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The lack of safe toilets for women and girls is often linked to an increased risk of sexual harassment and rape. Earlier studies from Kenya, Uganda and India, and now a recent BBC news item are some of the few sources to actually quantify this risk. Read more...
Coca-Cola’s Replenish Africa Initiative (RAIN) requires each project implementation plan to include a life-cycle budget section detailing the cost of annual operational expenditure, annual capital maintenance expenditure and direct support, aligned with the life cycle costing approach. Partners are... Read more...
In the three Northwest provinces of Dien Bien, Lao Cai and Lai Chau in Vietnam, with some of the highest poverty and lowest access to services in the nation, the SSH4A project is working to increase capacity and provide tools and expertise. Read more...
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre's WASHCost project has released an animation that has been created to help us understand how the life-cycle costs and the service delivered are connected. The life-cycle cost approach can be used to increase financial sustainability and to stop the... Read more...
The head of Kabarole District in Western Uganda has renewed a pledge to work with Triple-S on ways of improving the levels and sustainability of rural water services. Richard Rwabuhinga, Chairperson of Kabarole District local government, welcomed the Triple-S annual review and planning meeting to... Read more...
IRC Uganda started the process of introducing the LCCA in the Ugandan water and sanitation sector in 2011, and has since carried out an information scan on funding in the Uganda WASH sector. Read more...
The Triple-S Ghana project has concluded and is sharing a report of a baseline study on the status of rural water facilities in Ghana.The report presents a synthesis of the results of a baseline assessment of the status of service levels, service providers and support functions in three districts... Read more...
The BRAC WASH programme in Bangladesh released a handwashing promotion video on 5 May 2013 to coincide with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual global campaign to promote better hand hygiene in health care. Read more...
A Ghana Television (GTV) news item on the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector stakeholders meeting to form a learning and sharing platform in Ho, the Volta Regional capital of Ghana. Read more...
L’initiative Triple-S (Sustainable Service at Scale) est un programme de l’IRC visant à promouvoir des services d’eau pérennes en milieu rural. Elle met l’accent sur les services fiables et durables au détriment des infrastructures. En Afrique, Triple-S est mis en œuvre dans trois pays : Burkina,... Read more...
L’initiative Triple-S (Sustainable Service at Scale) est un programme de l’IRC visant à promouvoir des services d’eau pérennes en milieu rural. Elle met l’accent sur les services fiables et durables au détriment des infrastructures. En Afrique, Triple-S est mis en œuvre dans trois pays : Burkina,... Read more...
Création d’un calendrier, de dépositoires virtuels et de mailing listes, techniques de partage de documents électroniques… Réunie les 23 et 24 avril 2013, à lRC, une dizaine de rapporteurs des groupes thématiques se font familiarisés avec la gestion et de partage des documents électroniques... Read more...
Création d’un calendrier, de dépositoires virtuels et de mailing listes, techniques de partage de documents électroniques… Réunie les 23 et 24 avril 2013, à lRC, une dizaine de rapporteurs des groupes thématiques se font familiarisés avec la gestion et de partage des documents électroniques... Read more...
Depuis 2012, les Adductions d’Eau Potable Simplifiées (AEPS) de Mansila, Aribinda, Titabé, Gorgadji, Seytenga, Markoye et Yalgo font face à plusieurs dysfonctionnements allant des problèmes de suivi et de maintenance à l’arrêt complet de fonctionnement. Read more...
Organised by : APRH - Associação Portuguesa dos Recursos Hídricos, ABRH - Associação Brasileira de Recursos Hídricos, ACRH - Associação Cabo-Verdiana de Recursos Hídricos. AQUASHARE - Associação Moçambicana dos Profissionais de Água and DNA - Departamento de Água e Saneamento The main themes of the... Read more...
In June and July of 2012, Triple-S underwent a mid-term assessment (MTA). In the months following the MTA process and formal delivery of the report last November, the Triple-S team has been involved in an intensive process of recalibration and replanning. A first version of this recalibration is... Read more...
Renforcer les services d'eau & d'assainissement dans les pays subsahariens En 2013, année internationale de la coopération dans le secteur de l’eau, l’accès à l’eau potable et à l’assainissement demeure plus que jamais un enjeu prioritaire pour la communauté internationale aux côtés des pays du... Read more...
[caption id="attachment_1789" align="alignleft" width="300"] L'équipe du RICHE[/caption] Après le nord les 21-23 mars derniers, c’était la région du Centre-Ouest, en particulier la province du Sanguié de recevoir, ce samedi 27 avril 2013 la visite des journalistes membres du RICHE, dans le cadre de... Read more...
Organised by : African Water Association (AfWA) and SODECI s.a. Theme : Mobilizing Resources and Governance of Water and Sanitation in Africa Sub-Themes : Integrated Management of Water Resources and Climate Change Capacity Building for improved Water and Sanitation Services Advances in Water and... Read more...