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Intern Jimmy Otim realised his passion for WASH in Uganda's Lira District. Read more...
IRC is using Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) as a tool to measure change in the WASH sector. Read more...
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) has led a process of learning and innovation to improve rural water service delivery in Ghana and Uganda. Each experiment has documented, results and recommendations shared with stakeholders in the two countries. In addition, the progress on the innovation... Read more...
In Ghana and Uganda, Triple-S has run a range of experiments to improve water service delivery. Taken together, these experiments were expected to contribute to the sustainability and quality of rural water services and to build sector capacity for future innovation and informed policy making. Read more...
To deliver WASH services that last, the whole system of individuals, organisations, technologies and the institutions that link them needs to work, and work more effectively. Read more...
Ensuring long-term services on a large scale. Read more...
A water service consists of certain characteristics, such as quantity, quality, and continuity. Read more...
How stakeholder cooperation enhances water facilities, as this video shows. Read more...
Interview with Patrick Moriarty on how WASHCost and Triple-S effect change in rural water and sanitation service delivery. Read more...
A special issue of ' Water Alternatives' journal looks at trends in water services in rural areas. Read more...
The head of Kabarole District in Western Uganda has renewed a pledge to work with Triple-S on ways of improving the levels and sustainability of rural water services. Richard Rwabuhinga, Chairperson of Kabarole District local government, welcomed the Triple-S annual review and planning meeting to... Read more...
How can we, as a collective sector, improve in providing WASH services that last? Read more...
Service delivery models describe the practical implementation of water service provision as part of a service delivery approach Read more...
Stakeholders in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector in the Northern Region of Ghana have met to form a learning platform, the Regional Level Learning Alliance (RLLAP), in Tamale. It is to promote the sharing of ideas, knowledge and synchronise project activities and initiatives for... Read more...
Want to know how your organisation scores in sustainability performance? Complete the online self-assessment form and find out if your organisation’s sustainability policies and practices are strong or need improvement. Read more...
Global monitoring reports, such as the Joint Monitoring Programme for water supply and sanitation, indicate that water and sanitation coverage is increasing over time. Read more...
In rural Mozambique, nearly 35% of water facilities are not working or in need of repair. The National Directorate of Water [DNA: Direcção Nacional de Águas] is confronting this problem by catalysing the process for sector reform. DNA adopted the service delivery approach—to essentially improve... Read more...
Scale, and associated words and phrases, such as ‘scaling up’, ‘large scale’, ‘appropriate scale’ and ‘economies of scale’ are both central to development discourse and often misunderstood or interpreted in different ways. As scale is at the heart of IRC’s work on services delivery, this note seeks... Read more...
Vida Duti, Triple-S Ghana leader, heads a team of ten people who are hosted by the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. In seven short video clips, Vida talks about how the Ghanaian water sector is moving towards sustainable rural water service delivery. Read more...
AlJazeera’s "Inside story" will take an in-depth look at water and sanitation, and will have Patrick Moriarty, IRC’s International programme director and Triple-S director, as a panelist. Tune in on 8 March 2012 at 17:30 GMT. Watch your local Al Jazeera news station , or check out Al Jazeera’s live... Read more...