"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success," Henry Ford famously said. Read more...
Civil society organisations are performing various roles in supporting local government to deliver WASH services in Kabarole district, Uganda. Read more...
What does government leadership in the African water and sanitation sector really mean? Perspectives from a technocrat, a politician and IRC's CEO. Read more...
Where science meets policy, and practice. Read more...
We take you on a journey through highlights of our focus countries, collected for the IRC Annual Report 2018. Read more...
2017 baseline data on WASH service levels and the nine WASH system building blocks. Read more...
Learning and adaptation is about preparedness to innovate and to use the insights and lessons generated to drive change across the WASH system at all levels and in all operating contexts. Read more...
Planning is the WASH systems building block that involves budgeting and the determination of costs and financing details. Planning for WASH systems requires strategic (long-term) and annual (activities and routine costs) planning as well as project planning for infrastructure development. Read more...
Monitoring is one of the key building blocks for an effective WASH system, which generates the information and feedback that facilitate adaptive change and well as planning and regulation. Read more...
IRC supports institutions that promise to improve and professionalise the delivery and management of WASH services. District Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) are an example of such institutions. Read more...
Comparing of country scores after assessments of WASH systems can be both tricky and attractive. Read more...
This paper gives a first insight into the results of the assessments of the WASH systems done in Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda, using the traffic-light... Read more...
IRC has been promoting the WASH systems approach in Kabarole District for five years now. What are the emerging lessons? Read more...
In Uganda we follow and support where local government leads Read more...
The Kabarole master plan articulates the long-term (2018-2030) WASH priorities of the District to ensure safe water and sanitation for everyone. Read more...
Developing a collaborative master plan for Kabarole District to attract more national government funding. Read more...
IRC has been awarded a US$ 1 million grant to develop a fourteen year programme. Read more...