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Rehabilitating River Mpanga in Uganda

Published on: 12/09/2019

Fears over the health of River Mpanga have been alleviated as efforts of improved water resource management are showing their first results. Communities, CSOs and government bodies around the catchment area of River Mpanga are finding a much-needed balance between water use and water conservation.

Women voices for water in Nanyuki, Kenya

Published on: 12/09/2019

Sustainable WASH for all can only be achieved when all citizens – including women and people living with disabilities – contribute to policy development and implementation. In Nanyuki, Kenya, women participation yields results now they know how to advocate for improved service delivery and water...

Bad governance, inadequate funds fuelling environmental degradation

Published on: 23/08/2019

A meeting organised by Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) and IRC Uganda, to inform the parliamentarians about the Watershed empowering citizens programme, discuss key issues in WASH and IWRM, and make recommendations on how the issues can be addressed effectively.

Meet IRC at World Water Week

Published on: 04/07/2019

See what we have planned with partners during Stockholm World Water Week 2019. Alternatively, meet us at the Agenda for Change stand (D10) or the Dutch Pavilion (C08).

Patrick Moriarty elected chair of SWA Steering Committee

Published on: 02/07/2019

IRC's CEO will serve as chair of the decision-making body of Sanitation and Water for All for the coming three years.

The invisible elephant at the bottom of the pyramid

Published on: 25/06/2019

What can civil society do to achieve the SDGs?

Colourless water

Published on: 13/06/2019

"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

Agua incolora

Published on: 04/06/2019

"El agua debe ser incolora en todos los aspectos, es decir que tampoco debe tener color político, ni debe verse como un medio para ganar votos, nuestra única motivación debe ser garantizar ese derecho humano de acceso al agua, para todos y por siempre". Alcalde de San Antonio de Cortés.

Integrating, collaborating and building capacity for menstrual hygiene management

Published on: 23/05/2019

What can Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries learn from Kenya's successful approach to improve menstrual health management?

To my fellow Dutchmen: what can you do for SDG 6 on 23 May?

Published on: 10/05/2019

Ahead of the European elections of 23 May. What can you do for water and sanitation for all, forever in Europe and beyond?

WASH Systems Academy - How does it work?

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IRC devant les députés burkinabè

Published on: 22/11/2018

Burkina Faso : IRC éclaire les députés sur les enjeux et défis de l'accès durable pour tous à l'eau potable et à l'assainissement. Lors de la première édition de la conférence publique sur les grandes questions de la nation organisée le 8 novembre 2018, conjointement par l'assemblée nationale...

Manifest: toiletten voor 50 miljoen mensen in 2030

Published on: 19/11/2018

Nederlandse organisaties eisen een geloofwaardig plan om de enorme sanitatie ambities vanaf 2020 daadwerkelijk te realiseren.

Happy World Toilet Day

Published on: 14/11/2018

Let's focus on who pays for what all along the sanitation service delivery chain.

Strengthening citizen’s oversight of water, sanitation and hygiene, and integrated water resources management in rural communities of Ghana

Management of WASH systems in Rural Communities: citizens can make a change.

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Strengthening citizen’s oversight of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, and Integrated Water Resources Management in rural communities of Ghana

Multi-annual Country Strategies: do they add up to the Dutch contribution to SDG 6?

Published on: 21/08/2018

In the process of writing the Multi-annual Country Strategies: does the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs consider the WASH strategy?

Looking at WASH through a systems lens

Published on: 02/08/2018

How can we advocate for a holistic approach to water and hygiene service delivery?

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.

Bringing East African CSO voices together

Published on: 16/01/2018

IRC joins workshop on a common advocacy agenda to achieve water and sanitation for all.

Taking lessons from Mother Nature

Published on: 22/12/2017

"If you do not yield to anyone's advice, the world will teach you the lessons it wants you to learn," my mother always said. Often, this was a cautionary tale and it usually came after realizing that no matter what she said or did, you would not yield to her advice. Somehow, this is the same...