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Participants at the review meeting in Banfora

Performance evaluation: the 2019 review of Banfora

The municipality of Banfora has held its second annual review of drinking water, hygiene and...
Participants pendant la réunion en février 2020

Evaluation des performances : Banfora à l’heure du bilan 2019

La mairie de Banfora a tenu sa deuxième revue annuelle des projets et programmes d’eau potable,...
Panaaba community joins Hilton team and partners after mini durbar

Capturing Conrad N. Hilton Foundation team visit of Asutifi North

A special edition of the ANAM WASH Hubdate features recent visit of representatives of the Conrad N...
Water pump

Kabarole master plan makes politicians commit to the WASH sector

How a campaign turned local Ugandan leaders into sanitation champions, who helped pass a new by-law.
Teaplantation in Kabarole District

Local government capacity to deliver SDG 6

The Kabarole District Master Plan has given local government and its partners a common focus to...
Cover of the IRC Uganda country strategy

IRC Uganda's focus for the coming years

This Uganda country strategy will be guiding the work of IRC Uganda for the coming years.
IRC shares GivingTuesday experiences at Salesforce`s Dot org conference

Looking back on our first #GivingTuesdayNL

Focusing lasers and sharing a different kind of giving message works.
Kwadwo Addaikrom - Mary Kombat

Collective action for WASH in Asutifi North, Ghana

Video stories of political leadership, united NGOs and communities out now!
Man holding register with fees paid by water users in India

IRC activities in India over the period 2017-2021

IRC has worked for over four decades in India and will continue to do so as outlined in our latest...
Making latrine slabs in Ethiopia

A quick insight into IRC Ethiopia’s country strategy

The IRC WASH team in Ethiopia believes it is vital and urgent to strengthen the systems that...
IRC Burkina mission in an infographic

Ready, Set, Action – Our plan in Burkina

Our mission is to help the Government of Burkina Faso meet its 2030 SDG commitment.
Sanitation systems animation clip

What does sanitation systems strengthening mean?

Watch this animation and sign up for our free basic course on WASH Systems strengthening!
Ghana team with Hilton representatives

IRC Ghana and partners receive Hilton Foundation representatives

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's new Vice President of Strategy and Programs – Marc J. Holley, and...
South Ari community fetching water

Report on local systems analysis for rural water published

Understanding local systems to find solutions to poor sustainability in Ethiopia.
WASH systems academy

WASH Systems Academy to be launched at World Water Week

Soon, everyone will have a chance at becoming a WASH systems master with this unique learning...
Workshop participants in Banfora, Burkina Faso

One Drop reaffirms its support to the municipality of Banfora

Partners commit to help the municipality of Banfora roll out its strategic plan during a workshop.

Blogs, podcasts, opinions and more

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Faecal sludge management in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Citywide inclusive sanitation: applying systems thinking

Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach.
David DeArmey of Water for Good

Bringing clarity to the WASH system

Interview with David DeArmey of Water for Good about using IRC tools in a fragile context.
SDG clock

When the clock stops

The global community has a decade to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals – can we?
Collective action session at UNC

What are collective action approaches anyway?

"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said.
Eng, Joseph Oriono Eyatu, Uganda, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Ghana, Patrick Moriarty

Money follows politics

What does government leadership in the African water and sanitation sector really mean? Perspectives from a technocrat, a politician and IRC's CEO.
Central African Republic - Water for Good

Can you strengthen WASH systems in fragile states?

Lessons from the Central African Republic and Mali. Report of a WASH debate.
Loo with a view, Trawden, Lancashire, UK

Stop being a neo-liberal and embrace the sanitation system

Sanitation is chronically underfunded, perhaps that’s because we’re not asking for money in the right way or from the right source.
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IRC's WASH Systems Academy shortlisted for Innovation Award

IRC's new learning platform, the WASH Systems Academ y, has been shortlisted as one of the ten finalists for the Spindle award "Best Innovation for...
These Funders Are Betting on a Systems Approach

These funders are betting on a systems approach

Water and sanitation comprise an increasingly important focus for global health and development philanthropy, but the approach has often been...
SIWI sofa 2019

World Water Week 2019 through the lens of IRC

Finding ways to build and finance strong WASH systems, including everyone along the way.
Glass half full or half empty?

A GLAAS half full?

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.
Harriet Burungu fetching water in Kabarole district

It's all about the blend

How a blending of service delivery models and finance within a district may hold the solution to financing safe water supplies for everyone.
Speakers Panel at the WASH Debate on Dialogue and Dissent, The Hague, 26 June 2019

Bringing empowered voices to the table

The role of civil society in evidence-based advocacy for the human rights to water and sanitation. Report of a WASH Debate.
Vulnerable women deprived of access to water due to insufficient investment and a failure of the service delivery model

IRC Burkina: are we on track with our strategic plan 2017-2021?

A brief presentation of IRC Burkina's 2017-2021 strategic framework, the progress achieved by the end of 2018 and the expectations for 2019.
Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Ghana's Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources and Vida Duti, IRC Ghana Country Director

Call the minister

Why networking and collective action are essential to systems change.
Expose the System

Promoting the system

Bringing effective and decisive political leadership to bear on WASH requires that we expose the system; making it visible and actionable to those...

Resources

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WASH system building block assessment tool

2020
An Excel tool to assess the strengths and...

Strengthening water, sanitation, and hygiene systems : concepts, examples, and experiences

2020
This paper presents the journeys that Agenda for...

Application of the district-wide approach in 5 pilot districts of Rwanda : lessons learned

2020
Between 2017 and 2019, the District-Wide Approach...

Learning exchange visit to Asutifi North District, Ghana on implementation of the district WASH...

2019

All systems go! WASH systems symposium : proceedings part 2

2019
All systems go! was the first event of its kind...

A local systems analysis for rural water services delivery in South Ari and Mile, Ethiopia

2019
This report summarises the strengths of the...

Planning differently : developing long-term, strategic plans for district-wide water, sanitation...

2019
Long-term strategic planning at the district...

IRC annual report 2018

2019
This annual report reflects on 2018, the second...

It takes a system (to deliver WASH services)

2019
Keynote presentation on why networking and...

IRC Monitoring Report 2018

2019
An internal document that is made available for...

The roadmap to sustainable WASH services - podcast

2019

WASH Systems strengthening in Rwanda - podcast

2019

Taking a systems strengthening approach

2019

For who is WASH systems strengthening - podcast

2019

Equity and WASH systems strengthening - podcast

2019

It’s about strengthening systems - podcast

2019

Videos

Strong systems: making water and sanitation for everyone, everywhere and forever a reality
Systems strengthening for sanitation
WASH is about systems
An introduction to multi-stakeholder platforms with Jeroen Warner
Patrick's Poo
It's about the systems stupid
Working for change in Uganda
The power of working together: Kabarole district
Kampala WASH Symposium - Exploring a Whole System Approach
Tribute speech for Ton Schouten by Harold Lockwood
The quest for water services that last
The ideal WASH sustainability tool
2014 WASH Sustainability Forum
Everyone, Forever: The Chinda Experience.
WASHTech
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