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Baluku (left) and Stephen Baryebuga (right) Members of Kabarole HPMA at work

Viable institutions are key to strong WASH systems

Published on: 29/05/2019
IRC supports institutions that promise to improve and professionalise the delivery and management of WASH services. District Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) are an example of such institutions.

Community-based management of handpumps in rural Ghana : a quantitative analysis of what needs to change

This working paper seeks to contribute to a larger analysis on whether community-based management is still a feasible option for service delivery in...
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Keeping community managed handpump systems going

This paper proposes a framework of elements that need to be in place for continued handpump functioning, and then turns this into a diagnostic device...
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Conditions for private sector involvement and financing in rural water supply

An introduction to the UDUMA model based on long-term affermage contracts with local authorities and blended finance, which is being piloted in...
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Analysis on IRC's use of Pay as You Fetch : Kabarole district, Uganda

An assessment of the potential feasibility, sustainability, and effectiveness of the pay as you fetch (PAYF) management model for water service...
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monitoring water points

Contextualising success and failure at three handpumps in Uganda

Published on: 28/09/2018
Case studies of the pay-as-you-fetch (PAYF) model in Kabarole District.

Hand Pump Mechanic Stephen Baryebuga (left) has a discussion with the District Water officer, Pius Mugabi

Leadership and management skills training for hand pump mechanics

Published on: 31/05/2018
Turning district Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) in Uganda into viable business entities.

Participants of local government training of area mechanics in Ghana

IRC supports local government training of area mechanics in Ghana

Published on: 25/05/2018
Two districts in the Volta Region of Ghana - Akatsi North and Akatsi South - benefited from a five-day area mechanic training.

IRC Propeller Corporate Campaign : the facts

Where does the 30% handpump failure statistic come from?
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A checklist for effective adoption and implementation of the pay-as-you-fetch model.

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Achieving full coverage and sustainable water service provision : the needs and gaps : Bongo, East Gonja and Wa East District Assembly

The District Strategy for achieving full water coverage (2017 to 2025) provides the framework for the implementation of water activities and services...
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Ugandan schoolgirls using rehabilitated pump

From the borehole to the pond and back again: breaking the vicious cycle of dirty water consumption

Published on: 09/03/2017
Rehabilitation of one primary school borehole has been successful but many others still depend on unreliable water.

Pump repair Malawi

Water, spillovers and free riding : the economics of pump functionality in Tanzania

Published on: 21/06/2016
Economic tools help us better understand handpump breakdown.

Uganda : engaging communities to keep safe water flowing

Water committees and handpump mechanics ensure safe and reliable services in Western Uganda. A story about action learning supported by the Dutch...
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User satisfaction with handpump water services : a synthesis of findings from 3 districts (Akatsi South, East Gonja and Sunyani West Districts)

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Proposals for the maintenance of hand pumps in the municipalities of Gorgadji and Aribinda (Sahel Region)

This report focuses on defining the conditions for the establishment of an effective repair and maintenance system for hand pumps in the Sahel region.
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The effects and costs of support to community-managed handpumps in Patharpratima, West Bengal

Everyone in Digambarpur has access to a basic level of water service thanks to support model that allows w ater committees to outsource technical...
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Technology recommendation borehole & hand pump India Mark II, Kapoeta North County, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

Demand in communities for hand pumps is high and the technology does satisfy most water demands but Water Management Committees (WMCs) are often not...
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Technology recommendation borehole & hand pump India Mark II, Torit County, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

Demand in communities for hand pumps in Okulu village is high and the India Mark II will satisfy the water demands of most if not the entire...
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South Sudan, by Ryan Schweitzer

South Sudan: Development in the youngest country in the world

Published on: 12/05/2015
Founding a new state. How do you organise and plan for water and sanitation in a country which lacks most revenues, infrastructure or a private sector and is shattered by conflict? South Sudan: the youngest country in the world is balancing between a promising future and fiasco.

maintenance in BKF

Professionalising maintenance of boreholes with hand pumps in Burkina Faso: exploring new approaches

Published on: 01/04/2015
IRC Burkina Faso looked into management models that would permanently reduce the number and length of breakdowns of boreholes with hand pumps in rural Burkina Faso.

A child fills his jerrycan with clean water from a tap on the Mugusu Piped Water Scheme, Kabarole district

Functionality of water supply systems key to national development

Published on: 25/03/2015
A message from IRC Uganda and Ministry of Water and Environment on the occasion of World Water Day 2015

PMH au Sahel

Réduire les pannes des pompes à motricité humaine au Burkina Faso ; une problématique avant tout …technique

Published on: 12/03/2015
IRC Burkina Faso s'est intéressé aux facteurs expliquant la fréquence élevée des pannes des forages équipés de PMH dans la région du Sahel.

Jalabandhu

Een dag in het leven van … een Jalabandhu in India

Published on: 03/03/2015
Uttam Majundar is een succesvolle Jalabandu, een mecanicien die handpompen repareert, in Digambarpur, West-Bengal, India. Maar hij dreigt slachtoffer te worden van zijn eigen succes. Stef Smits, programma officer van IRC, schetst een dag uit het leven van Uttam en laat zien waarom te goed je werk...

The Jalabandhu arrives at a handpump

A day in the life of... a Jalabandhu

Published on: 06/02/2015
Uttam Majundar is a successful Jalabandu (handpump mechanic) in Digambarpur (West Bengal, India). But now he risks becoming a victim of his own success. Following a day in his life explains why.

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