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IRC at the UNC Water and Health Conference: Science, Policy and Practice 2022 Read more...
Two new videos show how a district-wide partnership is transforming water coverage and lives. Read more...
It is never too early to learn good practice that may be lifesaving. Read more...
The challenge for ANAM in Ghana's Asutifi North Read more...
In the peri-urban area of Wamahinso women almost fight for water as they queue for hours in the morning only for the supply to run dry before they can fill their containers. "Sometimes it is three days before we can bathe," one woman says. Ama Ampomah describes walking four and half miles (7... Read more...
In rural Agravi, things are even worse. After pumps failed and supplies dried up women lower buckets into an open well and pull them up by hand. The well is vulnerable to pollution and to animals falling in. A pump provided by the District Authority in 2012 failed within a week while another... Read more...
Goamu Asamang community has three wells and pumps for 1,800 people and none of them work well. Children miss schooling because they are helping the family collect water or waiting for parents to return from the pump. There has been little maintenance on facilities installed in 1985, 2003 and 2012... Read more...
In Tawiahkrom the main water supply is an open well where women pull up water in buckets. For most women it means an uphill walk back home carrying water. Men also collect water and carry it home on the back of bicycles. Sanitation has failed and men and women share the same public latrine. In... Read more...
Submit your AfricaSan5 session for subtheme 3 on monitoring by 12 October! Read more...
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources signs a four-year Memorandum of Understanding with IRC. Read more...
District, communities, IRC and partners pledge to deliver on SDG promises Read more...
The first minister to hold a comprehensive policy brief for sanitation and water resources in Ghana has promised sector wide consultation on how to achieve country targets. Read more...
The World Bank in Ethiopia has commissioned a rapid survey of what motivates people to upgrade their latrines, with the aim of delivering behaviour change communication materials with greater impact. Read more...
Assessing Value for Money of WASH services in small towns. Read the main findings on the analysis of costs for providing water and sanitation services in small town in Ethiopia. Read more...
In-house fault-reporting and maintenance systems work better than crowdsourcing models where users are encouraged to report faults. Read more...
There is a need to change behaviors in order to reach universal access to water and sanitation services that last. This was the outcome of a session co-convened by Sanitation and Water for All partnership, IRC, WSP, WaterAid and USAid at the September 2015 Stockholm World Water Week. Read more...
The Sanitation and Water for All Steering Committee gathered in Geneva on 17 and 18 June to take important decisions on the future direction of the partnership. A new partnership strategy was adopted which is geared towards guiding the actions of the partners in pursuit of a shared vision of... Read more...
Over 37 million people, including the "ultra-poor", have gained access to hygienic household sanitation in Bangladesh. Both donors and the government praise the success of the BRAC WASH programme. Read more...
Prepare for life-cycle costs and service level data for sharing Read more...
Access and share life-cycle costs quickly Read more...