Handpump sustainability is enhanced by household members' involvement in management-related decisions, but is compromised when households are... Read more...
Local governments have a crucial, and increasing role to play in the provision of rural and small town water services. Often, however, they struggle to take up these tasks. In this video, representatives of national government, district local government and WASH service providers from Ghana, Burkina Faso and Uganda share their viewpoints on the challenges, the way forward and the role of national governments and development partners in the support of local governments.
Read more...By clearly defining 'the rules of the game' for their water and sanitation sectors, Ghana and Uganda create an environment that encourages teamwork and ultimately sustainable services at scale. Read more...
The Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has called on stakeholders in the Rural Water Sub-sector to harmonize their operations and activities to avoid duplication of efforts. Read more...
This District Operational Manual (DOM) serves as the reference document for District Assemblies' implementation of sustainable water, sanitation and... Read more...
In rural Ghana water coverage rates have been rapidly increasing across the country yet there is a real concern about the sustainability of water supply systems. Ensuring a systematic approach to asset management is therefore becoming more important. However, it is unclear which asset management... Read more...
This factsheet presents the results for the second monitoring round in Sunyani West District, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. Read more...
This factsheet presents the results for the second monitoring round in East Gonja District, Northern Region, Ghana. Read more...
This factsheet presents the results for second monitoring round in Akatsi North and South Districts in the Volta Region, Ghana. Read more...
Factsheet presenting the indicators and benchmarks as developed by CWSA, in collaboration with Triple-S and WASH stakeholders in Ghana. Read more...
Report outlining the concept background of asset management techniques and how these can improve service delivery. It reviews the Community Ownership... Read more...
This paper describes and discusses existing and emerging models for the provision of urban and small town water services in Ghana. Read more...
Financing Post-Construction Support (direct support)", is a video documentary which explores various options and opportunities for post construction support for water and sanitation facilities in Ghana. It draws largely on efforts by two of IRC Ghana's programmes, the Triple-S and WASHCost projects in facilitating sector dialogue and innovations to addresses the situation.
This video was produced in collaboration with the Ghana Watsan Journalists Network.
Read more...How can national governments, NGOs and donors work together to strengthen local government capacity? Read more...
Sustaining water facilities in Ghana's rural areas is challenging. Villages are in charge of repairs, but often don't have the money for it.
Read more...Dora depends on one community handpump. How are her satisfaction levels being measured, and what can we learn from them? Read more...
A series of training workshops have been organized by CWSA/Triple-S Project in the Sunyani West district in September, 2013. The training workshops were aimed at introducing participants to the use of a Short Messaging Service (SMS) for reporting the functionality of water facilities, facility... Read more...