Chief Executive Officer | IRC
Learn more about Patrick, by reading his story bio on the Riva website
The dismantling of USAID in January 2025 was an inflection point for global development – a rupture with long-lasting aftershocks. When we compared it to an earthquake, we anticipated deep, sustained disruption to a model of aid that had been living on borrowed time. Read more...
Your support provides us the energy to keep going – working together to create strong national and local systems that transform lives Read more...
Hans helped lay the foundations for the strong, decentralised, mission driven organisation that we are today Read more...
Our Annual Report highlights some of our achievements in 2023, connecting people and ideas, systems and solutions to achieve justice for all Read more...
IRC is sharing the review on its Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) performance conducted by Triple C Advisory Read more...
What a year its been! Read more...
Black Lives Matter. IRC and its staff has been moved and inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement that started in the US and has spread globally. The extraordinary articulation of injustice, demand for action and self-organisation of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the death of... Read more...
20 consortia advance to next round of the Power of Voices investment programme Read more...
Amplify will provide a monthly update on IRC's WASH systems agenda: stories, analysis and resources, successes and failures. Read more...
A year ago today, on the 22nd of May 2016, we lost our dear friend and colleague Ton Schouten. Read more...
To our shared vision of change Read more...
Ton a été un leader et un pionnier indéfectible pour la pérennité des services et le développement du secteur d’AEPHA basé sur le respect et le soutien aux acteurs et aux institutions locaux. Read more...
Ton was a steadfast champion of the cause of sustainability based on respect and support to national actors and institutions. Read more...
«Dans les pays en voie de développement, le téléphone mobile est accessible à tous ; – le secteur de l'assainissement pourrait prendre exemple de cette réalité. » Le fait que ce mythe de développement intégral ait été incontesté voire largement supporté lors de la session portant intensification de... Read more...
Samen met miljoenen anderen volgen we bij IRC de schokkende vluchtelingencrisis in Europa en daarbuiten. Onze gedachten gaan uit naar alle mensen die gedwongen zijn zichzelf, hun families en kinderen in veiligheid te brengen door te vluchten. Read more...
Along with millions of others, at IRC we are following the refugee crisis unfolding at and beyond Europe's borders with heavy hearts. Our thoughts go out to all people who are involuntarily forced to move themselves, their families, their children out of unbearable situations. Read more...
As 2014 draws to a close we look back on a mixed and challenging year at IRC. Read more...
Welcome to IRC's new site - www.ircwash.org Read more...
IRC's vision and end goal is a simple concept, and one we surely all aspire to: 100% universal access to sustainable water and sanitation services. Read more...
