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World Water Day 2019

Committing to leaving no one behind ahead of World Water Day

Published on: 20/03/2019
Continuing our pursuit to secure the human right to water and sanitation with an inspirational event at the Peace Palace.

Participants at IRC WASH Debaite: Leaving no one behind

Leaving no one behind

Published on: 02/05/2018
How do we make sure that everyone has a basic level of service? Report of an IRC WASH Debate.

Lancement du consortium

Ensemble pour faire du droit à l’eau et à l’assainissement une réalité au Burkina Faso

Published on: 23/01/2018
Cérémonie de lancement d'un consortium pour de défense et protection du droit humain à l'eau et à l'assainissement.

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

Sanitation systems

A toilet’s place? part of a sanitation system

Published on: 15/11/2017
World Toilet Day should really be World Sanitation Systems Day!

Colloque national sur les modeles de gestion efficace du service d'eau potable

Colloque national : Définir les modèles de gestion efficace d’eau potable au Burkina Faso

Published on: 19/10/2017
Au Burkina Faso, seulement 54% de la population a accès à l’eau potable.

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#WaterActionMonth webinar - “Realizing the Human Right to Water and Sanitation”

Published on: 13/03/2017
This is the 2nd of four webinars organised by End Water Poverty during the March 2017 Water Action Month. For the full list of webinars see the Water Action Month programme overview . IRC is a member of the End Water Poverty Steering Committee .

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Sanitation – a right but also our civic duty

Published on: 14/12/2016
What would happen if we outlawed and started to punish open air defecation in Burkina Faso?

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The FAS’EAU Alliance: thinking outside of the box with new allies…

Published on: 14/12/2016
In Burkina Faso IRC and its partners are looking to break down sector silos in advocating for water and sanitation to catch the attention of government, partners and citizens in new, more powerful ways.

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L’Alliance FAS’EAU : Sortir des sentiers battus avec de nouveaux alliés…

Published on: 11/12/2016
Au Burkina Faso IRC et ses partenaires proposent d'aborder le plaidoyer pour l'eau et l'assainissement en brisant les cloisons entre les secteurs afin d'interpeller le gouvernement, les partenaires et les citoyens avec plus d'impact.

4th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference

Published on: 02/12/2016
FSM4: 4th International Faecal Sludge Management Conference, Chennai, India, 19-22 Feb 2017 Worldwide, 2.7 billion people rely on onsite sanitation. Yet, there is still typically no management system in place to deal with the resulting faecal sludge (e.g. septage and pit latrine sludge). The result...

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Maintaining the pressure – detailing the steps towards the right to water and sanitation

Published on: 11/11/2016
Integrated into the constitution of Burkina Faso, what does the "right to water and sanitation" really mean?

Campaign poster

Maintenir la pression – concrétisant le droit à eau et à l’assainissement

Published on: 02/11/2016
Intégré dans la constitution du Burkina Faso, que veut vraiment dire : « droit à l'eau et à l'assainissement » ?

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.

Local technician, Gorgadji commune Burkina Faso

Service delivery now fully adopted in the constitution

Published on: 08/07/2016
Some highlights and challenges we faced in 2015: Burkina Faso

Toilet with cleaning materials

WASH in prisons is a neglected human right

Published on: 28/06/2016
Access to water and sanitation is a basic human right. No one, whatever their circumstances, should be forced to live in conditions where these services are not made available. And yet this is the case for many inmates in overcrowded prisons around the world.

Rural India

A WASH View From Jhadol, Udaipur

Published on: 02/05/2016
The challenge of making India open defecation free through WASH Dialogues

Wasted investments

Fighting corruption in the water sector

Published on: 09/04/2016
How the water sector loses billions annually, and other shocking conclusions on corruption and malpractices.

India rural

Tax raise to realise India’s dream

Published on: 17/12/2015
New steps to make Swachh Bharat, or Clean India Campaign, a reality

Ghana

Ghana launches Sanitation Challenge for Clean Cities on World Toilet Day

Published on: 19/11/2015
ACCRA, 19 November 2015 – Today on World Toilet Day, the Government of Ghana proudly announces the launch of the Sanitation Challenge for Ghana, a contest for Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to reward excellence in urban liquid waste management.

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Happy World Toilet Day! This “business” concerns us all

Published on: 18/11/2015
Today on 19 November it is World Toilet Day. People everywhere celebrate the importance of having a toilet, water and soap. It may sound funny, but toilets are a deadly serious business.

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De Grote Boodschap op Wereld Toilet Dag

Published on: 18/11/2015
DEN HAAG - Op donderdag 19 november was het Wereld Toilet Dag. Dit jaar vroegen de kinderen van de Den Hertog basisschool in Den Haag wel op een hele speciale manier aandacht voor sanitatie.

Burkina Faso World Toilet Day 2014 - Celeste Flores

NGOs support human rights to water and sanitation

Published on: 16/11/2015
IRC is among 37 NGOs calling on UN Member States to take concrete steps to fully realise the rights to water and sanitation.

Caricature réalisée par IRC dans son plaidoyer pour la prise de l'eau et l'assainissement dans la Constitution

L’eau et l’assainissement enfin reconnus comme droits dans la constitution : IRC s’en réjouit et interpelle

Published on: 12/11/2015
Une chose est de reconnaître le droit à l'eau et l'assainissement comme un droit fondamental dans la Constitution, une autre, et la non moins importante, est d'avoir des gouvernants éclairés sur le secteur AEPHA ayant une vision forte de celui-ci.

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