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Vida Duti, Country Director of IRC Ghana wins the 2019 OFID Annual Award for Development

The Hague, 19 July 2019 – IRC proudly announces...

IRC launches Propeller campaign

IRC launches new campaign to promote systems...

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation awards IRC with a grant

The Hague, 14 June 2018 – The Conrad N. Hilton...

IRC receives grant from the Osprey Foundation

The Hague, 28 March 2018 – The Osprey Foundation...

Launch of the Asutifi North District Based Full WASH Coverage Initiative

A master plan has been drawn up to guide Asutifi...

This year we’re talking poo not just toilets

Turning World Toilet Day into World Sanitation...

Driving the transformational agenda towards WASH delivery in Ghana

Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources,...

Dutch government renews partnership with IRC in support of the Sustainable Development Goal for water and sanitation

The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs will...

Launch of the District WASH Full Coverage Start-up Initiative in Asutifi North

IRC and the Safe Water Network are piloting an...

New website promotes urban sanitation innovation in Ghana

The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana (SC4Gh) team...

IRC hails the Ministry for Sanitation and Water Resources and urges funding prioritisation

In Ghana, water and sanitation services are...

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

The Hague, 20 December 2016 – The Conrad N...

The Kampala WASH Symposium: Looking beyond ordinary approaches

This sixth WASH sustainability forum and the...

Sanitation Innovation Accelerator 2016 declared its cohort of 6 organisations

The first six innovations selected for the...

Innovation accelerator for rural sanitation launched in India

Ennovent, IRC and TARU Leading Edge offer...

Today is World Water Day!

Here's to jobs that keep the water running.

Quick guides to what we do

Community meeting

IRC's approach

Delivering good water, sanitation and hygiene services not just to a few people for a while but to everyone forever requires a fundamental shift in...
Governments discussing at SWA HLM 2012

Institutions

We support national governments to lead development processes and direct funding to where it is most effective and needed.
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Finance

When we stop asking how much it costs to dig a well and start asking how much it costs to provide access to drinking water forever, everything...
Handwashing in Uganda

Hygiene

No matter how good the infrastructure is, if it isn't hygienically used and operated, people's lives and health will not be improved.
Public toilet in Eritrea

Sanitation

Around the world, fewer than one in three people have access to adequate sanitation. We want to change that.
Ethiopia, Petterik Wiggers, Panos Pictures

Water security

Water security is about ensuring that people have sustainable access to unpolluted water to meet their needs.
Monitoring

Monitoring

It's not just what you know, it's what you do with that knowledge that matters. Doing monitoring better and making it count is our focus.

Key people

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