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In Ethiopia, achieving universal access by 2030 without working on Self-supply would be unrealistic. About 35% of the rural population still relies on unprotected wells and springs for drinking water supply, despite huge investments on water supply infrastructures in the past 25 years. Read more...
Learn about our new programme Watershed, sector learning and country-led monitoring. Read more...
Access to water and sanitation is a basic human right. No one, whatever their circumstances, should be forced to live in conditions where these services are not made available. And yet this is the case for many inmates in overcrowded prisons around the world. Read more...
Africa needs a roadmap to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for water security and sanitation by 2030. Such a roadmap was the desired outcome of the 6th Africa Water Week (AWW-6), a biennial event that attracted 1,000 participants from governments, regional institutions,... Read more...
D'une manière récurrente et presque systématique et ce, depuis cinq ans environs, les habitants de la capitale burkinabè connaissent la misère que vivent certaines villes du nord du pays du fait des coupures intempestives d'eau potable. Read more...
Highlights from the first day, 21 June 2016, of the Kampala WASH symposium, which brought together the 21st SuSanA Meeting and the 2016 WASH Sustainability Forum.
Read more...Can mapping faecal sludge flows secure a city's future? Article in The Guardian. Read more...
This sixth WASH sustainability forum and the first to be held on the African continent; takes place from 20-23 June in Kampala, Uganda. Read more...
Economic tools help us better understand handpump breakdown. Read more...
Report of the SSH4A learning event held from 14 - 17 March 2016 in Cambodia. Read more...
The Indian government has a target to make India ‘Open Defecation Free’ by 2019. All stakeholders are increasing their efforts to meet this target, which will have an impact on more than half the population. Read more...
Read IRC's literature review on approaches to driving whole system change in the effort to achieve sustainable water services for everyone. Read more...
Een blog voor Vice Versa door Stef Smits. Afgelopen week kwamen de uitslagen van de eindexamens. Minister Ploumen kan haar vlag met boekentas nog niet uithangen. Als ik zo haar rapport en cijferlijst bekijk, moet ze voor tenminste één van haar hoofdvakken – water – op herkansing, schrijft Stef... Read more...
Read IRC's vision for the coming ten years. Read more...
An analysis of 11 global and regional trends in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector. Read more...
Whether you live in the countryside or city in Ethiopia, your water may be unsafe to drink. Household water treatment is one way we can improve its quality. Read more...
What do we need to understand to overcome the long-standing challenges in the sector? Read more...
Only by understanding our place in the wider complex systems that deliver services will we be able to overcome the long-standing challenges in the... Read more...
As part of the World Water Day 2016 events focused on 'water and jobs' the National Self Supply Task Force organised the 2016 My Water, My Business Fair to bring attention to the efforts of households to improve their own WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) situation. This built on a similar event in 2015. A seminar on 22 March 2016 brought together organisations and individuals that seek to help people help themselves through the Self-supply approach. At a parallel fair, Ethiopian enterprises showcased their low-cost products.This short film provides a summary of the event and debates.
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