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Celebrating women’s leadership in WASH during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021
Inspirational stories about how ordinary women in...

Water For People market system development update

2020
Despite reduced funding for market systems...

Including persons with disabilities in the improvement of WASH services

2020
Strategies and steps towards inclusion of persons...
RWSN webinar series

RWSN webinar series: Achieving sustainable WASH at scale - Lessons from an NGO-led Payment by Results Programme

On November 10 th , 14:30 CET ( 13:30 GMT and 16:30 EAT ), representatives from FCDO , SNV ,...
Kabarole chairman R. Rwabuhinga cuts ribbon to open sanitation facility at Bwanika Health Centre II

Bwanika Health Centre II gets much needed sanitation facility

Thanks to IRC Uganda's cost-saving initiative Bwanika Health Centre II in Kabarole District now has...
Omanhene Nana Agyei Twum II

Omanhene welcomes new water supply for Wamahinso

The Omanhene (chief) of Wamahinso in Asutifi North, Ghana, has welcomed the new water supply in his town and called for more households to build...
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Wassa East: Six communities become open defecation free

In 2015, Wassa East had very low levels of basic sanitation. But when the District Assembly launched a campaign to promote household latrines it...

Should sanitation be taxed?

2019
Ensuring that sanitation products and services...
Madam Gloria (Chair WATSAN committee Dominase) in discussion with Rhoda Gyampoh (Community Development Officer - Tarkwa-Nsuaem

“They are drinking our shit”

During a Watershed field trip, a community leader experiences a lightbulb moment.
Household using an improved latrine at Shashogo

How to create demand for sanitation products and services?

Enormous progress has been made in reducing open defecation in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the quality of sanitation facilities remains a big challenge...

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Celebrating women’s leadership in WASH during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Inspirational stories about how ordinary women in India and Kenya have converted the challenges posed by COVID-19 into an opportunity to promote good...
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Including persons with disabilities in the improvement of WASH services

Strategies and steps towards inclusion of persons with disabilities in the improvement of water and sanitation services in Ethiopia.
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RWSN webinar series

RWSN webinar series: Achieving sustainable WASH at scale - Lessons from an NGO-led Payment by Results Programme

Published on: 05/11/2020
On November 10 th , 14:30 CET ( 13:30 GMT and 16:30 EAT ), representatives from FCDO , SNV , Tearfund , Plan International UK , and Itad will discuss learning under three headings: Payment-by-Results, sustainability, and reaching the vulnerable .

Kabarole chairman R. Rwabuhinga cuts ribbon to open sanitation facility at Bwanika Health Centre II

Bwanika Health Centre II gets much needed sanitation facility

Published on: 08/10/2020
Thanks to IRC Uganda's cost-saving initiative Bwanika Health Centre II in Kabarole District now has a sanitation facility.

Omanhene Nana Agyei Twum II

Omanhene welcomes new water supply for Wamahinso

Published on: 30/05/2020
The Omanhene (chief) of Wamahinso in Asutifi North, Ghana, has welcomed the new water supply in his town and called for more households to build toilets.

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Wassa East: Six communities become open defecation free

Published on: 29/05/2020
In 2015, Wassa East had very low levels of basic sanitation. But when the District Assembly launched a campaign to promote household latrines it became a victim of its own success.

Should sanitation be taxed?

Ensuring that sanitation products and services remain affordable through favorable tax policies for consumers and manufacturers is important for...
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Madam Gloria (Chair WATSAN committee Dominase) in discussion with Rhoda Gyampoh (Community Development Officer - Tarkwa-Nsuaem

“They are drinking our shit”

Published on: 03/10/2019
During a Watershed field trip, a community leader experiences a lightbulb moment.

Household using an improved latrine at Shashogo

How to create demand for sanitation products and services?

Published on: 29/09/2019
Enormous progress has been made in reducing open defecation in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the quality of sanitation facilities remains a big challenge and a serious health concern.

Sanitation products promotion

Should sanitation be taxed?

Published on: 29/09/2019
The sanitation and hygiene challenge in Ethiopia is an important task, and daunting in scale.

TIP matrix for cost model “CapEx subsidized”

This document illustrates a practical example on the use of the Technology Introduction Process (TIP) tool for the cost model "CapEx subsidised" for...
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Flow diagram generated by the Faecal Waste Flow Calculator

Toilets ≠ improved sanitation

Published on: 28/08/2018
A case study on the use of IRC's faecal waste calculator tool in a Delhi slum.

Assessing the sanitation situation in a resettlement colony in Delhi : using IRC's Faecal Waste Flow Calculator in India

While household toilets are necessary, they alone are not sufficient for improved sanitation.
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Abeba conducting door – to –door promotion for one of Transform WASH’s improved sanitation product - SATO pan

Abeba’s passion for change helps her sell sanitation solutions to communities

Published on: 16/06/2018
Half of the sales agents in the USAID Transform WASH project in Ethiopia are women.

Patrick's poo

This year we’re talking poo not just toilets

Published on: 16/11/2017
Turning World Toilet Day into World Sanitation Systems Day

Patrick's Poo

This year we’re talking poo not just toilets

Published on: 15/11/2017
Turning World Toilet Day into World Sanitation Systems Day

Northern Ethiopia : showers power the route to good health

Amref Health Africa has built showers and toilets for 2,400 people in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. A story about action learning supported...
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Rising above the waters : better hygiene and sanitation in Bangladesh

Local NGO Uttaran has constructed 'step toilets' for 2,000 people in flood-prone areas in south-west Bangladesh. A story about action learning...
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Ghana : local NGOs promote toilets and hygiene for better health

A credit scheme helps families to build household toilets in northern Ghana. A story about action learning supported by the Dutch WASH Alliance.
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Strengthening the role of WASH and disabilities in Bangladesh

This paper presents the results of a baseline survey on disability-related problems on access and accessibility to sanitation in the BRAC WASH III...
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Sanitation solutions for flood prone and high table water areas

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Burkina Faso Women

Researching the human right to sanitation in Burkina Faso

Published on: 22/06/2015
In this blog, I explain the process behind my research on human rights in Burkina Faso's water and sanitation sector. The resulting research report focuses on how the integration of sanitation as a human right in national policies and strategies can improve access to sanitation in rural areas, in...

School WASH programmes in Bangladesh : how much does it cost? : applying the life-cycle costs approach in selected upazilas

This study presents the first adaptation of the life-cycle costs approach to school WASH interventions. It is based on a survey of the sanitation and...
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VeSV - Value at the end of the Sanitation Value Chain : final report

Providing solutions for the safe and commercially viable collection and composting of faecal sludge for use in agriculture and horticulture in...
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Boali High School - BRAC WASH programme

Yes, hygiene and school enrolment are directly proportional

Published on: 12/01/2015
In Bangladesh, the lack of separate latrines for girls and menstrual hygiene facilities in secondary schools are major factors in the disproportionate rate of absence and dropout of adolescent girls.

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