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Community management is the common model for rural water supply, but it has limitations, particularly when it comes to the ability to sustain services over the long-term. In an effort to identify what works and what doesn't when it comes to community management, the Community Water Plus project is... Read more...
Handpump mechanics support water user committees by repairing pumps upon breakdown. But mechanics' charges are high and inconsistent, and their access to spare parts varies. As costs and delays increase, communities become less willing to pay for repairs, and mechanics leave the business. In the... Read more...
IRC has been an active member of Sanitation and Water for All Partnership since its beginning. Erma Uytewaal of IRC explains why she believes this partnership is important to improve the sustainability of water and sanitation services.
Read more...The Community Water and Sanitation Agency takes a unified approach with new single source documents. Read more...
Commissioner Eng Aaron Kabirizi discusses sub-county water boards as an approach for addressing operation and maintenance.
Read more...In a bid to enhance monitoring of rural water service delivery in Uganda, IRC/Triple-S Initiative in conjunction with the Ministry of Water and Environment undertook to develop a set of Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs). Read more...
Water For People adopted an approach of Everyone, Forever. This video presents the perspectives of the local stakeholders involved in that approach in the municipality of Chinda, Honduras. It is based on a study that IRC did of Water For People's approach there.
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Financing Post-Construction Support (direct support)", is a video documentary which explores various options and opportunities for post construction support for water and sanitation facilities in Ghana. It draws largely on efforts by two of IRC Ghana's programmes, the Triple-S and WASHCost projects in facilitating sector dialogue and innovations to addresses the situation.
This video was produced in collaboration with the Ghana Watsan Journalists Network.
Read more...We were here to find out what the water committee does about water supplies, but only a local government official was around to explain it all. Read more...
The Mobile for Water (M4W) experiment has been undertaken as part of the IRC-led Triple-S initiative in Uganda and aimed to reduce service downtime and provide real time data on the performance of water services. Read more...
It's about national governments leading development processes, coordinating all interventions and directing funding to where it is most effective and needed. Read more...
A classic case of community managed rural water supply. Read more...
3rd Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting (HLM) to be held Friday 11 April 2014. Read more...
How can national governments, NGOs and donors work together to strengthen local government capacity? Read more...
Self supply is an approach that can improve the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of water services. Read more...
It takes at least two months to repair a broken water source in rural areas of Uganda. This was revealed by a study conducted in 2012 by IRC Uganda in eight districts of Alebtong, Kitgum, Lira, Nwoya, Kabarole, Kamwenge, Kasese and Kyenjojo. The study was conducted to assess the performance of... Read more...
Report assessing level of compliance with regulations in eight communes of the Sahel region. Read more...
Sustaining water facilities in Ghana's rural areas is challenging. Villages are in charge of repairs, but often don't have the money for it.
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What if resources from all projects in a district were brought together? What if in addition to constructing water systems we also planned and financed for their operation and maintenance? A story about a fictitious district in the developing world, and what happened to its water supply.
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Governments cannot leave rural communities with the full responsibility for the management of their water supplies. Communities need support. This video is made for decision makers, but contains many interesting issues for everyone concerned with rural water supply.
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