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WASH master plan for Asutifi North District Assembly : 2019 annual performance report

Based on evidence-based monitoring of water and sanitation service levels, budgets, outcome harvesting, district capacity assessment and water...
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Identifying barriers to inclusion in WASH : barriers faced by persons living with disabilities in accessing water, sanitation and hygiene services in Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Assembly, Ghana

In order to leave no one behind, decision makers and service providers need to examine common beliefs in measuring access to services.
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Kenyasi schoolgirl explaining the benefits of water

How water helps children learn

Published on: 21/12/2020
Secondary schools in Kenyasi, Ghana suffered from absenteeism and poor hygiene. With access to water this changed dramatically as the video shows.

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Symposium on small town WASH services in Ethiopia

Published on: 21/12/2020
Some 50 representatives from towns and regional bureaus participated in the small-town WASH symposium on 3 December at the GetFam hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They were joined online by some 30 stakeholders from national and international level during the morning session, focussed on...

Women fetching water in Sahel

Tackling systemic inequalities in water and sanitation

Published on: 10/12/2020
Systematic or systemic inequalities are grounded in our mindsets; in the way, we think, in the way we plan, in the way we see people, and in the way we interpret the rights to water and sanitation.

Fifth South Ari Woreda learning alliance meeting

Learning alliance helps to improve water supply in Gazer town

Published on: 17/11/2020
The South Ari Woreda learning alliance pushed for the establishment of the Gazer Town Water Supply Service Office as a utility to improve water services in the area.

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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Who pays for water? : comparing life cycle costs of water services among several low, medium and high-income utilities

Comparing water utilities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and the United States reveals a gap between the full costs of service delivery and budgets of...
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Webinar: Water drives resilient countries - 10 November 2020

Published on: 02/11/2020
This event will be a call for action for all Public Development Banks to work together towards a Water Finance Coalition in order to develop financing for water and sanitation and to foster cooperation among them.

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[Virtual Event] MIT Water Summit: A World of Water - Reimagining Resilience, 11-13 November 2020

Published on: 02/11/2020
Water Summit 2020 - A World of Water: Reimagining Resilience. Wednesday, November 11, to Friday, November 13, 2020

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.

The District-Wide Approach : progress review from its application in five districts in Rwanda

This systematic approach to planning suits the Rwandan context and has helped to mobilise funds, but is less effective in emphasising the...
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Emmanual Appiah, senior nurse in Wassa East district, Ghana

Good practice for WASH in Wassa East District, Ghana

Published on: 29/09/2020
Video on good water and sanitation practices in Wassa East District documented by NDPC and IRC Ghana.

Aboubakar Hema, mayor of Banfora

Four years on, has Aboubakar Hema honoured his WASH promises?

Published on: 29/09/2020
The mayor of Banfora has been questioned about his actions around water and sanitation.

Mayor A. Hema with fellow citizens

Quatre ans après, Aboubakar Hema a-t-il tenu ses promesses ?

Published on: 28/09/2020
Interrogation l'édile de Banfora sur ses actions dans le secteur de l'eau et assainissement.

School in Nuapada district, Odisha, India

Water and sanitation budget tracking in rural India

Published on: 04/09/2020
Learn more from four new publications on public finance for community and institutional WASH services.

Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Gaya, Bihar : discussion paper

An analysis of government interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve...
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Rural water and sanitation budgets for schools, anganwadi and health centres : an assessment of Nuapada, Odisha : discussion paper

An analysis of government or private interventions for providing institutional water and sanitation services, with recommendations on how to improve...
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Dr Kodjo Mensah-Abrampa, director general of the NDPC Ghana

Ghana: NDPC launches Good Practice for WASH with call to action

Published on: 24/08/2020
Good Practice for WASH booklet to become a reference point for municipal, metropolitan and district chief executives in Ghana.

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.

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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, 1 Jan - 31 Oct 2020

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.

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