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Asutifi North District Assembly meets IRC management team

Published on: 04/08/2021
Asutifi North District Assembly holds 'Akwaaba' meeting with IRC senior management team

Collective action in WASH : findings from SWS

Recording of a webinar on lessons learned after nearly four years of intensive research on the use of collective action in WASH by the USAID-...
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Water tank in Arusha, Tanzania (photo Lukas Kwezi)

The water sector budget: How much is enough?

Published on: 31/05/2021
A review of the Tanzanian water sector budget for 2021/22.

Monitoring of WASH in small towns : a catalyst for enhancing capacity of water utilities in Ethiopia

Harmonizing institutionalized monitoring, national benchmarks, improving the data culture and acting upon monitoring results will be essential in...
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Improving WASH service delivery in small towns : systems approach implemented in Ethiopia

Systems approaches are ongoing processes which take time and require multiple levels of action, both at local as well as at regional and national...
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Two district governments sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia

Published on: 13/05/2021
In the first phase (2017-2019), the WASH SDG project reached more than 55,000 people with access to clean water services in Shashamane and Negelle Arsi districts

Achieving safely managed water services in Africa : unpacking the challenge

The implications of the SDG 6.1 ambitions for national authorities and service providers, with a special focus on the progress so far in Ghana,...
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Attracting investments and closing the finance gap for water and sanitation in Europe

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[Webinar]Practical integration of climate resilience into WASH strategies and plans

Published on: 19/04/2021
SWA together with GWP, UNICEF and WaterAid are co-convening a webinar series to strengthen partners' knowledge of and capacity to integrate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and climate policies, plans, action, and financing. The second webinar of this series will focus on "Practical integration...

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Marking World Water Day in Kabarole district in Uganda

Published on: 22/03/2021
IRC Uganda and its partners supported and participated in the series of Uganda Water and Environment Week 2021 activities in Kabarole to raise awareness about the sustainable use of water resources.

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How women gain power by investing in water

Published on: 05/03/2021
On International Women's Day , research from Water.org shows how empowerment flows from financing improved water and sanitation access.

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Brainstorming on Supporting Panchayats Need for Inclusive Water Supply and Sanitation, 26 Feb 2021, 16:00-17:30 IST

Published on: 26/02/2021
A brainstorming session being conducted by the India Chapter of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance, IRC, WaterAid, UNICEF and India Sanitation Coalition on how to encourage Panchayats to move beyond just infrastructure creation to sustainable service delivery with a rights-based approach.

More sustainable systems through consolidation? : the changing landscape of rural drinking water service delivery in Uganda

The two utility models present in Kabarole outperformed the community management model, with the existing national utility demonstrating greater...
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Launch of ANAM implementation phase

What is in a name - the ANAM WASH initiative

Published on: 22/02/2021
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation supports collective action in many countries. Ghana is proudly one of them.

SIWI water dialogues - A water-literate society

Published on: 01/02/2021
This webinar is part of the Water Dialogue, and will look into the topic of a water-literate society.

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

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