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Sharing advocacy practices and challenges, and making connections. Read more...
Despite massive investments in rural water supply in Tanzania, the number of people with access to improved water sources has not increased. This begs the question, what could be the reason for this stagnation? Read more...
Report of a WASH Dialogue on faecal sludge and septage management Read more...
The latest water and sanitation innovations: approaches, technologies and financing instruments. Read more...
Can Agent-Based simulation models help us to improve services in complex WASH systems? Read more...
What would happen if we outlawed and started to punish open air defecation in Burkina Faso? Read more...
Increasing interest in the Agenda for Change and investments in the systems approach. Read more...
During menstruation every woman wants to cuddle up in a warm blanket. However, women in certain rural areas in Nepal have to sleep in a cowshed during that period of the month. Read more...
How a story about an Indian sanitation entrepreneur became a hit. Read more...
Tijdens de menstruatie wil iedere vrouw wegkruipen onder een dikke deken. Vrouwen in bepaalde gebieden in Nepal worden verbannen naar de koeienstal gedurende die dagen van de maand. Read more...
We cannot do it alone. Reflections from the 7th Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum. Read more...
Nous avons célébré le 19 novembre dernier la journée mondiale des toilettes. Cela fait ironiser beaucoup de monde, car on se demande bien d'où peut être venue cette idée de célébrer les toilettes. Evidemment, quand on a des toilettes propres utilisables à tout moment à la maison ou sur nos lieux de... Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso saw the election campaign as the ideal opportunity to bring water and sanitation to the forefront. Read more...
My “little kid” excitement was sparked, when I participated in a session on WASH away from home. Read more...
Photographs showcasing that Self-supply can change people's lives. Read more...
In January 2017 it will be seven years since I joined the IRC team. Over the years, I have done nearly everything that a communication practitioner can do within an organisational setting – and I have many outputs to show for it. Read more...
Southern Africa is in its most severe drought in 35 years, 18 million people need humanitarian assistance in the region. We as users have a role to play, and it isn't all about consuming less. Read more...
Tools are not enough, engage with government for real change Read more...
Strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems in the WASH sector in Western and Central Africa. Read more...
Self-supply is the term given to families helping themselves through development of their own water supplies. Usually based on wells dug near the home or fields, such water supplies meet a range of domestic and food production needs. The regional government are launching a new programme to support... Read more...