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Ghana News Agency | Ghana | By Michael Owusu Duodu – The water, sanitation and hygiene project has been described as the most connected so far as the Sustainable Development Goals are concerned. Read more.
Monitor | Uganda | By Alex Ashaba - In Bunyangabu district, Tooro sub-region, the lakc of clean water, sanitation and hygiene services has been a persistent issue for years. Read more.
Modern Ghana | Ghana – IRC commended the Ghana coalition of NGOs in water and sanitation (CONIWAS) for consistency in organising the MOLE conference hitting its 35th anniversary this year. Read more.
Reliefweb | Ghana - The President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, today signed a historic Presidential Compact on Water Sanitation and Hygiene, as part of the government’s commitment to improving public health, increasing climate resilience and ensuring that hard to reach communities have access to water, sanitation and hygiene services. Read more.
FANA | Ethiopia - Bolstering collaboration among development partners and NGOs on water and energy accessibility is significant to prevent duplication of efforts in the sector, Minister of Water and Energy, Engineer Habtamu Itefa said. Read more.
My Joy Online | Ghana - Members of the Network of Professional Women in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WiWASH), have been charged by the Country Director for IRC-WASH Ghana and Board Member for Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Vida Affum Duti, to refrain from undue competition with men in the pursuit of gender equality. Read more.
Uganda Radio Network | By Caroline Ayugi and Frank Openytho | Rwot Kassimiro Ongom, chief of the Patongo Clan, thinks that River Agago is losing its life because of the poor relationship between people and vegetation. Restoring old practices is the only way to save the river. Every year, the district in northern Uganda suffers severe flooding and drought. The crop farmers relying on the river are forced to look for boreholes in distant places. During an advocacy campaign to save Agago River catchment by WASH Alliance International partners implementing the WASH SDG programme in the region, Martin Watsisi, the Regional WASH Advisor at IRC Uganda decried the open defecation in the community, saying it is one of the major ways water is being polluted. Read more.
Published by NTV Uganda October 2023
Partos Magazine | The Netherlands. IRC has signed MOUs with the Ethiopian Water Technology Institute (EWTI), Rwanda's College of Sciences & Technology at the Rwanda Polytechnic and Young Water Professionals Association Rwanda; and in with the Institut National de l'Eau (INE) and the Abomey-Calavi University to institutionalise systems thinking and strengthening nation-wide. In October 2023, members of Partos and readers of Partos Magazine, selected this as one of the 45 best stories on Innovation and Impact within international cooperation. Read more.
India News Diary | by Anjuray, 11 May 2023. Report on the joint workshop on "WASH Sector Reflections: a Focus on Odisha" organised by IRC, SuSanA India, Water For People India, WaterAid and UNICEF with the state government of Odisha. Participants focused on the sustainability and WASH services and systems strengthening,
