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Chemisto Satya Ali, Water, sanitation and hygiene advisor, in the Rwenzori Portfolio at SNV Uganda relates about the joint initiative of IRC/Triple-S Uganda, Makare University, SNV Uganda and WaterAid Uganda, to introduce the use mobile phones in monitoring water services in Uganda. This video was... Read more...
Seth Damasah, Head of the District Water and Sanitation Team of Akatsi District in the Volta Region in Ghana, describes how they have recently starting to use the FLOW technology, to monitor water services in Ghana. Read more...
La question de l’accès des populations à l’eau potable fait partie des préoccupations du des localités du gouvernorat de Jendouba ou 13 projets destinés à approvisionner en eau potable en 2012 pour un coût de 101 millions et 587 dinars. … Read more...
La question de l’accès des populations à l’eau potable fait partie des préoccupations du des localités du gouvernorat de Jendouba ou 13 projets destinés à approvisionner en eau potable en 2012 pour un coût de 101 millions et 587 dinars. Ces projets seront exécutés par le biais de la société... Read more...
Before you is the first version of the Low-Cost Sanitation Package for Non-Sewered Private Toilets, SanPack for short. This collection of e-documents is the reorganized set up of papers, materials and tools that IRC and its partners have developed on non-sewered household toilets from the mid-1980s... Read more...
The “costing sustainable services” training that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during 8 to 10 May 2012 examined ways to improve financing of water service delivery in Ethiopia and specifically to increase sustainability of service delivery. The main gaps identified by participants included:... Read more...
Retenez dès à présent les dates du 14 et 15 juin 2012 dans vos agendas pour participer à la retraite de réflexion du Réseau des Centres de Ressources en eau potable hygiène et assainissement (RCR Burkina). La rencontre se tiendra à l’hôtel Amiso à Ouagadougou à partir de 8h30mn. Depuis sa création... Read more...
A neatly framed citation hanging on Gram Panchayat walls in Pardi village announces that the village is receiving ‘Nirmal Gram Puraskar’ on attaining full sanitation coverage in households, schools and Aanganwadi centres and for outstanding contributions to promotion of rural sanitation. This tiny... Read more...
Abudu Gangi is one of the committed women in Koraput district in the eastern Indian state of Orissa whose persistent efforts are adding up to bring about positive behavioural changes among people in the district. Read more...
Des experts agronomes et responsables dans des départements, tels que l’Agriculture et les Ressources en eau, avertissent sur la vulnérabilité de l’Algérie en matière de sécurité alimentaire qui, soulignent-ils, pose un grave problème de sécurité nationale. Read more...
A team from the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) visited the Mundathicode panchayat recently to study initiatives in the water and sanitation sectors and decentralisation, reported The Hindu newspaper from Kerala on 10 May 2012. The team, headed by Nico Terra, IRC director,... Read more...
Village WASH committees that represent all community members are at the core of the BRAC WASH programme. The committees note progress on water and sanitation coverage by drawing social maps. Each committee member has a role to play in ensuring that the village achieves - and maintains - 100%... Read more...
A message from the Country Coordinator of Triple-S Uganda, on the occasion of the World Water Day 2012 Read more...
Dans le cadre de la commémoration du 48ème anniversaire de la création de la Commission du Bassin du Lac Tchad (CBLT), mardi 22 mai à Niamey, le Ministre nigérien de l’Hydraulique et de l’Environnement, M. Issaka Issoufou a lancé … Read more...
“Closing the gap: WASH sector devolution and decentralisation in Malawi” takes a close look at how donor financing and lack of awareness about access to funds for both infrastructure and capacity building can be better aligned; particularly in Malawi’s decentralised water sector. Read more...
Mrs Vida Duti, Ghana Country Director for IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, has emphasized the need for a national framework for monitoring WASH services in an interview on national radio . Read more...
BRAC WASH II is the second phase of the WASH programme. It aims for a sustained change in personal/family hygiene, sanitation and water safety. The programme focuses on sustainably improved household and school sanitation and hygiene practices, and safe drinking water use. The BRAC WASH II... Read more...
In October 2011, during its annual Joint Sector Review, the Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment resolved to promote the formation of Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) as a way of enhancing sustainability of rural water services. Read more...
Water sector stakeholders are invited to express their views on how to shape the future of global water monitoring after 2015. The JMP Post 2015 Water Monitoring Working Group has launched an e-survey to let all stakeholders express their thoughts on: the Group's draft goal, targets and indicators... Read more...
Working Paper 4 proposes an alternative methodology and different tools for learning about how populations access water services. The methodology looks at the national level and is based on the application of monitoring indicators in accordance with regulation standards that are enforced in Burkina... Read more...