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IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre will be an active participant in the World Water Forum 6 from 12 to 17 March 2012 in Marseilles, France. We will be strongly involved in WWF6 sessions on Finance, Monitoring and Communications. Read more...
The lack of clearly delineated roles can undermine sustainable services at scale. Read more...
On 8 March 2012, Al Jazeera’s “Inside story” took a closer look at the results of the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. Patrick Moriarty, IRC's International programme director and Triple-S director participated in a panel... Read more...
Secteur 19 de Ouagadougou, à la cité dite de l’espérance. Les habitants souffrent du manque criard d’eau. Bien que connectés au réseau d’adduction en eau de L’Office Nationale de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement du Burkina (ONEA), les habitants de ce quartier ne disposent de l’eau courante que 2 heures... Read more...
8 th of March. On this day you always ask yourself: am I doing enough? Am I contributing all I can to create more equal gender relations in the world? Are we? It’s been a long time since my job was exclusively focused on gender equity- in water of course. I felt that all the stereotypes applied:... Read more...
AlJazeera’s "Inside story" will take an in-depth look at water and sanitation, and will have Patrick Moriarty, IRC’s International programme director and Triple-S director, as a panelist. Tune in on 8 March 2012 at 17:30 GMT. Watch your local Al Jazeera news station , or check out Al Jazeera’s live... Read more...
"What is being measured is basically the type of improved technology that people are supposed to be accessing like a hand-pump or a tap in the house. What's not being measured is whether it works, the quality, how far people have to walk to get to that water." IRC's Patrick Moriarty was... Read more...
The second International Work Stream (IWS) learning retreat took place during January 19-20, 2012. Participants discussed emerging results from monitoring methods used to inform the IWS' learning – including SenseMaker®, stakeholder interviews, qualitative document assessment, logs of requests and... Read more...
An abundance of innovative ideas and knowledge exist in the Ugandan water and sanitation (WASH) sector. Due mostly to a lack of time or confidence in writing skills, these insights are seldom put on paper and shared with a wider audience. To stimulate the distribution of knowledge that is generated... Read more...
Dudu Mnisi, an engineer of one of the regional offices of Mvula Trust in South Africa interviewed Mr J Makgoka, chairperson of the Village Water Committee of Mohlajeng in the Republic of South Africa. Read more...
Water assembly meetings can play a useful role in allowing people to clarify their own duties and those of other people as shown by a workshop in Ceylan, Colombia. Miguel, the water engineer, reports to workshop participants, “I am happy that the administrators and everyone else recognises that my... Read more...
The water supply systems of Nyen and Mbemi, Cameroon are connected to the same water source. This has been a cause of many disputes, and has paralysed the functioning of the water committee. A meeting is organised to discuss the problems. Tension is high as members from Nyen and Mbemi enter the... Read more...
The committee in charge of the water system in Belén, Guatemala dedicated itself to collecting the fees, presenting accounts to the revenue administration and selling new connections. At first, since the system was new, there were no problems. Maintenance consisted of cleaning the distribution tank... Read more...
Water users in Lira district, Northern Uganda have adopted a new way of ensuring regular payment of user fees and continued functionality of their sources. From the funds collected in monthly fees, they have started a loan scheme for users. Many community members who have benefited from the... Read more...
Par Eddy Patrick J’ai l’habitude de recevoir des alertes pour des informations qui concernent l’accès à l’eau, l’hygiène et l’assainissement. Il y a de cela quelques jours je me demandais comment est-ce que le sport pourrait servir la cause WASH … Read more...
Enquêteur/trice pour recueillir des données sur les capacités des organisations (ONG, associations, comités d’usager et de gestion, collectivités) spécialisées dans la gestion de l’eau et des ressources naturelles du Bassin de la Volta à intégrer un observatoire. Niveau de qualification requis :... Read more...
Inicia este Março o levantamento sobre os Custos de esvaziamento das latrinas avançadas nas zonas periurbanas da Cidade de Maputo.Os Bairros de Albasine, Laulane, Mafalala e Magoanine B são os abrangidos pelo levantamento Read more...
In the search for more effective coordination mechanisms, WASH actors in Kabarole district (Uganda) ventured into sub-county level planning and review meetings. Although it is still in its infant stages, this approach is already showing signs that it could improve some aspects of sector... Read more...
Depuis 20 ans, les rivières du territoire rural de Fizi au "Sud Kivu" en république démocratique du Congo, connaissaient un cycle d’inondation et d’assèchement. Cela était dû à la destruction des réserves forestières de la région où les rivières prennent source. … Read more...
Preparations for Tad Market in Nyen, Cameroon start a day early. Women prepare for market. They clean the bars, cook food to sell, wash their clothes to look neat, wash the bottles for the sale of palm wine, and prepare corn beer. For all this they require water. Water shortage would be a disaster... Read more...