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The ‘art’ in partnerships

Published on: 13/12/2018
Analysing partnerships and how they strengthen WASH systems.

Participants on experience sharing visit in Uganda

Partnership to advance resiliency in the Ethiopian lowlands

Published on: 05/12/2018
USAID programmes collaborate to improve rural water supplies for pastoralist communities in drought-prone regions.

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RWSN webinar - Utility Service Delivery Models in Rural Areas: Opportunities and Challenges

Published on: 09/11/2018
This webinar will explore drivers behind the emergence of rural utility models, institutional arrangements and ways to strengthen accountability under such models.

Kabarole WASH sustainability actor and factor analysis

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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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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.

Strengthening citizen’s oversight of water, sanitation and hygiene, and integrated water resources management in rural communities of Ghana

Management of WASH systems in Rural Communities: citizens can make a change.
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Fetching water at the pump

When does money get results?

Published on: 27/08/2018
This blog looks at the experience of using 'Payment-by-Results' in Tanzania's water sector, and how adaptive programming is key to bridging the gap.

At Least Basic Urban Water Services Access

Weekly WASH Graph: Mapping Projections of Universal WASH Access by 2030

Published on: 06/08/2018
What would universal access to water and sanitation look like by 2030?

A loud cry for access to quality, safe water in Rwangara Parish in Kanara Sub County, Ntoroko District, Uganda

Access to safe water will remain a dream for the people of Rwangara Parish in Kanara Sub County, Ntoroko District unless a lasting solution is found...
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Propeller campaign postcard

A handpump is to a safe water system what a propeller is to an airline: essential but not enough

Published on: 22/06/2018
With Propeller we continue our campaign series to raise awareness about the importance of systems building and thinking in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

Propeller campaign postcard

What's a propeller got to do with WASH?

Published on: 22/06/2018
IRC launches new campaign to promote systems thinking in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector.

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Water kiosks: A model for sustainable water services? - RWSN webinar series on rural water services (April 3rd - June 5th, 2018)

Published on: 14/05/2018
New 2018 RWSN webinar series on rural water services, April 3rd - June 5th, 2018

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RWSN Webinar on social accountability

Published on: 08/05/2018
This RWSN webinar will present some preliminary findings of a global review on national accountability mechanisms for SDG6, as well as experiences shared by RWSN members during a recent e-discussion on the topic. ENG: How can we make providers and governments accountable for rural water services?...

IRC Propeller Corporate Campaign : the facts

Where does the 30% handpump failure statistic come from?
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Rural utilities for water supply in Ethiopia

Published on: 19/04/2018
A new guideline seeks to professionalise the management of multi-village water supplies in Ethiopia

Ebenezer Kwarteng, Ghana, speaking at Kintampo South District Learning Alliance meeting

The capacity to deliver water services

Published on: 11/04/2018
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana.

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IRC endorses new strategy of the Rural Water Supply Network

Published on: 30/03/2018
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme.

Webinar : promoting harmonized monitoring for the WASH sector

A presentation and discussion on harmonised monitoring for the WASH sector, using the example of SIASAR: Rural Water and Sanitation Information...
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Promoting harmonized monitoring for the WASH sector : the Rural Water and Sanitation Information System SIASAR as an example

Lessons learned on the development and use of sustainability metrics for systems, service providers, communities and technical assistance providers...
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"Sanitation is more important than independence" - Gandhiji

Can India afford to spend less on rural sanitation?

Published on: 21/03/2018
Budget cuts could prevent the country becoming open defecation free by 2019.

Putting water in vessels in near home in rural Ghana

Launch of the Asutifi North District Based Full WASH Coverage Initiative

Published on: 16/03/2018
A master plan has been drawn up to guide Asutifi North District in achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6.

Finote Selam utility team

Safe Water 2 Programme Is ‘A Space for Innovation’

Published on: 15/03/2018
The Safe Water 2 Programme is "a place for innovation," says Hester Foppen of Aqua for All . As a partner in the ' Safe Water Phase 2' Programme , IRC spoke to her about business viability and innovation at a stakeholder workshop in Nepal in the fall of 2017.

The untold story of WASH

A compilation of newspaper stories about the plight of the unserved in Uganda.
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