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Susan Davis

Agenda for Change welcomes new global coordinator

Published on: 26/02/2019
Agenda for Change welcomes a new full-time Global Coordinator, made possible by an Osprey Foundation grant.

SWA Tools Portal

Tools to help national governments strengthen the WASH sector

Published on: 15/10/2018
New SWA portal supports practical implementation of Building Blocks and Collaborative Behaviours.

Still from IRC Uganda video "WASH is about SYSTEMS"

WASH is about systems

Published on: 18/06/2018
IRC Uganda launches video on implementing the systems approach in Kabarole and Bunyangabu districts.

Lady from Kamwenge District, Western Uganda

IRC receives grant from the Osprey Foundation

Published on: 28/03/2018
US$ 450,000 for collective action towards universal WASH access.

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

Children enjoy fresh water from a newly rehabilitated borehole in Kabarole district

The untold stories of WASH in Uganda

Published on: 05/03/2018
The WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C) partnership in Uganda embarked on an exercise to document the untold story of WASH, profiling the unserved populations and highlighting the key issues and circumstances that characterize their lack of access to WASH services.

James Mujuni at Mugusu market borehole

Being water source caretaker – and loving it!

Published on: 15/09/2017
Under the pay-as-you-fetch management model, a water source caretaker is paid a monthly wage. Caretakers are no longer community volunteers as they used to be and this has improved service delivery.

Women working in rural Asia

What you do next counts tomorrow

Published on: 24/08/2017
The pathway to sustainable WASH by 2030

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) meeting participants

Finance ministers meet to bridge SDG 6 financing gap

Published on: 24/03/2017
Sanitation and Water for All holds high-level event during the World Bank's Spring Meetings.

Burkina Faso happy kids

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation supports IRC to plan for sustainable water services in three African countries

Published on: 20/12/2016
IRC has been awarded a US$ 1 million grant to develop a fourteen year programme.

Water and Health Conference 2016

Join IRC at the Water and Health Conference 2016

Published on: 04/10/2016
Several inspiring IRC sessions and side events.

TEDxTalk Eleanor Allen

Eleanor Allen’s TEDxTalk ‘water is a women’s issue’

Published on: 09/08/2016
Allen is not just all talk. As Water For People's CEO she puts her words into action.

Stockholm World Water Week

Join IRC at the Stockholm World Water Week 2016

Published on: 04/08/2016
Several IRC sessions and the launch of Watershed – empowering citizens.

The Road Map for change diagram WASH Agenda for Change

WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C) Roadmap, Tools and Approaches

Published on: 01/07/2016
WASH Agenda for Change (WA4C) Roadmap, Tools and Approaches Workshop, June Monday 27 – Tuesday 28, 2016, Kampala, Uganda

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.

IRc Event Nov 2015

IRC Event: Reaching Universal Coverage. Wednesday March 30th, 17:00–18:30, The Hague

Published on: 11/03/2016
The theme for the event is 'Reaching universal coverage: an Agenda for Change'. The Sustainable Development Goals require the sector to work towards universal coverage of water and sanitation services.

Close up of a hand carrying container being filled with water at tap stand

An agenda for change: achieving universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030

Published on: 17/09/2015
An Agenda for Change: a set of guiding principles and actions for achieving universal water, sanitation and hygiene services by 2030.