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Water kiosk, Banfora, Burkina Faso

Social entrepreneurship within the WASH system

Published on: 24/01/2019
Why even social entrepreneurs need strong government.

Water flowing from tap

Scaling up household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana

Published on: 19/09/2018
The main purpose of this report is to reflect with key stakeholders involved in trying to scale up HWTS in Ghana (as part of the Safe Water Phase II) on what happened.

Scaling up household water treatment and safe storage in Ghana

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Videos highlighting experiences from safe water businesses

Published on: 21/08/2018
In six videos, relevant topics on running a safe water business are discussed.

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Selecting the right safe water options

Published on: 20/08/2018
The complicated landscape of safe drinking water for households is discussed in this podcast.

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How can social enterprises get safe water to communities at the “base of the pyramid”?

Published on: 22/06/2018
Lessons learned from the Safe Water Phase 2 initiative (2015-2018): a WASH Talk podcast.

The role of social enterprise in serving the BoP with Sjef Ernes and Rachel Pringle

Developing viable business models to provide point-of-use safe water services to communities at the base of the pyramid (BoP).
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Finote Selam utility team

Safe Water 2 Programme Is ‘A Space for Innovation’

Published on: 15/03/2018
The Safe Water 2 Programme is "a place for innovation," says Hester Foppen of Aqua for All . As a partner in the ' Safe Water Phase 2' Programme , IRC spoke to her about business viability and innovation at a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in the fall of 2017.

Presenting SmartPaani

Working in the private water sector in Nepal

Published on: 12/02/2018
During a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in September 2017, IRC spoke with Anisha Karn, Marketing Manager of SmartPaani, a Nepalese private water company, about business viability, social marketing and innovation in Nepal.

Pierre-Gilles Duvernay with the team

How can an NGO survive as a small business?

Published on: 23/01/2018
Interview with Pierre Gilles Duvernay from Antenna Foundation on the Safe Water Phase II programme.

Aboubacar and Fanny during a workshop in Nepal

You need stamina and vision to be a safe water entrepreneur in Guinea

Published on: 22/01/2018
Interview with Aboubacar Camara from Tinkisso-Antenna about experiences in the Safe Water Programme Phase II.

Community in Cambodia

A viable future for safe water businesses

Published on: 22/12/2017
Accessibility, affordability, and availability of technology options are crucial for the survival of safe water businesses, says Fanny Boulloud of the Swiss Antenna Foundation. As a partner in the 'Safe Water Phase 2' programme, IRC spoke to Boulloud about business viability at a stakeholder...

Amanda Loeffen, WaterLex

Linking safe water businesses to the human right to water and sanitation

Published on: 20/11/2017
The drive for reaching SDG 6 has created a big demand from private safe water businesses to help governments supply safe water.

Employees of Spring Health, India

Governments have to stimulate Safe Water Businesses

Published on: 04/10/2017
An enabling environment will stimulate financiers to invest in Safe Water business.

Hydrologic customers with water filter

Safe water businesses: monitoring for impact investment

Published on: 17/08/2017
How and why businesses in the Safe Water 2 programme do their monitoring.

Sellers of Aqua+

Safe water and jobs

Published on: 10/04/2017
Creating access to safe water in India through women-led service delivery models.

Hydrologic ceramic filter factory

Carbon finance: unlocking investments for safe water?

Published on: 15/09/2016
On the global carbon market big companies like Coca-Cola reduce their carbon footprint by investing in safe water projects that reduce CO2 emissions.

Filter pots at Hydrologic´s production facility

What supports the growth and sustainability of social enterprises?

Published on: 15/07/2016
Four successful market approaches for water entrepreneurs

Spring Health home delivery service

Beating the heat in Odisha

Published on: 11/05/2016
How entrepreneurs in Odisha, India, provide villagers with safe, affordable, home-delivered drinking water.

Last mile delivery in Odisha, India (photo by Antenna)

Scaling up safe water – what can we learn from local businesses?

Published on: 17/03/2016
In the Safe Water II programme (2015-2018) we map tools and approaches that local businesses in household water treatment products use to start and scale up their business.

Spring Health International: an innovative model for the sale of HWTS

Service delivery approach and Household Water Treatment Systems; two conflicting perspectives?

Published on: 19/08/2015
IRC believes that all of us in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, need to stop thinking in terms of delivering hardware - and start thinking in terms of managing hardware to deliver services. How does this relate to promoting Household Water Treatment Systems?

People making chlorine flasks at Tinkisso, Guinea Conakry

Help bring safe water to scale

Published on: 04/08/2015
Join us at the Stockholm World Water Week to discuss how to scale up sustainable access to safe water.

HWTS cerami filter Cambodia

Boosting business in household water treatment and storage products

Published on: 07/04/2015
IRC is involved in an exciting programme to stimulate businesses in products and systems for household water treatment and storage: Safe Water Phase 2.