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Hand Pump Mechanics are always on call to repair water sources whenever they break down. Water source repair is largely a man's world, but who says a girl cannot fit in? Read more...
Who is taking care of the hand pump, replacing wearing parts, and keeping the service going? Read more...
IRC helps develop action plan to integrate gender justice in urban water supply. Read more...
United Nations and World Bank announce call for action at World Economic Forum. Read more...
In-house fault-reporting and maintenance systems work better than crowdsourcing models where users are encouraged to report faults. Read more...
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) shared baseline data on functionality and service levels of existing rural water and small town water facilities in about six regions at the Ghana Rural Water Forum in Accra on October 7, 2015. Read more...
The Multi-Stakeholder Forum - popularly know as the MSF - is the key annual WaSH sector event in Ethiopia. At the end of 2015, the One WaSH National Program was again in the spotlight. Read more...
During SACOSAN VI Splash, BRAC WASH and IRC hosted a side event on data for decision making using schools as an entry point. Read more...
Communities in Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda and Bangladesh are en route to better health with the help of local NGOs. Read more...
The SMARTerWASH project presents monitoring data. Read more...
IRC Uganda is currently involved in key advocacy initiatives to increase operation and maintenance (O&M) funds and ultimately to change the budget allocations in the District Water and Sanitation Conditional Grant. Read more...
Tuesday August 11, at 10:00 am EDT. Moving beyond reporting and turning data into action. Read more...
Join us at the Stockholm World Water Week to discuss how to scale up sustainable access to safe water. Read more...
1st August 2015: The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes hygiene in it's vision statement and as a target. Read more...
In 2014, IRC/Triple-S undertook a water service monitoring survey in Kabarole district to establish the level of water service received by users. The survey was done within the framework of the new Service Delivery Indicators, which were proposed by the Triple-S Initiative to complement the... Read more...
On the 23 April 2015, a technical discussion was held at the Jupiter hotel in Addis Ababa to debate the findings of a study "Private Sector Landscape for WASH in Ethiopia – Bottlenecks and opportunities" commissioned by UNICEF and undertaken by IRC within the scope of the DFID-funded One WASH Plus... Read more...
To contribute towards the enhancement of monitoring rural water service delivery in Uganda, IRC/Triple-S undertook to develop a set of Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs). The proposed SDIs complement the national golden indicators, which provide information on general aspects of rural water... Read more...
You must know about the culture and beliefs of communities before co-creating solutions with them. Read more...
In 2011 the Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda adopted a strategy of establishing district based Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) to strengthen Operation and Maintenance of rural water systems and increase functionality of rural water sources. IRC Uganda has been working closely... Read more...
Ce document résume 4 semaines de e-discussion sur les autorités locales et la pérennisation des services d'eau en zones rurales. Read more...