IRC Ghana Country Director Vida Duti explains how they are working with local government in the Ahafo region of Ghana to strengthen the system. Read more...
Reflecting on the All Systems Connect Symposium and UN-2023 Water Conference in Ethiopia Read more...
Join us for the launch of Districtwide full WASH Coverage Initiative in Ahafo Region | Venue: Zeniel Hotel, Goaso | Date: June 9, 2022 | Time: 09:30 Read the brief and programme [Regional Programme brief]Leveraging partnerships to scale-up innovations for universal WASH services by 2030 Read more...
Three factors – legitimacy of the collaborative, aligning activities within clear mandates, and demonstrating value – all work together to secure... Read more...
New project on supporting WASH in healthcare facilities in the fight against COVID-19. Read more...
Fort Portal, Kabarole, UGANDA. 11 November 2020 - IRC Uganda today launches a new project with Kabarole District Local Government to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 through strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in healthcare facilities. Read more...
"Water should be colourless in all aspects, that is, it should not have any political colour, nor should it be seen as a means to gain votes. Our only motivation should be, to guarantee the human right of access to water, for everyone and forever". Mayor of San Antonio de Cortés, Honduras Read more...
The first minister to hold a comprehensive policy brief for sanitation and water resources in Ghana has promised sector wide consultation on how to achieve country targets. Read more...
En el blog pasado , planteaba la pregunta ¿cuáles son los mecanismos que podrían hacer que la Comisión Municipal en Agua y Saneamiento (COMAS) logre mantenerse en el tiempo? Allí exponía posibles soluciones para ser discutidas por el sector. Ahora, llega el turno de hacer lo mismo con la Unidad de... Read more...
En estos días nos estamos preparando para echar a andar muchas de nuestras ideas y sentar las bases para cumplir con el gran objetivo que va en línea con los ODS , que todos y todas puedan gozar de los servicios de agua y saneamiento para hoy y para siempre. Esto ha hecho que nos hagamos muchas... Read more...
Creating the capacity to adapt and innovate within national water, sanitation and hygiene sectors Read more...
At IRC we're pretty clear about our aims – about the world we want to see. Everyone, everywhere enjoying access to water, sanitation and hygiene services that last forever. But how to get there? And what's our role? Read more...
The COMAS – Municipal Water and Sanitation Committee – of the municipality of El Negrito (in the Department of Yoro, Honduras), is strongly committed to providing universal water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services to its citizens. But it needs a plan to get there. And it needs to make a plan... Read more...
More than 64 participants joined a webinar last month on Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Local Government organised by the Civil Society Water Sanitation & Hygiene Fund. Topic of discussion was the leading role for local government in water and sanitation provision. Harold Lockwood,... Read more...
Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) has led a process of learning and innovation to improve rural water service delivery in Ghana and Uganda. Each experiment has documented, results and recommendations shared with stakeholders in the two countries. In addition, the progress on the innovation... Read more...
In this blog Patrick Moriarty reflects on Stockholm World Water Week 2014. There is good progress in language (and some tools) around the role of government in delivering services, he argues. But it's still an uphill struggle on who pays for what. Read more...
Scaling up rural sanitation in India depends on strong commitment by all the States and Districts to empower communities to take a leadership role in... Read more...
Dr. Mushtaque Chowdhury from BRAC on the Bangladesh public health miracle, aid or trade, arsenic, floating latrines and the post-2015 development agenda. Read more...
In the third of three blog posts, CEO of IRC Patrick Moriarty explains why “government leadership” is critical to tackle inequality, poverty and to create sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene services – and why we need to stop believing in fairy tales be they about self-supporting communities... Read more...
The fifth edition of the Africa Water Week, which took place from the 26-30 May 2014 in Dakar, Senegal, was a great success. One of the sessions that stood out was the discussion on the role of local government in sustainable service delivery, organised by IRC and partners. Read more...