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A Cotonou, dans les bas-fonds situés dans les quartiers populaires, les habitants sans latrines, se soulagent dans les eaux stagnantes avoisinantes. Nous sommes à Fifadji, un quartier populaire de Cotonou, au Bénin. Il est douze heures et Sèdami, vient d’acheter quatre boules d’akassa (mets à base... Read more...
In a recent interview with MediaGlobal from New York Political motivation in sub-Saharan Africa essential for reaching sanitation MDGs Dick de Jong and IRC were quoted several times. MediaGlobal also linked to two of the four stories Dick wrote after the AfricaSan 3 conference in Kigali and... Read more...
BRAC has been implementing the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme in 150 sub-districts of Bangladesh with a focus of achieving MDG 7; target 10 with support from the Government of the Netherlands since 2006. Read more...
African ministers have committed to do what they can ‘in our own back yard’ by using local finance for sanitation rather than depend on hand-outs. They were following the advice of President Kagame of Rwanda who opened AfricaSan 3, the … Read more...
The UN's latest Millennium Development Goals Report notes that progress in sanitation has largely bypassed the poor while rural populations remain disadvantaged. At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2049 to provide 77 per cent of the global population with improved sanitation. Read more...
Each issue of WASHplus Weekly highlights new resources and publications on a wide range of topics related to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and indoor air quality (IAQ). Read more...
This daily newsletter brings you the latest news items, videos and publications spotted by sanitation experts. Read more...
Accelerated and sustainable progress in sanitation and hygiene is within reach in Asia, as long as we aim at district-wide coverage and build a broad alliance under leadership of local governments. This is the main conclusion of sanitation and hygiene experts from five countries (Nepal, Bhutan,... Read more...
This is a call for participants and contributors to an in-depth learning and sharing session on sanitation in rapidly-growing towns. IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, together with UCLGA , WIN-SA and AusAid , are hosting a Learning and Sharing Workshop around this crucial topic in... Read more...
Kathmandu (MPPW/SNV/IRC): Accelerated and sustainable progress in sanitation and hygiene is within reach in Asia, as long as we aim at district-wide coverage and build a broad alliance under leadership of local governments. This is the main conclusion of sanitation and hygiene experts from five... Read more...
How can we make sanitation services last forever? Challenges, lessons and good practices were shared by participants and presenters at the AfricaSan 3 conference in Kigali, Rwanda held from 18 to 22 July 2011. IRC facilitated several sessions and a hands-on training seminar on applying the life-... Read more...
A US-Ghanaian team has been awarded US$ 1.5 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a biorefinery that will convert fecal sludge to biodiesel and methane. Read more...
The Centre Régional pour l’Eau Potable et l’Assainissement à faible coût ( CREPA ) has established a local chapter in Rwanda.The Rwandan Minister of State for Energy and Water, Eng Collette Ruhamya, who is also the vice chair of the CREPA Ministerial Council, launched CREPA-Rwanda at an event in... Read more...
This is a call for participants and contributors to an in-depth learning and sharing session on sanitation in rapidly-growing towns. IRC, together with UCLGA, WIN-SA and AusAid, are hosting a Learning and Sharing Workshop around this crucial topic in November 2011. The 2 day session, to be held in... Read more...
The African Water Facility (AWF) has issued a Call for Concept Notes under the urban sanitation theme for the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. The AWF will fund up to ten projects that promise to address the needs and to sustainably improving the sanitation situation of a densely populated urban... Read more...
This new 9 minute video shows how BRAC is addressing high absenteeism rates among female students through a water, sanitation and hygiene programme in nearly 3,000 schools across rural Bangladesh. The programme includes menstrual hygiene facilties. [Female students] have expressed that something so... Read more...
The African Water Facility (AWF) has issued a Call for Concept Notes under the urban sanitation theme for the urban poor in Sub-Saharan Africa. The AWF will fund up to ten projects that promise to address the needs and to … Read more...
Les Emirats Arabes Unis ont renforcé leurs efforts médicaux en vue de contenir la propagation de l’épidémie de choléra qui menace des dizaines de milliers de personnes fuyant les zones somaliennes touchées par la famine pour s’amasser dans des camps … Read more...