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Kenya - Budget Champion Penina Tombo at a public participation forum

The water sector needs strong CSOs, now more than ever

Watershed empowering citizens was a unique programme focused on advocacy and influencing. After 5 years, what have we learned?
Watershed voices of empowerment

Watershed Voices of Empowerment

Strong civil society leaders share how they are fighting to bring safe water and sanitation to...
HR 2 Water image

Webinar: People First-PPPs and a Human Rights-Based Approach for SDG 6

Our friends at Human Right 2 Water are pleased to invite you to their third webinar of Human Right...
Fetching water in a rural area in Mali

Fight against COVID-19 in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso

Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have put in place a number of measures around drinking water and...
Washing hands at a market

Lutte contre le COVID-19 au Mali, au Niger et au Burkina

Le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina Faso ont mis en œuvre une batterie de mesures sociales dans le...
Cartoon of Burkinabè asking their president for water during the pandemic (cartoon by André Jules Nikiema)

COVID-19 and rural water crisis: putting pressure on Burkina Government

IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis.
Woman fetching water in northern Burkina - © IRC Burkina

COVID-19 in Burkina: again the rural population is left behind

Everything for the privileged and nothing for the disadvantaged!

Social accountability : civil society and the human rights to water and sanitation

2019
Conclusions and reflections on the use of the...
Des femmes vulnérables privées d’accès à l’eau par l’insuffisance des investissements et la défaillance du modèle de fourniture

IRC Burkina : Où sommes-nous dans l'exécution de notre plan stratégique 2017-2021 ?

Ceci est une brève présentation du cadre stratégique d'IRC Burkina 2017-2021, des progrès réalisés à la fin de l'année 2018 et des perspectives pour...
Handwerkskammer

WASRAG's World Water Summit (WWS 11): WASH - Achieving Lasting Impact, Hamburg, Germany

Annual meeting of Rotary International's Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG).

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Kenya - Budget Champion Penina Tombo at a public participation forum

The water sector needs strong CSOs, now more than ever

Published on: 01/02/2021
Watershed empowering citizens was a unique programme focused on advocacy and influencing. After 5 years, what have we learned?

Watershed voices of empowerment

Watershed Voices of Empowerment

Published on: 05/10/2020
Strong civil society leaders share how they are fighting to bring safe water and sanitation to their communities.

HR 2 Water image

Webinar: People First-PPPs and a Human Rights-Based Approach for SDG 6

Published on: 30/07/2020
Our friends at Human Right 2 Water are pleased to invite you to their third webinar of Human Right 2 Water's Webinar Series, bringing together human rights, water, and financing experts. Join them on the 5th August 2020, 13:00h-14:30h CET - to discuss the topic on, "People First PPPs and Human...

Fetching water in a rural area in Mali

Fight against COVID-19 in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso

Published on: 22/04/2020
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have put in place a number of measures around drinking water and sanitation in the fight against the coronavirus. But have the needs of the most vulnerable people really been taken into account? Are they able to cope during this pandemic?

Washing hands at a market

Lutte contre le COVID-19 au Mali, au Niger et au Burkina

Published on: 21/04/2020
Le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina Faso ont mis en œuvre une batterie de mesures sociales dans le secteur eau potable et assainissement dans le cadre de la lutte contre le coronavirus. Mais les besoins des populations, notamment celles dites vulnérables ont-elles été réellement prises en compte pour...

Cartoon of Burkinabè asking their president for water during the pandemic (cartoon by André Jules Nikiema)

COVID-19 and rural water crisis: putting pressure on Burkina Government

Published on: 20/04/2020
IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis.

Woman fetching water in northern Burkina - © IRC Burkina

COVID-19 in Burkina: again the rural population is left behind

Published on: 14/04/2020
Everything for the privileged and nothing for the disadvantaged!

Des femmes vulnérables privées d’accès à l’eau par l’insuffisance des investissements et la défaillance du modèle de fourniture

IRC Burkina : Où sommes-nous dans l'exécution de notre plan stratégique 2017-2021 ?

Published on: 27/05/2019
Ceci est une brève présentation du cadre stratégique d'IRC Burkina 2017-2021, des progrès réalisés à la fin de l'année 2018 et des perspectives pour l'année 2019

Handwerkskammer

WASRAG's World Water Summit (WWS 11): WASH - Achieving Lasting Impact, Hamburg, Germany

Published on: 24/05/2019
Annual meeting of Rotary International's Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG).

AGUASAN event: Advancing the Human Right to Water and Sanitation through Inclusive Business Approaches

Published on: 16/04/2019
Advancing the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRTWS) through inclusive business approaches May 13th to 17th 2019, Spiez, Switzerland

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.

Kabarole

Taking lessons from Mother Nature

Published on: 22/12/2017
"If you do not yield to anyone's advice, the world will teach you the lessons it wants you to learn," my mother always said. Often, this was a cautionary tale and it usually came after realizing that no matter what she said or did, you would not yield to her advice. Somehow, this is the same...

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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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.

Logo Alliance FAS'EAU

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.

Bus in Burkina Faso with IRC election banner on it

Advocacy at the highest level - placing water and sanitation centre stage during national elections

Published on: 28/11/2016
IRC Burkina Faso saw the election campaign as the ideal opportunity to bring water and sanitation to the forefront.

Campaign poster

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 » ?

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Water will underpin progress on all SDGs

Published on: 30/08/2016
Stockholm's story exemplifies the typical issues surrounding water and underscores the argument that water is key to development, most especially to the SDGs.

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.

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