RAS-HON, as part of a WIN (Water Integrity Network) funded project, developed a manual for facilitators who assist communities and water committees dealing with transparency and accountability issues. The experience of developing the manual has been documented and is presented in a report. Read more...
Various case studies confirm that multiple-use of water is a common practice in rural communities in Honduras. IRC and FHIS developed a guideline to support consideration for these uses in the design and management of rural water supplies. This guideline was applied in a number of communities in... Read more...
“Sanitation is a passion, not a job,” said Noma Neseni last year at the Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India. Ms. Nomathemba (Noma) Neseni, the Director of the Institute of Water and Sanitation Development (IWSD) and Human Rights Commissioner in Zimbabwe passed away on 30 August... Read more...
“ If Multiple-Use Services (MUS) is such a good idea, why is it difficult scale-up? “ This question was raised during the MUS seminar at the Stockholm World Water Week. According to Barbara van Koppen (IWMI), finding an answer to these questions requires an analysis of limitations in the public... Read more...
The Uganda Ministry of Water and Environment produced the District Implementation Manual (DIM) in 2007 to support and guide sector stakeholders in the implementation of water and sanitation activities. Read more...
Participants at the Mole Conference XXIII have called for the establishment of a national water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) fund to finance capital maintenance of facilities to ensure sustainability. This is because communities are not able to finance capital maintenance activities on their own... Read more...
IRC Ghana has organised a Life-Cycle Cost Approach (LCCA) training for participants at the Mole Conference XXIII. The main message brought by facilitator Dr Nyarko, country director for WASHCost Ghana, was the need to properly budget for activities throughout the life-time of a system and he... Read more...
Do you want to influence the global Post-2015 WASH agenda? Do you want to ensure that WASH in Schools gets the prominence it deserves? If you do, then join the e-debate on the JMP Post-2015 indicators for WASH in schools. The results will serve as an input for the public consultation of the JMP... Read more...
At the Kick-off meeting of the RWSN, IRC’s Stef Smits and Marieke Adank and Aguaconsult CEO Harold Lockwood presented recent findings relating to monitoring, sustainability and post-construction support of rural WASH services. Read more...
This question is the first topic for discussion in a series of three WASH in Schools e-debates scheduled for the coming months. The e-debates will take place in the first week of September, October and November 2012 and will focus specifically on WASH in Schools issues. The topics are inspired by... Read more...
IRC supports WASH Resource Centres and their networks (RCNs) in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Honduras, Nepal and Uganda. In this video RCN coordinators describe what sector learning looks like in their country. Read more...
En dépit des progrès accomplis depuis quelques années dans le domaine de la survie de l’enfant, la mortalité infanto-juvénile reste élevée au Burkina Faso. Les principales causes de la mortalité des enfants de moins de cinq ans sont le paludisme, la diarrhée et les infections respiratoires aiguës. Read more...
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="75"] Photo credit: Wikipedia[/caption] En dépit des progrès accomplis depuis quelques années dans le domaine de la survie de l’enfant, la mortalité infanto-juvénile reste élevée au Burkina Faso. Les principales causes de la mortalité des enfants de moins de... Read more...
Participants at the MOLE XXIII Conference have called for the establishment a national water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Fund to finance capital maintenance of facilities to ensure sustainability. Read more...
‘It’s about sustainable water services, not just about pumps and pipes’. That was one of the main messages (and title) of the presentation on monitoring water services in Ghana, presented by Marieke Adank from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in the ‘Judge us by our outcomes’ session... Read more...
Le monitoring est à l'honneur et à juste titre! Read more...
Commercial productive use of faecal sludge in Bengaluru from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Read more...
Lessons on sector learning with WASH Resource Centre Networks from IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Read more...
Check out the video of the webinar Emerging lessons on sector learning with WASH Resource Centre Networks, that was held on 11 July 2012. Read more...
Participants at the MOLE XXIII Conference have called for the establishment of a national water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) fund to finance capital maintenance of facilities to ensure sustainability. This is because communities are not able to finance capital maintenance activities on their own... Read more...