An introduction to the UDUMA model based on long-term affermage contracts with local authorities and blended finance, which is being piloted in... Read more...
The lack of a post-handover operation and maintenance plan for handpumps has created an "install and forget" model. Read more...
Or, why getting basic water to everyone is entirely possible. Read more...
Impacts d'un système prépayé sur la résolution des contraintes du système Read more...
En Ouganda, Water For People soutient les associations de mécaniciens de pompes à main en leur proposant des formations et des kits d'outils. Read more...
In Uganda Water For People supports hand pump mechanic associations with training and tool kits Read more...
An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19. Read more...
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... Read more...
Two districts in the Volta Region of Ghana - Akatsi North and Akatsi South - benefited from a five-day area mechanic training. Read more...
The District Strategy for achieving full water coverage (2017 to 2025) provides the framework for the implementation of water activities and services... Read more...
Water committees and handpump mechanics ensure safe and reliable services in Western Uganda. A story about action learning supported by the Dutch... Read more...
This report focuses on defining the conditions for the establishment of an effective repair and maintenance system for hand pumps in the Sahel region. Read more...
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. Read more...
A message from IRC Uganda and Ministry of Water and Environment on the occasion of World Water Day 2015 Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso a demandé à un opérateur privé s'il était possible d'améliorer la qualité de service des PMH sans augmenter le tarif payé par les usagers. La réponse est : oui, mais il faut changer l'échelle de gestion de la maintenance. Read more...
How should WASH-related targets make it into the United Nation's post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals? Read more...
Component costs and drivers are assessed in a new research paper. Read more...