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The National Hand Washing Secretariat in Uganda recently awarded IRC Uganda a certificate of recognition as one of the key exhibitors during the Global Hand Washing Day celebrations Read more...
As a result of Africasan Award for Youth going to Maji na Ufanisi for its work with Kongowea Youth, Mombasa County Government has decided to invest $2 milllion within the next one year to extend the initiative of youth managing WASH. Read more...
“People are developing a taste for healthy living. They want improvement‑compared to us and what we are doing, they want better.” Md Amin Uddin one of the elders in Arua village in Keshabpur upazila, Jessore district, Bangladesh is optimistic about the future. Read more...
Dutch Olympic sailor Carolijn Brouwer will launch a "Menstrual Hygiene Call to Action" at an event in Scheveningen, The Hague on 19 June 2015. Read more...
IRC gelooft dat iedereen in de wereld recht heeft op schoon drinkwater en goede sanitaire voorzieningen. Monitoring is het controleren of alles nog goed werkt en waar reparaties nodig zijn. Ikos Melkhior Kosat helpt de regering van Oost-Indonesië om dat te doen. Lees hier zijn verhaal. Read more...
The long-awaited date for the fourth AfricaSan has been confirmed: May 2015. This path-breaking conference will this year continue to raise the priority of sanitation amongst the new generation of political leaders. Read more...
This is how the BRAC WASH programme (2006-2015) is achieving lasting behaviour change and transforming hygiene, sanitation and water services with half the rural population of Bangladesh, using an equity-based approach and sustained intensive interaction. Read more...
Après un processus de travail intensif, nous avons pu lancer, fin 2013, notre nouvelle identité institutionnelle qui traduit mieux notre rôle de think-and-do-tank, utilisant les connaissances comme catalyseur de changements au profit des populations. Read more...
L’atelier « Vers un assainissement total pérenne » a attiré plus de 70 participants provenant de 16 différents pays d’Afrique de l’ouest. Environ 40% des participants proviennent d’ONGs, 35% d’agences gouvernementales, 20% d’organisations internationales et 5% sont des bailleurs de fonds. Read more...
Du 12 au 14 novembre 2013, s'est tenu à Cotonou au Bénin, un atelier régional d'apprentissage et d'échanges d'Afrique de l'ouest. Le thème portait sur : « De l'Assainissement Total Piloté par les Communautés (ATPC) à un service d'assainissement pérenne». Organisé par le Centre International de l'... Read more...
Western-central municipality is first in Nepal to achieve TBC in Hygiene and Sanitation. Read more...
Eight African countries are creatively achieving the goals of community led total sanitation programmes (CLTS) including one idea in Malawi where handwashing is monitored according to the health of tree seedlings planted beneath water outlets. Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the session on monitoring behaviour-change outcomes for sanitation & hygiene at scale for all Read more...
In this folder you can find the presentations related to the joint session on cost effectiveness of sanitation and hygiene interventions Read more...
This keynote paper will highlight four main trends in monitoring for sanitation and hygiene. Read more...
Our colleagues have been busy blogging about sanitation and hygiene services that last. Read about IRC's work with BRAC to monitor progress of the largest sanitation programme in the world: the BRAC WASH II programme in Bangladesh. The component on menstrual hygiene management is delivering strong... Read more...
In Kerala, local members of the ward water and sanitation committees visit each installed toilet three times: at completion, after one month and after three months. The visiting members look at the hygienic toilet and discuss use practices with the lady of the house. The assumption is that if... Read more...
La Facilité africaine de l’Eau (FAE) a octroyé en ce début d’année 2013 un don de 1,1 million d’euros à la commune de Sèmè-Podji, au Bénin, pour la gestion et l’exploitation des boues vidange. Le programme devrait profiter à de nombreux agriculteurs et environ 1 million d’habitants. Read more...
Systematic and reliable monitoring is a prerequisite for successful sanitation and hygiene programming. Read more...
La population riveraine de la boulangerie Wend Konta située dans l’arrondissement de Sig-Noghin a manifesté son ral-le-bol ce mercredi 7 novembre 2012. La raison, elle dénonce la construction d’une fosse septique qui aurait des conséquences sur la santé des habitants se trouvant à proximité de... Read more...