Asaloko is a small community in the Bongo district where lives have been transformed through the introduction of safe water and effective sanitation. Householders no longer carry water long distances, children are better able to learn and the whole environment has been cleaned up. Read more...
Bongo District in Upper East Region, is one of the driest areas of Ghana with a population of just over 103,000 people. More than 30 boreholes had to be taken out of use because of dangerously high levels of fluoride in some underground water, causing damage to the bones and teeth of the people who... Read more...
Wassa East in Western Region is an overwhelmingly rural area with a population of more than 105,000 people. The district was facing a water crisis in 2015. About six out of every ten water facilities were non-functional, and payment systems had largely broken down. The District Assembly launched a... Read more...
Asutifi North is making giant strides in providing water services for its citizens – but progress on sanitation is proving much harder and slower. Read more...
Through source security, service provision and waste management, the state of Bihar has used a holistic approach to ensure sustainability of services. Read more...
Watch this animation and sign up for our free basic course on WASH Systems strengthening! Read more...
Watershed report with recommendations on social inclusion for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' WASH strategy 2016-2030. Read more...
Local Assemblies and private partners awarded cash prizes for excellence in urban liquid waste management in Ghana. Read more...
The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana contest rewards transformational city-wide sanitation services. Read more...
Turning World Toilet Day into World Sanitation Systems Day Read more...
20 February 2017 you can listen to the very first episode of IRC's podcast WASH Talk. Read more...
Which factors in the enabling environment and which links between actors are key to achieving reliable sanitation services? Read more...
Successful Sludge Enterprises in Small Urban Centres in Zimbabwe selected as a poster presentation at WASH FUTURES 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. Read more...
Cholera flared up in Haiti after hurricane Matthew. A humanitarian crisis can trigger the outbreak of waterborne diseases. Read more...
Several inspiring IRC sessions and side events. Read more...
Why the absence of sanitation and hygiene services causes girls to drop out of school. Read more...
IRC has compiled a growing repository of tools and guidance for strengthening WASH service delivery. Read more...
Allen is not just all talk. As Water For People's CEO she puts her words into action. Read more...
After a decade of emphasis on accelerating water and sanitation infrastructure development, South Africa circles back to behaviour change. Read more...
The largest NGO in the world, BRAC headquartered in Bangladesh, applies its development aid concepts outside Bangladesh in ten countries around the world. The silver bullet? Building on the strength of each individual. An interview with Petra Costerman Boodt, BRAC International's Resident... Read more...