The District Based Full Coverage start-up initiative was launched with Asutifi North District as the selected district. Read more...
IRC and the Safe Water Network are piloting a sustainable service delivery approach at district level. Read more...
IRC and the Safe Water Network are piloting an approach to achieve water and sanitation for all in Ghana by 2030. Read more...
The Hague, 20 December 2016 – The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation has awarded US$ 1 million to IRC – a leading champion of universal access to sustainable water services. The aim of the investment is to develop a plan for a fourteen year programme of collective action to achieve universal access to... Read more...
IRC has been awarded a US$ 1 million grant to develop a fourteen year programme. Read more...
Innovation of sanitation master planning within the ONEWASH Plus programme in Ethiopia. Read more...
In the context of the devolution of political powers and responsibilities to the counties in Kenya, planning for water and sanitation services has to step up. Read more...
Using numbers in local planning for water resources and services helps stakeholders to make (conflicting) interests clearer and choices more explicit. Read more...
How do you set up a reliable water supply system when an area is facing ten months of extreme drought every year? How do you make sure that the one thing that matters, your cattle, stay alive? "You start planning for the worst." Read more...
Who is responsible for improving the resilience of local population in the Kenya Arid lands against natural disasters and impact of climate change? And who pays the bills for sustainable water services? This was one of the questions that came up during workshops held in Kenya in October 2014. Read more...
IRC will be co-organising and hosting the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) Country Processes Task Team (CPTT) meeting being held in The Hague, Netherlands, on the 2nd and 3rd, December, 2014 The CPTT has conducted various pieces of work in the last one year, notable among these is: the series of... Read more...
Former president of Kenya, HE Mwai Kibaki, officially launched the Millennium Water Alliance-Kenya strategic plan last week in Nairobi and called for efficient and effective water governance. IRC is a partner in the Millennium Water Alliance. Read more...
As we approach near universal water supply coverage, India is facing the twin challenges of achieving last mile coverage and simultaneously addressing sustainability of the massive assets already created. Read more...
The Kenya Arid Lands Disaster Risk Reduction project was aimed at helping the Kenyan government and local communities in dealing with flash floods... Read more...
Community rural water supply in India is being undermined by opposing strategies. Read more...
This year the rains started in March and in June the water ponds still have water in them. Mwende is happy because now she only has to walk ten minutes to fetch water for her family. Read more...
"Everyone forever" may be ahead of schedule in India, but where is the will to achieve it? Read more...
IRC and the Ministry for Water, Hydraulic Infrastructure and Sanitation of Burkina Faso have decided in this international year of water cooperation to take action together to develop and promote sustainable WASH services in Burkina Faso. On October 1, 2013 they have signed a Memorandum of... Read more...
This meeting at the Netherlands Embassy in Addis was a very special one, for a number of reasons. Read more...