India
We're applying grassroots and policy know-how to bring proven district solutions to the attention of state and national level government.
Basic water 88% | Basic sanitation 44% | Open defecation 40% | Basic hygiene N/A (JMP data)
We're applying grassroots and policy know-how to bring proven district solutions to the attention of state and national level government.
Basic water 88% | Basic sanitation 44% | Open defecation 40% | Basic hygiene N/A (JMP data)
IRC has been active in India for more than four decades with projects managed from IRC headquarters in the Netherlands, and more recently with a growing portfolio of activities on the ground. Our team of two, based in Delhi and led by Ruchika Shiva brings together skills in grassroots and policy influencing. The main focus of our national level work is on understanding financial flows to WASH. Our partner district in India is Ganjam in Odisha State, where we are focusing on one block in particular: Chatrapur. For more information see highlights of our recent work and our 2027-2021 strategy.
Since 2016, IRC supports and co-organises expert discussions on the WASH sector in India.
The Aga Khan Foundation is organising WASH interventions in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in response to the pandemic.
The Watershed partnership programme (2016-2020) built the capacity of civil society organisations in six countries and also at international level for evidence-based lobbying and advocacy on WASH and water resources management. Read the page on Watershed's activities in India.
On International Women's Day, 8 March 2020, IRC has been running the City Pier City Loop Den Haag with the goal of raising €2,500 to facilitate women's capacity building workshops in our partner district of Odisha, India.
Length: 1min 39secs
Listen to W. Kamala, president of a women's Self Help Group in Odisha, India, as she speaks out on the importance of gender equality. Promotional clip used in IRC's 2020 #SheMakesChange campaign.
Length: 1 min 40 secs
On the 3rd of March 2016, a seminar was held at the Australian High Commission in London to present the main findings from the Community Water Plus project on support to community-managed rural water supplies in India. This video contains these presentations.
Length: 53mins
In this video Urs Heierli, social marketing expert and advisor to the Safe Water II project, talks about the necessary paradigm shift to household water treatment systems.
Length: 5mins 42sec.
Coordinator, Snehalatha, explains how WASHCost (India) will show the Government of India that collecting data on costs and service levels will strengthen their National Rural Water Supply Guidelines.
Length: 3mins.
In India, 4 billion dollars are annually invested in the rural drinking water sector. Hand pumps, pipes and overhead systems are supplied. But in many villages, sufficient clean drinking water is still far from being an everyday reality. The WASHCost India team gathered data on government investments in water, sanitation and hygiene in 187 villages. The data is used so that government can do proper planning for each of the budget components, against the available funds.
Length: 6mins 15 sec.
