We need more and faster action to achieve and sustain the SDGs. Read more...
As Ethiopia manages to develop more and more new rural water schemes – springs, wells or boreholes with hand-pumps or engines, piped water – keeping the existing infrastructure running well and safely is a challenge that gets bigger every day. And, despite some encouraging efforts, it's a challenge... Read more...
It will cost an estimated US$ 114 billion to deliver WASH to everyone by 2030. As a sector we need to embrace and own this and other big numbers related to SDG 6. Read more...
Following the annual joint sector review meeting, the Ministry of Water and Environment has adopted undertakings to guide sector activities in financial year 2018/19 Read more...
Stakeholders are discussing options to keep the sector afloat in the face of dwindling donor funding to Uganda's water and environment sector. Read more...
The SDGs bring a new sense of urgency, focus and realisation of the great challenge ahead. Read more...
Robust monitoring is needed to track progress towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Goal for water. Read more...
The critical decisions facing SWA, the Sanitation and Water for All partnership. Read more...
The results of the water and sanitation SDG baseline report are as surprising as finding safely managed drinking water in rural Honduras. But we should be cautious in jumping to conclusions Read more...
Marcala municipality in Honduras is spending a decent amount on WASH, though not yet enough. Read more...
Asking whether building hardware is better than a WASH systems approach is like asking whether building bicycle wheels is better than creating a transport network. Read more...
Amplify will provide a monthly update on IRC's WASH systems agenda: stories, analysis and resources, successes and failures. Read more...
New project helps local government make their cities open defecation free. Read more...
A year ago today, on the 22nd of May 2016, we lost our dear friend and colleague Ton Schouten. Read more...
Over the coming years, IRC will work to support partner districts to bring sustainable WASH services to everyone: at least one million people. Read more...
But ... to achieve Goal 6 more urgency is needed in sector reform and systems building. Read more...
Iyua village was declared Open Defecation Free in 2015. A December 2016 visit by a delegation from the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) traced the lessons and benefits of the village's Open Defecation Free status. Read more...
On 15 December 2016, a delegation from the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) and Uganda Sanitation Fund (USF) visited Aton village in Lira. The village was declared Open Defecation Free (ODF) in June 2016. Below are some of the moments that were captured in photos. Read more...
Napak is one of eight additional districts selected to implement the Uganda Sanitation Fund (USF), funded by Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC). A WSSCC/USF delegation in December 2016 took a familiarisation visit to the district. IRC Uganda Country Director and WSSCC... Read more...
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