The Youth Zone young professionals exchange programme, just like life itself, may not be so smooth for some. It comes with its own ups and downs. Read more...
Any learning process must be effective. In Ghana, the learning process in the water and sanitation sector is extensive and devolved, as it should be. But there is an important gap. A structured mechanism is needed to channel lessons from the communities, learning alliances, and other learning fora... Read more...
Various users of E-Source dropped by at the IRC stand at AfricaSan 3 sharing how they are using and sharing news articles of their choice with colleages and junior staff. Read more...
Mr. Joseph Katabarwa, Environmental Health expert, Ministry of Health, Rwanda has been in touch with IRC since 1998 when he did a three-week course on Hygiene Promotion in Nairobi by Netwas International and IRC. Later he did two more courses in Kenya: one on Management for Sustainability in Water... Read more...
Community-managed sewage treatment systems do a good job and have as added bonus that they also encourage local people in rural areas to build their own toilets. What is more, local farmers can re-use the treated effluent which brings them money as well as promotes sustainable agriculture,... Read more...
From 18 July to 27 July, IRC organized a reflection workshop for the recruited Young Professionals who have ended their nine-month work at the receiving partner organisation. They returned to their sending organisation in the last week of July 2011 and they will start bringing into practice what... Read more...
During the third Africa Sanitation and Hygiene Conference (AfricaSan 3) the Rwanda Environment Care (REC), a local NGO that provides a variety of sanitary facilities across the country, scooped the Utilities Award in Africa for its efforts to improve sanitation and hygiene. Announcing the Utilities... Read more...
The SaniFaso project aims to eradicate open defecation in 12 partnering communes (the lowest level of administrative division) in Burkina Faso. The four-year rural sanitation project, which started in December 2010, will construct 16,000 latrines, train local masons and carry out hygiene promotion... Read more...
The Story of SaniFaso is a 5 minutes video presented during the “Learning Sanitation Sector” side event at AfricaSan 3 on the 19 th of July on the implementation of this learning project in Burkina Faso. Read more...