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...
Ugandan NGO network calls on the national government to prioritise access to safe water. Read more...
This report highlights the activities of the 2020 Regional Water and Environment Week which included among others clean-up exercises, home improvement campaigns and public dialogue. Read more...
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso have put in place a number of measures around drinking water and sanitation in the fight against the coronavirus. But have the needs of the most vulnerable people really been taken into account? Are they able to cope during this pandemic? Read more...
Le Mali, le Niger et le Burkina Faso ont mis en œuvre une batterie de mesures sociales dans le secteur eau potable et assainissement dans le cadre de la lutte contre le coronavirus. Mais les besoins des populations, notamment celles dites vulnérables ont-elles été réellement prises en compte pour... 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...
Everything for the privileged and nothing for the disadvantaged! Read more...
This Watershed webinar shares and discusses WASH and IWRM developments. Read more...
How can you help NGOs and citizens in Mali better stand up for their rights when it comes to water and sanitation? Read more...
IRC is providing technical support to UNICEF to help implement the "Drink From Tap" Mission. Read more...
IRC collaborated with partners to develop a new approach to assess WASH risks in marginal populations in Ethiopia. Read more...
Local communities, CSOs, and government work together to pilot new agricultural activities, which don't harm a vital source of water. Read more...
An indigenous movement helps women and people living with disabilities advocate for their rights in public platforms. Read more...
Watershed report with recommendations on social inclusion for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs' WASH strategy 2016-2030. Read more...
The government's flagship Climate Resilient Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (CR-WASH) initiative focuses on lowland investments in 'resilient' technologies such as deep boreholes and more resilient piped water infrastructure. These seek to displace emergency humanitarian interventions in drought-... Read more...
The Watershed consortium in Uganda led by IRC presents efforts to strengthen people's voice in water management. Read more...
This quick-scan offers insights into the current practices of social inclusion in integrated water resource management (IWRM) programmes. Read more...
IRC and UNICEF showcase the latest on practice and theory in the WASH in Schools Index. Read more...
This seminar - held at the ILRI campus in Addis Ababa on 25 October 2018 - shared innovative research from the WEEP project on measuring water security in the Ethiopian lowlands. This drew on the study of emotions by the WEEP project team (Cranfield University, Oxfam, IRC WASH, IWMI and the... Read more...
A photo story about the water challenges facing the people of Banfora in Burkina Faso. Read more...
