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The contents of toilet pits and septic tanks become a resource for the owners when it can be used or sold as fertiliser. Read more...
Toilets need maintenance if they are not to fall into disrepair. A 3-country study showed that households spent US$ 0- US$ 3 per toilet per year on maintenance. In more urban areas and for more expensive toilets this was up to US$ 20 per year. 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...
Liberia will need to bridge a US$ 450 million funding gap to achieve the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) targets that it set for itself in 2017. Read more...
Sector stakeholders were delighted when the new government of Burkina Faso announced the creation of the Ministère de l’Eau, des Aménagements Hydrauliques et de l’Assainissement (Ministry of Water, Hydraulic Planning and Sanitation) in January 2013 [1]. Mrs. Mamounata Belem/Ouédraogo, who heads the... Read more...
Successful sanitation programmes depend on equitable participation of women and men. Read more...
L’épidémie de choléra qui sévit au Niger a fait selon les experts plus de 3000 victimes en 2012 principalement dans la région de Tillabéry. Ce nombre élevé de victimes est dû essentiellement à la consommation de l’eau souillée et aux … 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...
Innovative research on the potential of turning the faecal waste from millions of pit latrines in Bangladesh into fertiliser, biogas and electricity. Read more...
Consultant-led sanitation marketing surveys typically take months to produce a thick report with largely impractical recommendations. The IRC International Water and Sanitation is developing a field tool that delivers, within just one week, a one-page overview matching sanitation supply and demand. Read more...
As part of the symposium pack, all registered participants from the IRC Symposium 2013: Monitoring Sustainable WASH Service Delivery will receive a free copy of the October 2012 edition of “Waterlines”, focusing on WASH sector monitoring. For further info on the content of the publication, please... Read more...
Information scan on WASH unit costs and financial planning and budgeting This study: "Information scan on WASH unit costs and financial planning and budgeting of the Water and Sanitation Sector in Uganda" presents an overview of the income and expenditure flows in the Ugandan rural water and... Read more...
Systematic and reliable monitoring is a prerequisite for successful sanitation and hygiene programming. Read more...
This virtual library provides access to recent water and sanitation related publications produced by the United Nations system. It is available in English and Spanish. Read more...
Chaque année, la Fondation met un accent particulier sur un axe important. En 2013, la Fondation privilégiera le financement de projets ayant une approche entrepreneuriale. Read more...
The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) has been awarded a US$ 2 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help countries build capacities for sanitation policy development, monitoring and advocacy. Read more...
IRC and India's National Institute of Administrative Research (NIAR) are joining forces on capacity development and action research. Read more...
The African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) has been awarded a US$ 2 million grant [1] from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help countries build capacities for sanitation policy development, monitoring and advocacy. Read more...
Peter Ryan recently joined Water and Sanitation for Africa (WSA) as Associate Programme Director. Based at the organisation's HQ, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, his particular area of responsibility is sustainability. Read more...