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People fetching water at a tanker in Afar, Ethiopia

Strong WASH systems are climate resilient systems

Published on: 12/08/2020
The same capacities that help us adapt to COVID-19 can be used to face climate change.

NDPC banner booklet launch

Launch of Good practice for WASH in Ghana booklet

Published on: 05/08/2020
National Development Planning Commission - NDPC in collaboration with IRC and partners is disseminating the findings and is further engaging relevant stakeholders on the stories starting with the launch of the Good Practice for WASH in Ghana booklet.

Good practice for WASH in Ghana - Meeting the targets for water, sanitation and hygiene by 2030

The NDPC selected three districts in Ghana - Bongo, Wassa East and Asutifi North - to highlight successes and challenges in improving access to water...
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Participants at the self-assessment workshop in Banfora (Ph. N-R. ZOHOUN)

Halfway 2020 Banfora did a self-assessment

Published on: 22/07/2020
A joint mid-term review workshop was organised in Banfora on July 7, 2020.

Aboubakar Hema, Maire de Banfora, Issouf Coulibaly, représentant du Gouverneur, Richard Bassono de l’IRC (PH. N-R. ZOHOUN)

A mi-chemin 2020, Banfora s’auto évalue

Published on: 22/07/2020
Un atelier de revue conjointe à mi-parcours était organisé à Banfora le 17 juillet 2020.

OHCHR | 10 years of human rights to water and sanitation

Published on: 16/07/2020
A campaign by the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation - celebrating the 10th anniversary of these human rights.

Traditional standpost in rural Romania

Financing small-scale water supply and sanitation systems

Published on: 14/07/2020
Key concepts and case examples from pan-European countries were presented at the webinar ‘Don’t forget the small ones’.

A baseline of the strength of the WASH system in India

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Kabarole district Chairman

Highlights from our focus countries in 2019: Uganda

Published on: 13/07/2020
What impact did we have in our focus countries in 2019? Sharing highlights from IRC’s Annual Report .

Mpanga river in Kabarole district, Uganda

Making progress on SDG 6 in Kabarole, Uganda

Published on: 13/07/2020
Uganda's national daily newspaper The New Vision features the Kabarole master plan for achieving SDG 6.

Professional mechanic repairs village handpump in Uganda

Uganda’s COVID-19 water sector response

Published on: 09/07/2020
An NGO and local governments grapple with the long-term implications of meeting emergency water supply needs during COVID-19.

Woman fetching water in northern Burkina Faso

Inequalities in WASH service levels, the COVID-19 response and the future – webinar 15 July 2020

Published on: 07/07/2020
We invite you to join us for the next Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Partner Exchange Forum providing a platform for learning on COVID-19 pandemic related challenges, and cross constituency exchange on 15 July 2020.

Mobile drilling workshop in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Banfora is playing its cards right

Published on: 06/07/2020
The Municipality of Banfora has set up a new Water, Sanitation and Public Hygiene Department.

Bureau de la Direction des Services Techniques Municipales de Banfora (Cliché IRC Burkina)

Eau et assainissement : Banfora joue les bonnes cartes

Published on: 02/07/2020
La municipalité de Banfora a érigé le Service Technique Eau, Hygiène et Assainissement en une Direction de l’Eau, de l’Assainissement et de l’Hygiène Publique.

Costing and financing of small-scale water supply and sanitation services

Guidelines for European national and subnational policy-makers responsible for sustainable financing of small-scale water and sanitation services,...
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Traditional standpost in rural Romania

Don't forget the small ones - webinar 8 July 2020

Published on: 22/06/2020
The costs and financing of small-scale water and sanitation services in the pan-European region.

Rose Quaicoe, left, who has a household water connection at Wassa Edwenase discusses the services with Korkoe Aku Teyvi, Access

Wassa East: Communities show they will pay for clean, pure water

Published on: 11/06/2020
Pure water has become a powerful selling point for communities in the Wassa East district of Ghana, proving that people will indeed pay for water if they can be sure it is safe.

Cynthia Azure will look after the toilet in the market

Bongo Soe: household connections and the smartest market toilets!

Published on: 11/06/2020
Bongo district is increasing its reliance on small town water systems to provide safe water in areas where the population is more concentrated. Deep boreholes provide water to storage tanks and standpipes across the area – with the potential also to make household connections.

Asoloko schoolchildren

How safe water and sanitation brought new life to Asaloko

Published on: 10/06/2020
Asaloko is a small community in the Bongo district where lives have been transformed through the introduction of safe water and effective sanitation. Householders no longer carry water long distances, children are better able to learn and the whole environment has been cleaned up.

Festus Boadi at the automated water collection point in Kenyasi No 2

Paying for water without cash

Published on: 06/06/2020
Automated water points appear in Asutifi North District.

Pascal Dubik, WSMT member in Panaba

Asutifi North District: A national beacon for hope for WASH

Published on: 02/06/2020
Asutifi North district was one of the three selected districts where successes and challenges in the provision of water and sanitation services were collected.

Asaloko primary school in Bongo district

Bongo District: Reversing the impact of fluoride

Published on: 02/06/2020
Bongo district was one of the three selected districts where successes and challenges in the provision of water and sanitation services were collected.

Sylvester Adjapong director of impact and quality for Access Development explains the Nexus purification system at Sekyere Aboab

Wassa East District: NUMA water becomes a powerful selling point

Published on: 02/06/2020
Wassa East was one of the three selected districts where successes and challenges in the provision of water and sanitation services were collected.

Janet Atebiya purifying the mouth of the pump at Kenyasi, before testing the water for E. coli

Quality checks ensure that water is safe to drink

Published on: 30/05/2020
Asutifi North District is doing a pilot study on conducting smart tests.

Janet Wilson collecting water close to her house in Agravi, Ghana

Asutifi North: Collaboration makes water flow

Published on: 30/05/2020
Examples of how Asutifi North has become a beacon of hope for water services in Ghana.

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