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Without water, soap is useless

 

11
million euros invested overall
2,187,157
people in partner districts we work with directly
200+
partners in development worldwide
2,480
participants at 93 co-organised capacity building sessions
25
working groups and learning platforms supported

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

Queuing for water in Sahel Region of Burkina Faso

Collective action for a strong WASH system

One legacy of the COVID pandemic should be a strong WASH system.
Read more in Patrick Moriarty's recent blog.

Visit our COVID-19 resources page

Without water, soap is useless

Read about our latest campaign

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.

A health response is a WASH response

Water, sanitation and hygiene are crucial building blocks in strong public health systems. Strong and effective water and sanitation systems, and appropriate hygiene behaviours, are our first line in the fight against infectious diseases. Doubly so where there is no vaccine or treatment. Therefore, a health response is a WASH response.

Read the full statement by Patrick Moriarty, in his role as chair of the steering committee of the Sanitation and Water for all partnership. 

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.

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

IRC News

Register for the WASH Systems Academy

IRC Events

RWSN Webinar series on Human right to water - achievable by 2030? 14 April to 16 June 2020

IRC Love

Revisit IRC WASH Symposium 'All Systems Go!'

Revisit IRC WASH Symposium 'All Systems Go!'

Check out the symposium webpage to look for relevant materials

15 years to make history, 5 years to make change

What's a propeller got to do with WASH?

A handpump is to a safe water system what a propeller is to an airline: essential but not enough

Patrick Moriarty at Tedx Den Helder

'It's about the systems, stupid!'

We rely on complex systems, but we are "systems blind"

Patrick's Poo

Let’s put poo in its place, permanently

Let's talk sanitation systems not just toilets.

Expose the System

Join the movement

Fund, build and promote WASH Systems and bring safe and sustainable drinking water and sanitation services to everyone without it.

We want every person in the world to enjoy their human right to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, now and forever.

18

countries that IRC works in

89

active programmes and projects

8

offices around the world

74

staff in country office and the Netherlands

Find out more about IRC's achievements in our Annual Reports