IRC Associate
Freelance writer, journalist, editor, consultant and trainer. Peter researches, writes and edits mainly on water and sanitation, health and development. He is has been acting as consultant to the BRAC WASH project in Bangladesh supporting their communications work and providing training, and was for five years consultant to IRC's WASHCost project. Over the past years, Peter has been supporting the IRC Ghana team in communicating their district based work.
A guide for implementing WASH in schools initiatives, based on a compilation of best practices in WASH from 15 prize winning schools in Odisha state... Read more...
A systems approach requires us to know the importance of political buy-in and strong leadership. Read more...
A rapid study on the challenges facing sanitation workers in Indian cities and towns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
This study provides new evidence that WASH access and practices are associated with self-reported reproductive tract infection symptoms in rural... Read more...
Interventions that ensure women have access to private facilities with water for Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) and that educate women about... Read more...
A Bollywood film has raised awareness about menstrual hygiene, but there's more to it than just sanitary pads. Read more...
Based on 20 detailed successful case studies from across India, this book outlines future rural water supply approaches for all lower-income... Read more...
This report assesses sanitation and hygiene implementation programmes funded by the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) of the Water Supply and Sanitation... Read more...
While allocations to India's national sanitation campaign to eradicate open defecation have increased considerably, budget tracking shows that... Read more...
Business models and breakthrough approaches to solve India's rural sanitation challenges. Read more...
This document presents the case of Morappur (Tamil Nadu), a governmentlabelled 'dark' block, that suffers from depleted and contaminated groundwater. Read more...
A study on sanitation-related psychosocial stress among Indian women in Odisha finds that: Sanitation-behaviors are more expansive than urination and... Read more...
Webinar recording discussing two initiatives from Asia related to the topic how to move from building infrastructure to creating support mechanisms... Read more...
This study investigates a pilot programme which facilitates public involvement in addressing source sustainability issues and CEC's follow-up actions... Read more...
Sustainable groundwater use is more likely in Indian villages if farmers, other village community members and NGOs work together with researchers and... Read more...
This book provides readers with a glimpse into the realities of managing large-scale initiatives with ambitious goals. It reveals that through... Read more...
This paper concludes that there is chronic underfunding of rural water services, to meet the costs required to provide and sustain a basic level of... Read more...