The district of Banfora has received direct financial support from Oxfam Burkina to help in the implementation of the communal strategic plan for water, sanitation and hygiene. This partnership is welcomed by both parties who are committed to improving the well-being of the population through... Read more...
La commune de Banfora vient de bénéficier de l’appui financier direct de Oxfam Burkina, dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de son Plan Stratégique Communal Eau Hygiène et Assainissement (PSC-AEPA). Un partenariat salué par les deux parties qui parient sur le mieux-être des populations, par l’accès... Read more...
Sharing lessons learnt from Somali region around systems thinking in WASH and collaboration between organisations in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. Read more...
The impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented on all areas of peoples lives globally, on a scale barely imagined only a few months ago. From the ever growing infection rates and death toll as the virus travelled around the world, to the light it shined on the huge disparities of impact on different... Read more...
Lessons from the Central African Republic and Mali. Report of a WASH debate. Read more...
The challenge for ANAM in Ghana's Asutifi North Read more...
How do we make sure that everyone has a basic level of service? Report of an IRC WASH Debate. Read more...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs contributes 4.8 million euros to fund IRC's programmatic aims. Read more...
From exit strategies to transformation strategies in WASH. Read more...
We all know that "he who pays the piper calls the tune" - but what if the tune is the wrong one for the times? Can pipers push for new tunes? IRC's CEO Patrick Moriarty thinks so. Read more...
2015 is the year that the Millennium Development Goals make way for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). An important role in both development agendas is reserved for water, sanitation and hygiene issues that leave much to be desired in many countries. OneWorld dived into the world of... Read more...
Next year the Millennium Development Goals will make way for their successors: the Sustainable Development Goals. What does this mean for global development? What should the new targets include? Organisations working in water, sanitation and hygiene closely follow the making of the new agenda. Read more...
Several Dutch water sector organisations have written to Minister Ploumen (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) about the Dutch targets for water supply. Read more...
In this blog, IRC's head of innovation and international programme Catarina Fonseca discusses the financing of the post-2015 development goals. "A substantial part of funding for development should be sought elsewhere," she argues. Through public finance. Or tax, as we call it. Read more...
Understanding the difference between charity, venture philanthropy and impact investing is key to getting businesses and programmes funded Read more...
In the first of three blog posts, IRC CEO Patrick Moriarty addresses the next big challenge: the critical role of public finance and government leadership. Read more...
The USAID water strategy has had the gestation period of an elephant, but now that it's finally out, has it been worth the wait? Read more...