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Un blog basé sur le document de référence de All systems Go Africa , écrit par Juste Nansi, Directeur Pays IRC Burkina Faso et Directeur Programme Régional Afrique et Elizabeth Ketty Wamera PhD. Spécialiste WASH, Bureau régional pour l'Afrique occidentale et centrale de l'UNICEF. Read more...
A blog based on the background paper of All systems Go Africa , written by Juste Nansi, Country Director IRC Burkina Faso and Director Africa Regional Programme and Elizabeth Ketty Wamera PhD., WASH Specialist, Regional Office for West & Central Africa UNICEF. Read more...
Sharing, learning and collaborating at the University of Colorado annual WASH Symposium. Read more...
A meeting organised by Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) and IRC Uganda, to inform the parliamentarians about the Watershed empowering citizens programme, discuss key issues in WASH and IWRM, and make recommendations on how the issues can be addressed effectively. Read more...
Climate resilient WASH is about new ways of working across the traditional humanitarian and development sectors. We went to one of the harshest spots in Ethiopia, and surely in the world, to find out more. Read more...
At the 40th WEDC Conference last week, it was all about new takes on old ideas. Read more...
The challenges of small town water supply and the need for systemic change: the case of Gazer town. Read more...
The objective of Action Research for Learning was to strengthen the capacities of the selected partners for action research, analysis, reporting and learning. Read more...
For less than US$12 per person per year a town in Honduras can ensure that everyone's water supply keeps working. Read more...
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and government are looking for innovations in their work with smallholder farmers and communities in Lesotho to strengthen their livelihoods and to conserve the environment. Read more...
IRC has highlighted some useful lessons for the sector as the USAID West-Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme is drawing to a close. Read more...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the target of reaching universal access to water and sanitation by 2030. But can this target realistically be achieved in the most difficult of settings: fragile states? Read more...
Mr Belwal is a community facilitator with the Himalaya Institute Hospital Trust, an NGO that, amongst others, develops water supply systems in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, through a programme supported by Himmothan Society. His main responsibility is ensuring that villages that have been "phased out... Read more...
Sangeeta Ramola is the former Pradhan (president) of the Gawana Gram Panchayat (local government), in the State of Uttarakhand, India. Her work and effort shows the importance of local political leaders in achieving access to rural water supply that lasts. Read more...
Two years ago, I posted a blog summarizing discussions on whether insuring rural water supply systems is a good idea. But these remained largely theoretical discussions, as there are few examples of such insurances put in place. During field work for the Community Water Plus project in the State of... Read more...
In the context of the devolution of political powers and responsibilities to the counties in Kenya, planning for water and sanitation services has to step up. Read more...
Using numbers in local planning for water resources and services helps stakeholders to make (conflicting) interests clearer and choices more explicit. Read more...
The COMAS – Municipal Water and Sanitation Committee – of the municipality of El Negrito (in the Department of Yoro, Honduras), is strongly committed to providing universal water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services to its citizens. But it needs a plan to get there. And it needs to make a plan... Read more...
Mr Ragunathan, the ex-President of Ramianahalli village, proudly explains how his community had come together when facing a water crisis in 2004. But in subsequent years of 'times of plenty', much of the good practices of the village water and sanitation committee were lost. This is due to the... Read more...
Ultimate success in water service delivery is defined by the service level received by households. There can be excellent infrastructure and impeccable administration, but if households don't receive enough water of good enough quality without spending an excessive amount of time collecting it,... Read more...