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On 7 March 2012, IRC and Florida International University ( FIU ), finalised the agreement to expand IRC’s work on sustainable service delivery into Burkina Faso under the USAID programme: West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative (WA-WASH). Read more...
Mr Sojan K Thomas, from Gram Vikas, shares the secrets behind this ground-breaking success in India. While narrating key principles that Gram Vikas followed in promoting total sanitation, he emphasises the cost sharing practices between the family and organisation. Read more...
The chairperson of Kabarole District, Uganda has hailed Triple-S intervention in the district saying it would lead to improved sustainability of water services. This was during the World Water Day celebrations in the district. Read more...
Translating Research into National-Scale Change: A Case Study from Kenya of WASH in Schools, 2011. SWASH Project. Read more...
Effectiveness of Large Scale Water and Sanitation Interventions: the One Million Initiative in Mozambique , October 2011. Full-text (pdf) Chris Elbers, et al. The One Million Initiative of the Government of Mozambique aims at supplying access to clean drinking water and adequate sanitation for one... Read more...
Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial Matthew C. Freeman, Leslie E. Greene, et al. Objectives There has been increased attention to access to water, sanitation and... Read more...
African governments need to implement sanitation and water plans to accelerate progress made towards improving services especially for the poor and marginalized, demands the Executive Secretary of the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), Mr Ben Arthur. Read more...
The presentation titled: “ Talk sustainability, get action” , focused on how the Triple-S Project mainstreamed awareness raising through all the project phases. Read more...
La Haye / Accra, 21 Mars 2012: En ce jour où l’ONU met l’accent sur la sécurité de l’eau et de l’alimentation, l’IRC, le Centre International de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement, lance un appel pour de changements politiques visant à … Read more...
The Resource Centre Network(RCN) has a published a set of “ WASH Reflections ”, a monthly communiqué on highlights of the National Level Learning Alliance platform meetings held in Ghana. Read more...
Alana Potter, lead author of the WASHCost working paper on "Assessing hygiene cost-effectiveness", explains the importance of changing hygiene behaviours and its relevance to safe water on World Water Day. Read more...
Du 12 au 17 mars 2012 s’est tenu à Marseille, dans le sud de la France, le 6ème Forum Mondial de l’Eau. La soixantaine de participants de la délégation burkinabè représentait l’ensemble des acteurs du domaine de l’eau et de l’assainissement au Burkina Faso : ministres, directeurs de structures... Read more...
Du 12 au 17 mars 2012 s’est tenu à Marseille, dans le sud de la France, le 6ème Forum Mondial de l’Eau. La soixantaine de participants de la délégation burkinabè représentait l’ensemble des acteurs du domaine de l’eau et de l’assainissement au Burkina Faso : ministres, directeurs de structures... Read more...
On a day when the UN is highlighting water and food security, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre is calling for policy changes to promote the use of water at home to boost people’s livelihoods. Homestead-level, small-scale production from livestock and vegetable gardens make a... Read more...
Unsafe water source: At least 60 residents of Gulu district in northern Uganda, fell ill after drinking water from wells and streams that were reportedly poisoned by unknown people. Read more...
On 13 and 14 March 2012, WASHCost Ghana hosted a training session on the life-cycle cost approach in order to help participants—especially district water and sanitation teams, district planners, and district directors, with their planning and budgeting of WASH services. Read more...
WASHCost Burkina Faso La mobilisation du financement est un enjeu sensible pour le développement et la gestion des services AEPHA (Eau, assainissement et hygiène) pour tous. Deux sessions complémentaires ont abordé ce sujet dans le 6ème Forum Mondiale de l’eau - Marseille 2012. Read more...
O sector de Água, Saneamento e Higiene – ASH possui informação limitada relativa aos custos e seu historial. Para responder a este défice, o WASHCost tem vindo a publicar vários artigos relativos aos custos e analise do Pec zonal em Moçambique. Esta informação está neste momento a ser usada para... Read more...
La question d’un assainissement durable peut signifier l’amélioration de la qualité de vie tant des personnes réfugiées et déplacées que des populations autochtones. Dans cette optique, quelles leçons tirées de l’est Tchadien pourraient être utiles à d’autres contextes ? Quelles … Read more...