro Zangina-Tong Resources, Works and Housing, has disclosed that the government has funded 20,000 borehole projects at the total cost of GH¢17 million from the Consolidated Fund, over the last five-years.
RCN Ghana | website Ghana's Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing has urged stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector to focus more on long-term sustainable service approach than the one-off project-based method. Related story - Stakeholders unanimous on sustainable infrastructure for Ghana's WASH sector
Graphic Online Ghana, GhanaWeb and Environment News Ghana | By Edmund Smith-Asante - 'The government of Ghana is currently funding 20,000 borehole water supply projects with GH¢17 million from the Consolidated Fund over a five-year period, the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has said' during a forum which also marked the end of the "Sustainable Services at Scale" (Triple-S) project.
Ghana News Agency | Ghana - Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing has lauded the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) for supporting Ghana's socio-economic development through its innovative projects.
The Guardian - Ambitions for water, sanitation and hygiene are high. The sustainable development goals will require governments' leadership and money. An article for the Guardian jointly written by IRC and WSSCC.
One World | The Netherlands | by Hidde Jansen 2015 is the year that the Millennium Development Goals make way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An important role in both development agendas is reserved for water, sanitation and hygiene issues that leave much to be desired in many countries. OneWorld dived into the world of development and looks back and ahead with retired expert Jo Smet – who in 35 years of work has seen the necessary Western policymakers and developments in the field of water and sanitation pass by. [Original article in Dutch was published on 17 January 2015
Dutch Water Sector | The Netherlands - BRAC's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programme -BRAC WASH enables millions of people in rural Bangladesh to achieve safe and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene. It provides direct support to communities, stimulates demand for sanitation and behaviour change and trains Village WASH Committees to transform rural life for the next generation.
Dutch Water Sector | The Netherlands - Behaviour change lies at the heart of the WASH programme of the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance (BRAC) organisation, using an approach 'selling not telling'. Recent monitoring of the programme shows that 90% of the involved households report that all family members use the latrine and 80% has soap and water in or near the latrine for hand washing.
Dutch Water Sector | The Netherlands - Two Dutch non-governmental organisations, IRC and Simavi, want the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) on universal access to water and sanitation to be expanded to schools, clinics and work place. The pledge was announced during a meet & greet event with the steering commission of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) in the Hague, the Netherlands, on 4 December. A photo impression of the Meet&Greet for SWA delegation and Dutch WASH sector: http://en.simavi.nl/about-simavi/news/a-photo-impression-of-the-meet-and-greet-for-swa-delegation-and-dutch-wash-sector/
Dutch Water Sector | The Netherlands - The USA based Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) launches its Ethiopia WASH Program at a workshop in Addis Ababa from 30 September to 2 October 2014. IRC and Aqua for All are the two Dutch organisations that will support MWA in the program. The new program runs from July 2014 to June 2017 with funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and other partners. The MWA Ethiopia Program brings together a unique permanent coalition of both international and Ethiopian NGOs, that has reached nearly 1.1 million people in 28 woredas with water, sanitation and hygiene education since 2004.