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The RWSN e-discussion on local government, is co-organized together with IRC, WaterAid, IADB, SKAT and Water for People. The e-discussion will be kicked off on 27 April on the sustainable services D-Group of RWSN and will run for four weeks, with each week focusing on a specific topic. The first... Read more...
One of the nicest water-related customs in Honduras is the breaking of the pot. When a village gets connected to a water system, part of the inauguration ceremony consists of an old woman from the village symbolically throwing a clay water-pot on the ground, so that it breaks. She will never need... Read more...
Triple-S has successfully promoted sustainability and the Service Delivery Approach (SDA) at the international level and in target countries. The... Read more...
IRC was asked by DGIS to support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency with the introduction of sustainability instruments as part of the second round of the Sustainable Water Fund. Another example of how DGIS is taking sustainability of investments in the WASH sector seriously. Read more...
Sustainability instruments contribute to better water, sanitation of hygiene (WASH) projects but still face shortcomings. Read more...
Cette étude fait état de la mise en œuvre des principes de l'AFDH dans le secteur de l'eau et de l'assainissement au Burkina Faso. Sur cette base,... Read more...
Public Finance for WASH: a new collaborative advocacy and research initiative by WSUP, IRC and Trémolet Consulting. Read more...
As stated in my last blog, sanitation is more than building a toilet. We are all aware that the MDG target for sanitation will not be reached. By end of 2014, 2.5 billion people did not have access to adequate sanitation which is about one in three of the world's population (WHO/UNICEF Joint... Read more...
Whilst the new ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being finalised, an equally important discussion is going on: how do we finance their achievement? Addis Ababa is hosting a UN Financing for Development conference from 13 to 16 July 2015 on this topic. In preparation for the... Read more...
The essentials of creating actionable monitoring systems for lasting results. Read more...
In this catalogue you will find details of 19 businesses and entrepreneurs in the self-supply / WASH sector from Ethiopia. Read more...
This blog post was prepared by Sally Sutton - previously coordinator of the Rural Water Supply Network flagship theme on Self-supply - who returned to Ethiopia in March 2015 to participate in the My Water, My Business events linked to the World Water Day celebrations. Sally has earlier supported... Read more...
IRC is involved in an exciting programme to stimulate businesses in products and systems for household water treatment and storage: Safe Water Phase 2. Read more...
The Tanzanian Ministry of Water has adopted the Technology Applicability Framework (TAF) to help make water and sanitation services sustainable. Tanzania is now the seventh country to use this innovative tool, which was developed by the IRC-led WASHTech project. Read more...
A third of health care facilities in the developing world don't even have water and soap for handwashing. A shameful situation that can be overcome with simple solutions and global action. Read more...
Triple-S's end of project evaluation shows that the project, and the approaches it has developed, have made an important contribution to a paradigm shift in rural water: globally, and in Ghana, Uganda and other countries where it worked. At the same time, more work and time are needed to... Read more...
"What kind of sanitation facilities should be provided when treating Ebola? Can anyone suggest a low cost water filter for individual household that can remove iron as well as arsenic? I'm looking for studies evaluating the benefits (health, social, environmental) of running water at home vs. water... Read more...
IRC Burkina Faso looked into management models that would permanently reduce the number and length of breakdowns of boreholes with hand pumps in rural Burkina Faso. Read more...
