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Triple-S

Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) was a six-year, multi-country learning initiative to improve water supply to the rural poor.

Bicycles fetching water

News and information

Melinda Gates in Burkina Faso

IRC Burkina Faso receives acknowledgement from Melinda Gates

Achieving SDG6 needs continued dedication but sometimes appreciation of hard work is welcome.

Burkina Faso
Farmer from the Seventh Video

The race has not ended

Passing on the baton. IRC takes the legacy of Ton Schouten forward.

Ghana, Uganda
IRC WASH Toolkit

Launching the IRC WASH toolkit

IRC has compiled a growing repository of tools and guidance for strengthening WASH service delivery.

Hand Pump Mechanics at work in Kabarole District

IRC supports hand pump mechanics to develop business models

IRC has since 2011, supported Hand Pump Mechanics Associations to develop into viable business...

Uganda

Blogs

The capacity to deliver water services

New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana.

Ghana
Ebenezer Kwarteng, Ghana, speaking at Kintampo South District Learning Alliance meeting
Peter McIntyre
Published on: 11/04/2018

It is all about systems

Providing water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever for everyone, is all about systems.

Fixing a pump in Burkina Faso
Patrick Moriarty
Published on: 29/08/2016

Resources

How can ICT initiatives be designed to improve rural water supply?

2016
Using information and communication technologies...

Facilitating change in a complex environment : delivering rural water services in Ghana

2015
This poster shares lessons from how IRC in Ghana...

User satisfaction with handpump water services : a synthesis of findings from 3 districts (Akatsi...

2015

Tracking district budgeting and expenditure on rural water services in Uganda : analysis report

2015
The relatively low allocation of financial...

Whole system change : capturing the change process in the Ghana rural water sub-sector

2015
The paper seeks to analyse and describe the...

Water service levels and user satisfaction in Kabarole District

2015
In 2014, IRC/Triple-S undertook a water service...


Videos

Tribute speech for Ton Schouten by Harold Lockwood

Harold Lockwood, giving a testimony to Ton's life at the USAID Co-creation workshop in Washington D.C. Harold and Ton got to know each other since the 1999s early 2000, both forming part of the Thematic Group on Scaling-Up Community Management for Rural Water Supply, and worked together off and on, ever since.

The quest for water services that last

The Triple-S Initiative was conceived in 2009 with the aim of contributing towards improved sustainability of rural water supply services. This video tells the story of the Triple-S Initiative in Uganda.