The impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented on all areas of peoples lives globally, on a scale barely imagined only a few months ago. From the ever growing infection rates and death toll as the virus travelled around the world, to the light it shined on the huge disparities of impact on different... Read more...
Providing water and sanitation services to people who live in rural areas or informal settlements or simply aren’t connected to pipes is a complex business. Needlessly so. Social distancing? Queuing for water in Sahel Region of Burkina Faso. Photo: IRC Burkina Faso Read more...
Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach. Read more...
The global community has a decade to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals – can we? Read more...
IRC has worked for over four decades in India and will continue to do so as outlined in our latest strategy. Read more...
The IRC WASH team in Ethiopia believes it is vital and urgent to strengthen the systems that deliver WASH services. Read more...
Our mission is to help the Government of Burkina Faso meet its 2030 SDG commitment. Read more...
Two new UN reports show where we are and where it is we want to get to; now it's time to step up national leadership. Read more...
How a blending of service delivery models and finance within a district may hold the solution to financing safe water supplies for everyone. Read more...
A brief presentation of IRC Burkina's 2017-2021 strategic framework, the progress achieved by the end of 2018 and the expectations for 2019. Read more...
Located 450 km from the political capital and 85 km from the economic capital of Burkina Faso, the municipality of Banfora is the capital of the "Cascades" region and the province of Comoé. It has a total surface area of 934 km² and includes 15 sectors and 22 attached villages. Read more...
Située à 450km de la capitale politique et à 85 km de celle économique du Burkina Faso, la Commune de Banfora est le chef-lieu de la région des Cascades et de la province de la Comoé. Elle a une superficie totale de 934 km² et comprend 15 secteurs et 22 villages rattachés. Read more...
Bringing effective and decisive political leadership to bear on WASH requires that we expose the system; making it visible and actionable to those with power. IRC's new campaign aims to do just that. Read more...
Five sessions on capacity building during the IRC symposium provided additional knowledge and skills in WASH systems practice. Read more...
In Uganda we follow and support where local government leads Read more...
Lean government needs a lean private sector to deliver safe water and sanitation to everyone. Both are part of an effective public system. Read more...
Why even social entrepreneurs need strong government. Read more...
With the year drawing rapidly to a close (already?!), time to reflect briefly on what has kept IRC busy this year. Read more...
New SWA portal supports practical implementation of Building Blocks and Collaborative Behaviours. Read more...
"I am bored with this work", my friend, WASH, confided. I recommended him not to waste his mid-life crisis. Read more...