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USAID Transform WASH Programme: Latrine slab construction in Shashego woreda, SNNPR, Ethiopia

We are not on track to achieve SDG 6.2

Published on: 12/11/2019
How combining Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and market-based approaches can help.

Sanitation and hygiene sector trends

Unsafely managed sanitation, especially in rural areas, remains a challenge in developing countries as a result of population growth, climate change...
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Replication guideline to SEHATI programme approach (Sustainable Sanitation and Hygiene for Eastern Indonesia) : an approach to expand the implementation coverage of the 5 pillars of STBM

This book showcases an approach to expand the implementation coverage of the 5 pillars of Community-Based Total Sanitation.
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IRC IHE-Delft WASH Debate panel Sept 2018

Instituting sanitation change

Published on: 25/09/2018
What is needed to promote behaviour change along the sanitation value chain? Report of a WASH Debate.

Hygiene and Sanitation for all

Towards sustainable hygiene and sanitation for all in Burkina Faso

Published on: 24/09/2018
Conclusions from an intensive two day national symposium held from 20-21 September 2018.

Affiche Colloque Hygiène et Assainissement pour tous

Vers l'hygiène et l'assainissement pour tous : bilan du colloque

Published on: 24/09/2018
Les 20 et 21 septembre s'est tenu à Ouagadougou un colloque réunissant les principaux acteurs acteurs burkinabè du secteur de l'assainissement. Etaient aussi invités des spécialistes issus de d'autres secteurs ainsi que des délégations maliennes, nigériennes et béninoises.

Impression of earlier WASH debate

IRC WASH Debate: Building institutional capacity for behaviour change & sanitation programming

Published on: 23/08/2018
Held on 11 September 2018, the debate discussed the use of the Community-Led Total Sanitation approach as an effective method to achieve changes in behaviour and ending open defecation. Read the report.

Celebrating1000 ODF communities in Benin

Starting rural sanitation in Benin with CLTS: how it became a game-changer

Published on: 11/04/2018
Dutch-funded programmes collectively develop capacity to free one million people from open defecation.

West Africa learning and exchange workshop “Towards sustainable total sanitation” : workshop report : Azalai Hotel de la Plage, Cotonou, Benin, 12-14 November 2013

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Radio OMEGA FM-Decryptage MKS 31 JAN.MP3

André NONGUERMA,directeur générale du ministère de l'eau et de l'assainissement et Donald KABORE,point focal de "Faso-toilettes" étaient les invités...
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Radio OMEGA FM-Decryptage MKS 27 fevrier 2018

L'émission de décryptage de la radio OMEGA FM du 27 février 2018 était animé par Michael SEMDE qui a donné la parole aux auditeurs pour recueillir...
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Radio OMEGA FM-Ca nous concerne du 31 janvier 2018

André NONGUERMA ,directeur général du ministère de l'eau et de l'assainissement et Donald KABORE ,point focal de "Faso-toilettes" étaient les invités...
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Radio OMEGA FM-Ca nous concerne du 27 février 2018

Romuald SONPOUGDOU,directeur régional de l'eau et de l'assainissement de la Boucle du Mouhoun et Madame LANKOANDE Aminata, directrice générale de l'...
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Aminata TRAORA, Responsable de la communication DG Assainissement

La défécation à l’air libre, un problème de comportement et non de moyen

Published on: 09/03/2018
A l'occasion du 8-Mars, Aminata Traoré, responsable du service de la communication et de l'intermédiation sociale de la direction générale de l'Assainissement, s'exprime sur l'accès à l'eau potable et la question de l'assainissement au Burkina.

A lady, Esther, demonstrates the use of a tippy tap in Moyo District

Enjoying the fruits of ODF in Iyua Village, Moyo District

Published on: 07/02/2017
Iyua village was declared Open Defecation Free in 2015. A December 2016 visit by a delegation from the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) traced the lessons and benefits of the village's Open Defecation Free status.

A signpost that welcomes visitors to Aton ODF village

Global Sanitation Fund delegation visits Open Defecation Free Village in Lira

Published on: 07/02/2017
On 15 December 2016, a delegation from the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) and Uganda Sanitation Fund (USF) visited Aton village in Lira. The village was declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in June 2016. Below are some of the moments that were captured in photos.

A student washes her hands after visiting the toilet

Sensitisation, enforcement, rewards: the making of a model sanitation village

Published on: 09/09/2016
In just two years, Kajumiro village in Rwimi Sub County, transformed from one of the dirtiest villages to a model sanitation village in Kabarole district. What was the magic formula?

USF technical staff dances with a community member in Agelilyec village

Follow Up MANDONA: community action approach to improved sanitation

Published on: 12/08/2016
On behalf of the National Sanitation Working Group, IRC Uganda and the Uganda Sanitation Fund (USF) organised a learning journey to Lira and Alebtong districts. The purpose was to enable members of the group to learn more about Follow Up MANDONA method and the improvement of sanitation in both...

TEDxTalk Eleanor Allen

Eleanor Allen’s TEDxTalk ‘water is a women’s issue’

Published on: 09/08/2016
Allen is not just all talk. As Water For People's CEO she puts her words into action.

A clean and well maintained pit latrine

Uganda Sanitation Fund delivers improved sanitation in Amuria District

Published on: 03/08/2016
Sanitation coverage in Amuria district has improved from 52.6% in 2011 to 85% in 2016. How did Uganda Sanitation Fund (USF) achieve that?

David Mukama, Uganda Sanitation Fund (USF) Progamme Manager

The Uganda Sanitation Fund promotes behaviour change practices to end diseases

Published on: 03/08/2016
The Uganda Sanitation Fund (USF) has since 2011, implemented Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in 30 districts in Uganda. As a result,over 6,000 villages have been triggered and over 3 million people are living in Open Defecation Free (ODF) areas. Jane Nabunnya Mulumba , IRC Uganda Country...

latrine en banco

Mettre en place des services d’assainissement communaux : l’importance d’avoir des institutions fortes

Published on: 27/11/2015
Le programme SaniEst, mis en place depuis 2014 au Burkina Faso, a pour objectif la constitution d'une offre et d'une demande d'assainissement pérenne dans 6 communes à l'Est du pays. Après une année de mise en œuvre, l'expérience démontre l'importance d'avoir des institutions solides. Quelques...

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UNICEF-WASH Seminar: Sustainable Sanitation

Published on: 19/10/2015
On 7 October 2015, UNICEF student team Wageningen organised a seminar 'What is sustainable sanitation in WASH?". Guest speakers were Marielle Snel from IRC, Joshi Deepa professor at Wageningen University, Harold Hoiting from SIMAVI and Luca Peters who represented UNICEF.

Mathare, Nairobi

Empowering the urban poor to support systemic change in sanitation

Published on: 20/07/2015
How can a community-based approach help ensure sustainable urban sanitation services?

A community celebrating open defeacation free status

The journey of the Pan-Africa programme

Published on: 09/04/2015
As stated in my last blog, sanitation is more than building a toilet. We are all aware that the MDG target for sanitation will not be reached. By end of 2014, 2.5 billion people did not have access to adequate sanitation which is about one in three of the world's population (WHO/UNICEF Joint...

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