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Winners of the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana

Winners of the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana announced

Published on: 09/08/2019
Local Assemblies and private partners awarded cash prizes for excellence in urban liquid waste management in Ghana.

School toilet in Ouolondo (M. Kane, IRC Mali)

Managing water schemes in schools and hospitals is difficult in Mali

Published on: 22/07/2019
From April to May 2019, the 'communes' of Nossombougou, Ouolodo and Tioribougou in Mali carried out an assessment of water and sanitation schemes in schools and health centres.

PMH dans la commune de Ouodolo (M.Kane, IRC Mali)

Difficile gestion des ouvrages AEPHA dans les écoles et hôpitaux au Mali

Published on: 22/07/2019
Les communes Nossombougou, Ouolodo et Tioribougou au Mali ont effectué, d'avril à mai 2019, un diagnostic des ouvrages d'eau et d'assainissement érigés au sein des établissements scolaires et les centres de santés.

Water vessel and filter used in India

Helping CSOs with WASH governance issues in two states in India

Published on: 22/07/2019
Working papers focusing on the institutional setup and financial flows for WASH in Bihar and Odisha.

Patrick Moriarty

Patrick Moriarty elected chair of SWA Steering Committee

Published on: 02/07/2019
IRC's CEO will serve as chair of the decision-making body of Sanitation and Water for All for the coming three years.

Les participants d'AAFEA

L’Alliance d’Afrique Francophone pour l’Eau et l’Assainissement

Published on: 26/06/2019
Déclaration des collectifs africains du secteur eau et assainissement pour accélérer la mobilisation pour l'atteinte de l'ODD6.

Participants of the One Drop workshop in Burkina Faso

One Drop réitère son soutien à la commune de Banfora

Published on: 24/06/2019
La mairie de Banfora a organisé les 14, 15 et 16 mai 2019 un atelier de consultation pour la définition d’un nouveau projet cofinancé par One Drop, Hilton et les partenaires locaux.

Bulandina Tatu demonstrates the making of reusable menstrual pads by women in Batani village, Kwale County, Kenya

Integrating, collaborating and building capacity for menstrual hygiene management

Published on: 23/05/2019
What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries learn from Kenya's successful approach to improve menstrual health management?

Participants of local government training of area mechanics in Ghana

IRC supports local government training of area mechanics in Ghana

Published on: 25/05/2018
Two districts in the Volta Region of Ghana - Akatsi North and Akatsi South - benefited from a five-day area mechanic training.

Launch of the project in Asutifi North

Asutifi North district in Ghana launches united effort to achieve WASH for all by 2030

Published on: 19/03/2018
District, communities, IRC and partners pledge to deliver on SDG promises

Fetching water in Ghana

Ghana’s Asutifi North District wants to set example with WASH masterplan

Published on: 12/10/2017
IRC Ghana is partner in a new pilot called the 'District Based 100% Full WASH Coverage Initiative'.

Ghana delegation to SWWW

District-based initiative for Sustainable Development Goal 6: building country systems in Ghana

Published on: 27/08/2017
In Asutifi North District in Ghana, the local government works with IRC, Safe Water Network and World Vision (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation partners) to make it the first Ghanaian district where everyone has access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030.

Recording WASH Talk

Stay tuned – IRC’s podcast WASH Talk is about to be launched

Published on: 30/01/2017
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk.

Latrine doors

National social innovation contest for local development of household sanitation: watch this space!

Published on: 24/01/2017
Unfortunately, the contest launched by IRC was inconclusive.

Bangladeshi women standing in line for water

IRC has signed the Civic Charter

Published on: 16/01/2017
By signing the Civic Charter IRC shows that it is accountable to the people it serves.

Latrine under construction

Sludge Enterprise at WASH Futures Conference 2016

Published on: 12/01/2017
Successful Sludge Enterprises in Small Urban Centres in Zimbabwe selected as a poster presentation at WASH FUTURES 2016 in Brisbane, Australia.

Open Air Defecation free certificates

Once on board, the rest is up to you: community commitment's the key

Published on: 21/11/2016
World Toilet Day in Burkina Faso: access to toilets is everyone's responsibility reminds the Minister for Water and Sanitation

GLAAS workshop 2016

Enabling policy- and decision-makers to make informed decisions for (drinking) water, sanitation and hygiene

Published on: 02/11/2016
Inspiring workshop on the Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) 2016/7 surveys and network building between Southern African countries.

AWW 2016 session

“Support Africa to drive her own WASH destiny” – Hon. Mwai Kibaki, UNESCO Special Envoy for Water in Africa

Published on: 20/07/2016
Africa's governments should "put resolute actions in favour of water and should confront the immediate challenges of scarcity of safe and clean water." a plea by Hon. Kibaki at the opening of the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Watershed wordmark cpature

Watershed empowering citizens programme

Published on: 13/05/2016
We have to get the next five years right if we are to meet the target of universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030.

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Celebrating World Water Day

Published on: 21/03/2016
The African water sector needs qualified staff in all disciplines, not just engineering.

Photo: Petterik Wiggers

Self-supply Fair 2016 in Addis Ababa

Published on: 11/03/2016
My Water, My Business 2016 is an exhibition and seminar focused on Self-supply and linked to World Water Day 2016. The ambitious aim this year is to bring together different approaches to household-level provision, so going beyond domestic water supply to include household irrigation, water...

Monitoring together

Doing research and taking action

Published on: 25/02/2016
Having local researchers work with local stakeholders on the development of monitoring tools has been an important success of the Action Research for Learning programme.

Susan Alobo, HPM Adekwokok sub county, treasurer Lira HPMA

Who says a girl cannot repair boreholes?

Published on: 20/02/2016
Hand Pump Mechanics are always on call to repair water sources whenever they break down. Water source repair is largely a man's world, but who says a girl cannot fit in?

Owaraga Simon Peter, Caretaker Onamudian village borehole, Pallisa District

A day in the life of a water source caretaker

Published on: 20/02/2016
Who is taking care of the hand pump, replacing wearing parts, and keeping the service going?

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