How the Aquaya Institute selected a system strengthening approach to overcome the sustainability constraints that other water quality monitoring... Read more...
Asutifi North District is one of 2000 entries for the 2019 SDG Action Awards Read more...
In the peri-urban area of Wamahinso women almost fight for water as they queue for hours in the morning only for the supply to run dry before they can fill their containers. "Sometimes it is three days before we can bathe," one woman says. Ama Ampomah describes walking four and half miles (7... Read more...
In rural Agravi, things are even worse. After pumps failed and supplies dried up women lower buckets into an open well and pull them up by hand. The well is vulnerable to pollution and to animals falling in. A pump provided by the District Authority in 2012 failed within a week while another... Read more...
Goamu Asamang community has three wells and pumps for 1,800 people and none of them work well. Children miss schooling because they are helping the family collect water or waiting for parents to return from the pump. There has been little maintenance on facilities installed in 1985, 2003 and 2012... Read more...
In Tawiahkrom the main water supply is an open well where women pull up water in buckets. For most women it means an uphill walk back home carrying water. Men also collect water and carry it home on the back of bicycles. Sanitation has failed and men and women share the same public latrine. In... Read more...
On 7-10 August 2018, the Watershed partners came together in Accra to discuss progress and success, and to look at the future. Read more...
De-risking investments by building capacities and subsidising interest. Report of an IRC-NWP WASH Debate. Read more...
This presentation discusses the preliminary findings from a micro-finance project aimed to boost water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services for... Read more...
Without an improved asset maintenance, system it is likely that rural water systems in Ghana will continue to provide unsustainable services. Read more...
Management of WASH systems in Rural Communities: citizens can make a change. Read more...
The main purpose of this report is to reflect with key stakeholders involved in trying to scale up HWTS in Ghana (as part of the Safe Water Phase II) on what happened. Read more...
An in-depth inclusive analysis on country-level accountability mechanisms towards Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG 6) on clean water and... Read more...
This strategy is aligned with government priorities and trends in the WASH sector, and interventions by other development partners. Read more...
Showing the first steps of implementing IRC's Strategy Framework 2017-2030 to build resilient WASH systems to deliver Sustainable Development Goal 6... Read more...
Does using a household water filter help in improving water quality and reduce incidence of diarrhoea? Read more...
Two districts in the Volta Region of Ghana - Akatsi North and Akatsi South - benefited from a five-day area mechanic training. Read more...
How do we make sure that everyone has a basic level of service? Report of an IRC WASH Debate. Read more...