The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation supports collective action in many countries. Ghana is proudly one of them. Read more...
Getting citizens and marginalised groups a seat at the table with local government is a core activity of IRC. Read more...
Building new partnerships and setting clear goals to leverage investment. Read more...
Perspectives of a WASH systems advocate and watcher. Using a simple handwashing device in Bongo, Ghana. Photo: IRC Ghana Read more...
The award has taken me back to my experiences with WASH as an eleven-year-old girl. Read more...
Partners launch a district-led programme in Ghana built on the vision of universal access. Read more...
A team representing government and NGOs from Ethiopia joined a visit to Ghana to learn about planning for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for WASH. Read more...
Triple-S's end of project evaluation shows that the project, and the approaches it has developed, have made an important contribution to a paradigm shift in rural water: globally, and in Ghana, Uganda and other countries where it worked. At the same time, more work and time are needed to... Read more...
The rural water and sanitation sub sector of Ghana is on a positive trajectory towards establishing an inventory of rural and small-towns water systems across the country and a continuous service monitoring process that will enable the sector to measure and report on access, functionality and... Read more...
The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded US$ 3 million to IRC to ensure that over the next three years, 1.3 million people in 13 rural districts in Ghana will have access to water services that last: not just for a year or two - but indefinitely. Read more...
In this post we'd like to show you what changing the whole system to deliver water services looks in the real world, using the example of our work in Ghana under the Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) project. Read more...
Last week it was World Water Day 2014 , with the topic of "water and energy". I see obvious issues coming by on the water-energy nexus (which by the way is one of those development sector buzz words that I start disliking more every day. I hope the next buzz word is a bit more, uh, sparkling), such... Read more...
Next week, the Dutch parliament will discuss the multi-annual collaboration plans for its bilateral development cooperation with some 15 partner countries. This could be a pretty dull and technical affair, were it not for the fact that these plans give an interesting insight into what the end of... Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency takes a unified approach with new single source documents. Read more...
A new and bold way of thinking is needed to change the way in which water, sanitation and hygiene services are provided. Read more...
Territorial approaches to rural water supply were a hot topic at this week's Triple-S annual meeting. Read more...
Fee-based approaches alone won't cut it when it comes to getting decent-quality services to the poor. Read more...
Navigating the danger zone where countries raise enough money to build but not maintain new infrastructure raises a question: Does this zone exist? Read more...
Elder Joe is the proud secretary of a water committee managing a handpump on the outskirts of Odumase town in Ghana. But the committee would rather manage a different type of system. Read more...
The costs of getting spare parts for handpumps can sometimes be higher than the costs of the parts. But a new SMS-based system might help. Read more...