Access to WASH facilities in Ethiopia is increasing, but services are not yet consistently sustained. We are committed to supporting partner districts, Mile and South Ari, in providing sustainable WASH services to everyone.
By developing and promoting new tools, skills and partnership practices that strengthen WASH systems in our partner districts, and sharing our learning at national level, we will scale our systems approach in Ethiopia and beyond.
IRC in Ethiopia works from an office in Addis Ababa. Our team of 13 is led by director John Butterworth. In rural areas, we focus on strengthening water supply in two partner woredas (districts) where we are developing district master plans for SDG 6. With partners in the Millennium Water Alliance we are supporting development of plans in another three woredas. In the capital city Addis Ababa, our priorities are on improving access to WASH in schools and supporting the national government in strengthening data management and use. We are also a leading provider of knowledge management services for the WASH sector in Ethiopia.
Population partner districts: 363,960 people | Water coverage: 12.6% in South Ari, 15.4% in Mile | Sanitation coverage: 93% in South Ari, 21% in Mile
In Mile and South Ari, we're working with water and sanitation service providers, local government, non-governmental organisations and academic organisations to ensure access to effective WASH services to everyone in the districts. We have formed learning alliances with all the stakeholders to deepen our shared understanding of the challenges and are developing strategic plans to address these challenges and deliver services to everyone by 2030.
John Butterworth, Ethiopia Country Director and Senior Programme Officer, writes a news article with an overview of our work to deliver universal access to WASH services in Ethiopia.
