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Action-Research for Learning with Dutch WASH Alliance

A three year initiative led by IRC for improving the effectiveness on hygiene promotion and community empowerment in a few selected Dutch WASH...
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Community Water Plus in India

This project investigates successful community-managed rural water supply programmes and approaches across India.
Asutifi district Ghana

Reaching the hard-to-reach in Asutifi North District

With the help of the Latter-Day Saints Charities, schools and hard-to-access communities in Asutifi...
At the water pump in Kabarole District

National O&M models for sustainable rural water systems in Uganda

Influencing national policy and bringing it back to district level.

Scenarios for public systems transition using learning alliances : the case of water supply in...

2021
This article demonstrates the effectiveness of...

Assessment of the process of developing the Kabarole WASH district master plan 2018-2030

2020
IRC Uganda supported Kabarole District to develop...

Scaling-up sanitation and hygiene in Kabarole : a monitoring report of the home improvement...

2021
In February and March 2021, home improvement...

More sustainable systems through consolidation? : the changing landscape of rural drinking water...

2020
The two utility models present in Kabarole...
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?

Critical factors for the success of rural water supply services in Brazil

2019
A strong enabling environment, which recognizes...

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Asutifi district Ghana

Reaching the hard-to-reach in Asutifi North District

Published on: 01/12/2021
With the help of the Latter-Day Saints Charities, schools and hard-to-access communities in Asutifi North District will be getting access to safe drinking water.

At the water pump in Kabarole District

National O&M models for sustainable rural water systems in Uganda

Published on: 25/10/2021
Influencing national policy and bringing it back to district level.

Scenarios for public systems transition using learning alliances : the case of water supply in Uganda

This article demonstrates the effectiveness of facilitation of a learning alliance by a non-governmental organization providing funding and expert...
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Assessment of the process of developing the Kabarole WASH district master plan 2018-2030

IRC Uganda supported Kabarole District to develop a WASH Master Plan 2018-2030. The Master Plan was adopted by Kabarole District Local government and...
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Scaling-up sanitation and hygiene in Kabarole : a monitoring report of the home improvement campaigns in Mugusu and Kasenda Sub-counties, June-July 2021

In February and March 2021, home improvement campaigns were conducted in 49 villages of Mugusu and Kasenda sub-counties, and a monitoring exercise...
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More sustainable systems through consolidation? : the changing landscape of rural drinking water service delivery in Uganda

The two utility models present in Kabarole outperformed the community management model, with the existing national utility demonstrating greater...
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Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank

Community management: policy failure or lost in translation?

Published on: 14/01/2020
Pilot in Sikonge DC (Sept. 2019) Credit: DIME World Bank Is community management of water supply still feasible in Tanzania?

A local systems analysis for rural water services delivery in South Ari and Mile, Ethiopia

This report summarises the strengths of the decentralised local systems that deliver services in two locations in Ethiopia, describing key actors,...
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Sustaining rural water : a comparative study of maintenance models for community-managed schemes

Emerging trends and practical recommendations for organisations interested in growing or starting a maintenance service provision (MSP) model for...
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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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Parts of the system : supply chains and operation and maintenance (O&M) in Amhara, Ethiopia

This paper summarises results of a study about the demand for rural water facility spares, the organisation of supply chains and the O&M systems...
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Digging deep behind the complexities of sustainable water supply in Nepal

A review of financial, governance and technical challenges impacting the sustainability of rural water supply schemes in Sarlahi and Rautahat...
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Kabarole WASH sustainability actor and factor analysis

Supporting a learning alliance to develop intervention strategies for improving WASH services by providing insight into the system of actors and...
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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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Pre-feasibility study for a potential piped water system : Kabende subcounty, Kabarole district, Uganda

A preparatory study for a proposal to install a piped water system to serve five communities.
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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.

Children at Kasenyi borehole

Water is life; water is joy

Published on: 28/12/2017
Stories from the community after IRC Uganda rehabilitated ten boreholes in Kabarole district, an effort to ensure a safe and reliable supply of water for over 3000 people, which in turn would improve health and livelihoods for the benefiting communities.

Junior Engineer in charge of village water supplies in SAS Nagar District, Punjab. Photo: Stef Smits/IRC

Not every village is lucky enough to have a Mr Singh

Published on: 06/07/2017
New book reveals how India made community water management work even without charismatic leaders.

Community management of rural water supply : case studies of success from India

Based on 20 detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income...
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Decentralised drinking water service delivery : a public private partnership of water purification units in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

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Gravity-fed water supply in Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh

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Group photo of participants in the Bologa region in Ghana

‘As you clean you monitor’: maintenance of water facilities is essential

Published on: 20/09/2016
The culture of neglecting maintenance needs to change.

Community management of rural water supply systems : research brief

Key messages: communities manage!, communities will pay . . . . . . a little and communities require significant ongoing support, whilst recognising...
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Community management of rural water supply systems : policy brief

Key messages: communities manage!, communities will pay . . . a little, and communities need ongoing support. To sponsors: go big or go home!, if you...
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