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The African water sector needs qualified staff in all disciplines, not just engineering. Read more...
To provide safe water in Burkina Faso Read more...
After four months of advocacy activities to make access to clean water and sanitation a priority for candidates in the political elections, IRC welcomes the choice of the people of Burkina Faso and congratulates the new President, His Excellency Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Read more...
IRC country director of Burkina Faso Juste Hermann Nansi about the approaching Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 and what they mean for his work in Burkina Faso. Read more...
On the 14th and 15th of October 2014, a workshop on gender and female participation in water service provision was organized by CARE International and IRC Burkina Faso in Dori, Burkina Faso, as part of the USAID-funded West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Initiative (WA-WASH) programme... Read more...
The WASHCost Burkina Faso team conducted its research in rural and peri-urban communities across three geographically distinct areas: the dry region of Nord, the capital city Ouagadougou, and the forested Southwest region, Hauts-Bassins. Read more...
We are delighted to announce that the WASHCost e-book, Priceless! Uncovering the real costs of water and sanitation, is available for free download on IRCWASH from September 2014. Read more...
Video explores role of local government in the delivery of sustainable WASH services in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Uganda. Read more...
Monitoring and awareness raising have helped the commune of Gorgadji collect fees for preventive maintenance of waterpoints and take steps towards sustainable water supply services. Read more...
IRC Burkina country director Juste Nansi gives his feedback on the international seminar on monitoring held in the second week of April 2014 in Ouagadougou. Read more...
See who was at the Monitoring Seminar in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso by checking out the photostreams. Read more...
Newsletters issued per day on the sessions and discussions of the seminar on monitoring WASH services in West-Africa which took place from 7 - 9 April 2014 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Read more...
What will rural water supply look like in the future? And will it include the handpump or are there viable, and preferable, options? Read more...
A three-country case study looks at aid effectiveness and sustainability in all WASH sectors. Read more...
The WASHTech project may be over but the importance of choosing the right technology remains. Read more...
The results of a three-country hygiene cost effectiveness study make interesting reading. Read more...
A seminar looking at monitoring of decentralised delivery of water sanitation and hygiene services in West Africa. Read more...
Report assessing level of compliance with regulations in eight communes of the Sahel region. Read more...
An WHO initiative implemented by Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA). Read more...
High breakdown rates of systems in rural Burkina Faso are the visible results of still poorly functioning water supply services. But in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital, WASHCost found an example of how the water sector could be organized, by looking at the model of ONEA water company which is... Read more...