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Without water, soap is useless

 

11,8
million euros invested overall
2,78m
people in partner districts we work with directly
400+
attend All systems go! IRC WASH symposium
10k
participants at co-organised capacity building sessions
814
participants in WASH systems academy courses

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

Districts at the heart of our work

The results of the third year of our strategy to ensure access to safe water and sanitation for everyone, for good by 2030, convinced us that we are on the right track.

Read our 2019 Annual report

Without water, soap is useless

Learn more 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.

Girls wash hands in Kenyasi Ghana

A complex WASH sector could hamper Ghana’s fight against COVID-19

As part of the war against COVID-19, Ghana has taken several actions. Read Vida Duti's opinion piece featuring in Devex.

Visit our COVID-19 resources page

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

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IRC Events

Don't forget the small ones - webinar 8 July 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