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Tafadzwa Ufumeli, the former Ton Schouten Awardee, went on an assignment at the request of IRC Read more...
Key commitments were made by African heads of state during UN Water Conference 2023 Read more...
28-year-old Tafadzwa Ufumeli from Zimbabwe is the 2022 winner of the Ton Schouten Award for WASH storytelling. Read more...
Successful Sludge Enterprises in Small Urban Centres in Zimbabwe selected as a poster presentation at WASH FUTURES 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. Read more...
Inspiring workshop on the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2016/7 surveys and network building between Southern African countries. Read more...
The first Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) workshop was conducted at Hunyani Hills Hotel, Harare from 7-8 July 2015 and the second TAF workshop was held 15-16 Sept 2016. Representatives of user groups, local authorities and operators assessed feasibility indicators developed specifically... Read more...
Dr. Peter Morgan has been named the 2013 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his lifelong dedication to improving sanitation and water technologies for the poor. H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present the prize to Dr. Morgan at a Royal Award Ceremony during the 2013 World Water Week in... Read more...
“Sanitation is a passion, not a job,” said Noma Neseni last year at the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India. Ms. Nomathemba (Noma) Neseni, the Director of the Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD) and Human Rights Commissioner in Zimbabwe passed away on 30 August... Read more...
Critics claim that the Zimbabwean government is failing to stop diamond mines from polluting village water supplies in Marange. Read more...
Journal of Public Health in Africa, March 2012 Factors leading to poor water sanitation hygiene among primary school going children in Chitungwiza Full-text Blessing Dube, James January Although the world has progressed in the area of water and sanitation, more than 2.3 billion people still live... Read more...
A quote from the IRC Newsletter 143 from May/June 1983 is being used in 2011 in a new situational analysis of water and sanitation technology in Africa. Read more...
Cette histoire a été contée par Amai (Mère) Toriro avant sa mort, en 2010 au Zimbabwe, des suites d'une maladie liée au sida. Le message qu’elle souhaitait ainsi porter à la connaissance des lecteurs est qu'elle avait changé sa vie en reprenant une activité avec l'aide d'un club communautaire de... Read more...
This story was told to Juliet Waterkeyn by Amai (Mother) Toriro before she died in 2010 in Zimbabwe from an AIDS related illness. The key message that she wanted readers to know was that she had changed her life through becoming active with the help of a community health club. She did not die alone... Read more...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will provide US$ 29.65 million to support urgent rehabilitation works - restoration and stabilization of water supply and sanitation services in the Municipalities of Harare, Chitungwiza, Mutare, Chegutu, Masvingo and Kwekwe. The Urgent Water Supply and... Read more...
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has temporarily suspended plans to take over the cit of Bulawayo's water and sewer system -- at least, until after the elections. Sources said Zanu PF feared a backlash against the party from voters over the unpopular takeover, which has rallied the... Read more...
Some residents in Harare have gone without water for more than three weeks while some areas of Bulawayo have experienced water cuts lasting more than five months. Amid all this chaos, blame shifting has been the order of the day. Power cuts, unreliable water reticulation equipment and lack of... Read more...
The ZimWASH project aims to strengthen the capacities of civil society organizations and local government in providing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services targeting the needs of the rural poor. Read more...