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A shallow well in Elwany Village, Lira district in Uganda badly needs rehabilitation. But rather than collect money to repair the well, residents would rather return to a dirty pond which they used before the well was established. This is all because they were once betrayed by a treasurer whom they... Read more...
Après la Haye au Pays-Bas, c’est Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso qui a accueilli la deuxième rencontre du Consortium du projet WashTech du 4 au 7 octobre 2011. Venus du Royaume-Uni, des Pays Bas, d’Ouganda, du Ghana et du Burkina, les participants ont salué l’opportunité offerte de tirer les meilleures... Read more...
What has happened in WASHTech in the past six to nine months? Where are the technology assessment framework (TAF) and Guidance for Technology Introduction (GTI) at? T Read more...
The Business Plan 2012-2016 highlights a number interesting IRC activities, findings and opinions. Read more...
The thematic discussions ‘ Palabres de l’eau ’ (water talks) are interactive discussions between information professionals working in the water and sanitation sector. The inaugural event took place in Ouagadougou on 4 October 2011 around the theme ‘communes facing the challenges of water and... Read more...
IRC and the National network of resource centres from Burkina Faso (RCR-BF is its French acronym) jointly carried out an investigation around current information and knowledge practices in the WASH sector in Burkina Faso. Read more...
L’IRC et le Réseau National des Centres de Ressources du Burkina Faso (RCR-BF) ont mené de concert une étude, intitulée ‘Vers la gestion des connaissances et l’apprentissage sectoriel au Burkina Faso : comprendre les pratiques actuelles relatives à l’information et aux connaissances dans le secteur... Read more...
Paper presented at the East Africa practioners workshop on pro-poor urban sanitation and hygiene, Laico Umbano Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda, march 29th -... Read more...
The case of KIEMP [Kampala Integrated Environmental Planning and Management Project] : case study presented at the East Africa practioners workshop... Read more...
Background paper presented at the East Africa practioners workshop on pro-poor urban sanitation and hygiene, Laico Umbano Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda,... Read more...
If it is possible to move in a few years from an iPod to an iPhone or and iPad, why are we in the water sector still struggling with the handpump? When can we expect the iPump 2.0? Did Steve Jobs die too early to invent this? As the naked truth about poor levels of functionality of hand pumps... Read more...
A Cotonou, dans les bas-fonds situés dans les quartiers populaires, les habitants sans latrines, se soulagent dans les eaux stagnantes avoisinantes. Nous sommes à Fifadji, un quartier populaire de Cotonou, au Bénin. Il est douze heures et Sèdami, vient d’acheter quatre boules d’akassa (mets à base... Read more...