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11.8

million euros invested overall

2.64m

people in partner districts we work with directly

400+

attend All systems go! WASH systems symposium

10k

participants at co-organised capacity building sessions

1,900+

WASH Systems Academy registered users

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

WASH systems academy

Customised course coming soon!

Find out how art can break down barriers and change lives. The WASH Systems Academy to launch its new customised course Social Art for Behaviour Change™: the Basics.

Pre-register for the course

Mass media for hygiene behaviour change

IRC Burkina Faso advances its mission to reach 3.6 million people.

See how

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.

Community in the Sahel Banque region

Tackling systemic inequalities in water and sanitation

Tackling systemic inequalities in water and sanitation access: lessons from sub-Saharan Africa

Read the blog by Juste Nansi

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

Find out all about IRC's work in our six focus countries Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, India and Uganda. And read all about IRC's impact here