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The Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) in Ghana is benefitting from the second phase of the Southern Youth Zone programme (SYZP) organized by IRC. The programme officer, Ms. Basilia Nanbigne, has been selected to represent Ghana in this programme, their training started in... Read more...
Four young professionals from Southern partners from Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, and Uganda started training for one month at IRC, as part of the second round of the PSO-funded Southern Youth Zone Programme from 2010 to 2012. Read more...
'I used to have this technical background. There was a borehole and I was supervising people drilling. But at CONIWAS, it has been more about governance, advocacy, transparency and accountability: the social aspects.' Read more...
One of the interesting and innovative sessions during an IRC learning week was a debate on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) titled: ‘CLTS should be implemented in its purest form’. The Young Professionals of the Southern Youth Zone Programme participated actively in this debate. They were... Read more...
Resource Centres and their networks can play a vital role in documenting lessons and making information flow in the sector for governance and service delivery. IRC has worked with and supported WASH resource centre networks since the 1990s. The PSO programme helped IRC work with resource centre... Read more...
Our talk about 'sector learning' sometimes obscures the fact that it is people, individually or collectively, who learn and catalyse change. So, it's been inspiring to check in with four young professionals from Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, and Uganda who are visiting IRC for their final de-... Read more...
Ecological Sanitation (EcoSan) is a new type of toilet option in which urine and faeces are collected separately – this style of toilet is referred to as a ‘dry toilet’ in Nepal. EcoSan entrepreneurs are getting more profits than other sanitation providers. This is shown in a recent study on the "... Read more...
How do you deal with being a young professional in a country where the security situation is not the same as at home, where the food is different? With the pressure of ‘having to perform’: carrying out the activities as defined in your personal development plan. However, your new work environment... Read more...
Last week's IRCnergy week looked at the exciting development of a multi-country sustainability monitoring system for water and sanitation services. Read more...
Traditional chiefs appealed to the Accra Municipal Assembly (AMA) that central funding to the WASH sector is not reaching their districts. This results in a disastrous situation that affects all irrespective of who you are. This was said during a budget tracking exercise organized by the NGO... Read more...
Goal: The adoption by the sector of a strong learning and adaptive approach to service delivery Desired outcome: By 2016, learning and adaptive management will be widely accepted as core elements of good practice in service provision. Read more...
The department of La Paz is located two hours from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. La Paz is a region famous for the coffee export, cold climate and abundant water. There are four projects implemented using the Multiple Use Water Services (MUS) approach by FHIS, the Honduran Social Investment Fund, with... Read more...
The Bombo community together with the private water service provider and the Town Council developed a joint action plan towards improving water services in Bombo Town Council. The action plan shared roles and responsibilities to water service providers, town council officials, water board members,... Read more...