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IRC joins the #GivingTuesday movement

Published on: 04/09/2019
3 December 2019 - for the very first time - the Netherlands will also celebrate the global giving movement. And IRC is helping make this happen.

Kenneth Kavulu covering stories of WASH in Kampala, Uganda

A rising voice for the slums of Kampala

Published on: 15/04/2019
Kenneth Kavulu, winner of the 2018 Ton Schouten Award for WASH Storytelling used his prize earnings to create an NGO dedicated to transforming lives in slum areas.

Participants take part in the communication skills training

Media relations tips for water and environment experts

Published on: 01/04/2019
At the Uganda Water and Environment Week 2019, IRC and UWASNET organised a practical skills training session on media and communication. Participants took home several tips.

Propeller campaign postcard

What's a propeller got to do with WASH?

Published on: 22/06/2018
IRC launches new campaign to promote systems thinking in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.

Kenneth Kavulu from Uganda wins the 2018 Ton Schouten Award for WASH Storytelling

Kenneth Kavulu from Uganda wins the 2018 Ton Schouten Award for WASH Storytelling

Published on: 02/06/2018
Kenneth is dedicated to improving WASH challenges by giving a voice to communities.

Benti Ejeta

Telling stories of WASH: looking back on the first Ton Schouten Award year

Published on: 09/05/2018
"The award contributed to WASH in ways beyond my imagination" - we talked with Benti Ejeta from Ethiopia about his first year as an awardee .

ROM Mobile Desludging Unit in Malawi

WASH HowTo's: 2 top tips for aid workers

Published on: 05/10/2017
One hundred 'HowTo' guides for aid workers are being added to online technical Q&A forum KnowlegePoint by carefully selected experts.

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Mr. Benti Ejeta wins the Ton Schouten Award for WASH Storytelling

Published on: 02/06/2017
A young storyteller will carry on the work to which our late colleague dedicated so much of his professional life.

Ton Schouten

IRC announces Ton Schouten Award for WASH Storytelling

Published on: 23/05/2017
A year ago today, on the 22nd of May 2016, we lost our dear friend and colleague Ton Schouten.

Young women in Burkina Faso

Quand on veut on peut

Published on: 16/02/2017
La pérennité des services d'assainissement – non seulement une question de ressources locales mais aussi de volonté...

Monitoring at district level in Ethiopia

Can ICTs help citizens voice concerns over water?

Published on: 04/02/2016
In-house fault-reporting and maintenance systems work better than crowdsourcing models where users are encouraged to report faults.

Men around a tap in Bhutan

Diarrhoea is top 10 disease in Bhutan, so behaviour change is needed

Published on: 12/03/2015
Behaviour change communication is essential in making water and sanitation campaigns successful. Bhutan has high coverage rates, basic sanitation coverage of 95 percent, improved sanitation coverage of 60 percent and 97 percent access to safe drinking water, but despite these good figures diarrhoea...

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Telling WASH stories that matter

Published on: 05/12/2014
Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) are essential to daily life and overall development, but, they are often not the top priority of the media. IRC and RNTC joined hands to train journalists and communications specialists how to tell compelling stories about WASH.

IRC inputs help first multimedia journalism and water course

Published on: 28/11/2013
Internet and social media can be powerful tools to tell accurate, interesting WASH stories. Eight participants from the new Multimedia Journalism and Water course of RNTC (Radio Netherlands Training Centre) and IRC concluded that at the end of their three-week stay in Hilversum. They left for home...

Suez Environnement et GE signent un accord sur les réseaux intelligents

Published on: 16/06/2011
C’est l’une des nouvelles tendances du secteur de l’eau : faire des vieux réseaux d’eau et d’assainissement des réseaux intelligents. Dans ce but, Suez Environnement et GE – via ses filiales GE Energy, Power & Water et GE Intelligent Platforms …