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Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana They have featured in a video promoting handwashing nationally and internationally, which was also shown on Twitter. The students did not know at the time they were being filmed that they were going to... Read more...
When Wassa East District Assembly audited 202 water points in 2015 as part of the SMARter WASH project they found that 50% were not functional. They developed a four-year Sustainable WASH Plan to ensure sustainable access to safe water for all communities in the district. Read more...
Material prepared by a team from the Ghana National Development Planning Commission and IRC Ghana Clement Akazeire Nyaaba, head teacher of Foe Primary School B, being interviewed in front of water tower that serves schools in the town His school with 186 pupils is one of three that shared a single... 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...
Water supply for all: How can digital solutions help increase access for vulnerable populations? Lessons from Tanzania and Ethiopia. Read more...
Perspectives of a WASH systems advocate and watcher. Using a simple handwashing device in Bongo, Ghana. Photo: IRC Ghana Read more...
Sharing, learning and collaborating at the University of Colorado annual WASH Symposium. Read more...
Report of a Watershed empowering citizens webinar on adjusting your advocacy to COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Smarter emergency measures against COVID-19 needed to ensure lasting solutions in service provision. Read more...
Every now and again the rich world has its nose rubbed in the true meaning of poverty. The coronavirus pandemic is but the latest example. We need to make sure it's the last. Read more...
IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis. Read more...
Continue with menstrual hygiene management (MHM) activities during COVID-19 as so much still needs to be done especially for the vulnerable. Read more...
Becoming a sanitation entrepreneur against the odds in Ethiopia. Read more...
Two major development players simultaneously publish papers supporting a more 'systems' based approach. Read more...
Interview with David DeArmey of Water for Good about using IRC tools in a fragile context. Read more...
My story of empowerment starts from a toilet, or to be precise the lack of it. Read more...
Who'd have guessed the biggest news item so far in 2020 would involve being told how to wash your hands? Yet it has been – at least for those of us who can, who have access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and can afford or find such luxuries as hand sanitiser or soap. Read more...
Last week, the Para Todos, Por Siempre (Everyone, Forever) initiative presented its results over 2019. It led me to reflect on the good, the bad and the ugly of our experiences with monitoring in Honduras. Read more...
Seven reasons why the WASH sector should join forces with solid waste programmes. Read more...
Public utilities are expanding into rural areas, are they the future of water and sanitation services? Read more...