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10.7

million euros invested overall

2.78m

people in partner districts we work with directly

400+

attend All systems go! WASH systems symposium

3,661

participants at co-organised capacity building sessions

2.4k

WASH Systems Academy registered users

IRC is an international think-and-do-tank building strong WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) systems.

All Systems Go Africa

International symposium | 19 -21 October

Uniting systems thinking with technical expertise and public policy to accelerate the vision of universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene.

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A collaborative online learning platform.

The UN's target to make access to safe water and sanitation available for everyone, for good by 2030 is 'Sustainable Development Goal 6'. We need to convince district, country and global decision makers of what it'll take to achieve SDG 6.

Our 2021 Annual Report

Our 2021 Annual Report is out!

Making our Alliance with Water For People concrete and launching our visionary Destination 2030 Strategy.

Read it here

Pumps break, but resilient systems keep the water flowing

We know what it will take to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6. It will take people changing the way they think and work. And it will take WASH systems that transform lives.

There is no other way, and there is no other time. We need to act now.

Read our Global Strategy Framework

Where WASH theory meets practice.