As we (re)discover groundwater this World Water Day, let's not just look under our feet and think about the resource that lies down there. Read more...
Self-supply has the potential to do so much more, and to do so more safely than at present. Read more...
Photographs showcasing that Self-supply can change people's lives. Read more...
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...
The theme of World Water Day 2016 - Water and Jobs - focused on how enough and the right quality of water can change workers' lives and livelihoods, and even transform societies and economies. Linked to this theme, the National Self Supply Task Force in collaboration with IRC, MWA, JICA, Water for... Read more...
A pictorial Sub-Saharan Summary in 10 slides by Sally Sutton Read more...
Exploring the links between community activism, service providers and Self-supply. Read more...
The Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI) and the Mail & Guardian invites you to the Water Rights Webinar Series #4 Self-supply: Lessons from Harrismith's 'Water Heroes' Nov 17, 2020 10:30 AM in Johannesburg. 09.30 CET. Read more...
Running every Tuesday in English, French and/or Spanish. Read more...
Conference Theme: "Quest for Water Security: Quantity, Quality and Equity". Read more...
Together with the World Bank, IRC is co-lead of RWSN's Sustainable Services theme. 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...
My Water, My Business 2016 is an exhibition and seminar focused on Self-supply and linked to World Water Day 2016. The ambitious aim this year is to bring together different approaches to household-level provision, so going beyond domestic water supply to include household irrigation, water... Read more...
The government should support the local private sector, facilitate households loans and stop unsustainable subsidies. Read more...
The Multi-Stakeholder Forum - popularly know as the MSF - is the key annual WaSH sector event in Ethiopia. At the end of 2015, the One WaSH National Program was again in the spotlight. Read more...
Why use this tool? When families invest their own time and money in securing their water supply we should sit up and take notice. Nothing is more demand-driven than what people choose to do for themselves. Self-supply happens when people dig their own wells or construct water harvesting systems at... Read more...
Ethiopia has adopted Self-supply as a service delivery model for rural water supply to help achieve universal access and reach improved service level targets. But the jury is still out on whether the currently pursued group-based Self-supply version can deliver what is intended. Read more...
From 7-9 September 2015, IRC, the Millennium Water Alliance- Ethiopia Program (MWA-EP) and the Ministry of Water Irrigation and Energy (MoWIE) facilitated a national learning retreat on Self-supply. Participants came together in Butajira: a small town in Meskan in the Southern Nations,... Read more...
From service delivery approaches to costing studies. IRC posters presented at the 2015 UNC Water and Health Conference in Chapel Hill, USA. Read more...
What do WASH and food security have in common? That was topic of discussion during a workshop on WASH & Food Security in Addis Ababa on 25 June 2015. Read more...
