The Bombo community together with the private water service provider and the Town Council developed a joint action plan towards improving water services in Bombo Town Council. The action plan shared roles and responsibilities to water service providers, town council officials, water board members,... Read more...
Ce début de saison pluvieuse a été marqué pour les Ouagalais par des grands travaux d’extension du réseau d’assainissement collectif de leur ville. Ces travaux ont provoqué de nombreux désagréments, principalement des difficultés pour circuler en centre ville. Mais une fois ces travaux terminés,... Read more...
IRC is happy to announce two research calls in the field of sanitation: Low-cost sanitation technologies for areas with high groundwater tables Faecal sludge secondary treatment options These calls are part of the BRAC WASH II programme in which EUR 1.5 million will be used for innovative research... Read more...
On 17 July 2012, Catarina Fonseca, WASHCost project director, participated in a webinar hosted by Global Water Challenge and WASH Advocates. Presenters and participants discussed the practical implications of the recent GLAAS report. The UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and... Read more...
Our talk about 'sector learning' sometimes obscures the fact that it is people, individually or collectively, who learn and catalyse change. So, it's been inspiring to check in with four young professionals from Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, and Uganda who are visiting IRC for their final de-... Read more...
We work with several partner organisations in our focus countries of Burkina Faso, Ghana, India, and Mozambique. Read more...
How do you deal with being a young professional in a country where the security situation is not the same as at home, where the food is different? With the pressure of ‘having to perform’: carrying out the activities as defined in your personal development plan. However, your new work environment... Read more...
Le 3 juillet dernier, le Directeur Général de l’Office National de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement (ONEA), Yamba Harouna Ouibiga, a tenu un point presse lors duquel il a présenté les progrès effectués par le service public de distribution d’eau et les améliorations qu’il faut encore apporter. Le bilan... Read more...
On Friday 29 June 2012, WASH sector professionals and journalists gathered at Sidwaya (Hebdo newspaper from Ouagadougou) for "Palabres d’eau"—the fourth round of discussions on water and the role journalists play in promoting domestic sanitation in rural areas. Abu-bakr Adiz, Director General of... Read more...
Le 12 juillet 2012, s'est tenu dans la salle de Conférence de l'Hôtel « Nouvelle Pergola » à Abidjan un atelier National de Partage sur la Politique des Ressources en Eau de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (PREAO) sous la présidence du Colonel GOUESSE Aïdara Lanciné, Directeur de Cabinet du Ministre des Eaux... Read more...
Authors Catarina Fonseca, Rachel Cardone and Sophie Trémolet contributed to a new book titled “The Urban Transformation - Health, Shelter and Climate Change”, published by Routledge on 9 July 2012. The book describes the ongoing urban transformation towards a world in which, by 2050, more than two-... Read more...
IRC authors Catarina Fonseca, Rachel Cardone and Sophie Trémolet contributed to a new book titled “The Urban Transformation - Health, Shelter and Climate Change”, published by Routledge on 9 July 2012. The book describes the ongoing urban transformation towards a world in which, by 2050, more than... Read more...
On Friday 29 June 2012, WASH sector professionals and journalists gathered at Sidwaya ( Hebdo newspaper from Ouagadougou) for the Fourth Round of discussions on water – Palabres d’eau. With Abu-bakr Adiz, Director General of Editions Sidwaya, serving as the activity’s Chairperson, attendees... Read more...
A policy review [1] of Dutch aid during 1990 to 2011 to improve drinking water and sanitation services in developing countries found that while millions of peole have gained access, the impact on health and sustainability was limited. The main focus of the review is on the period from 2004 when aid... Read more...
André Uandela - Country Director WASHCost Mozambique stated that in order for a household to move up a step on the sanitation service ladder, a household will need to pay 2.5 times more than what was originally spent for the current service level. Read more...
Huge access gains but a limited impact on health and sustainability are the mixed results of Dutch aid in a two-decade aid programme. Read more...
WASHCost is developing a free online course to assist water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) professionals around to world with applying life-cycle costing in their work and organisation. The online course can be used by sector professionals with little or no experience of life-cycle costing... Read more...
Basé au Burkina Faso, le programme Sani Faso a pour objectif de construire 16 000 latrines dans 12 communes à travers le pays et intervient dans le suivi des actions dans le domaine de l’hygiène et de l’utilisation faite des structures d’assainissement dans ses communes cibles. Lors de la clôture,... Read more...