IRC Associate
Freelance writer, journalist, editor, consultant and trainer. Peter researches, writes and edits mainly on water and sanitation, health and development. He is has been acting as consultant to the BRAC WASH project in Bangladesh supporting their communications work and providing training, and was for five years consultant to IRC's WASHCost project. Over the past years, Peter has been supporting the IRC Ghana team in communicating their district based work.
IRC and WASH specialists are working hard to ensure that the rural population is not abandoned in this time of crisis. Read more...
In Asutifi North district in Ghana, the District Assembly is making a bold attempt to achieve district-wide full coverage by 2030. Read more...
This briefing note builds on advocacy and outreach materials produced in 2021, which included country briefs from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali... Read more...
This briefing note builds on advocacy and outreach materials produced in 2021, which included country briefs from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali... Read more...
This paper presents IRC Ghana's experience of acting as a 'hub' to support collective action in the Asutifi North District of Ghana. Read more...
Two new videos show how a district-wide partnership is transforming water coverage and lives. Read more...
It is never too early to learn good practice that may be lifesaving. Read more...
Booklet providing a baseline picture in Asutifi North, before embarking on an initiative to give every person in the district access to sustainable... Read more...
The challenge for ANAM in Ghana's Asutifi North Read more...
In the peri-urban area of Wamahinso women almost fight for water as they queue for hours in the morning only for the supply to run dry before they can fill their containers. "Sometimes it is three days before we can bathe," one woman says. Ama Ampomah describes walking four and half miles (7... Read more...
In rural Agravi, things are even worse. After pumps failed and supplies dried up women lower buckets into an open well and pull them up by hand. The well is vulnerable to pollution and to animals falling in. A pump provided by the District Authority in 2012 failed within a week while another... Read more...
Goamu Asamang community has three wells and pumps for 1,800 people and none of them work well. Children miss schooling because they are helping the family collect water or waiting for parents to return from the pump. There has been little maintenance on facilities installed in 1985, 2003 and 2012... Read more...
In Tawiahkrom the main water supply is an open well where women pull up water in buckets. For most women it means an uphill walk back home carrying water. Men also collect water and carry it home on the back of bicycles. Sanitation has failed and men and women share the same public latrine. In... Read more...
New book tells how partnerships, district planning and learning alliances achieve impact at community level in Ghana. Read more...
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources signs a four-year Memorandum of Understanding with IRC. Read more...
District, communities, IRC and partners pledge to deliver on SDG promises Read more...
A strategic partnership has broken down barriers between those who plan, provide and use services enabling them to 'walk the talk' of coordination... Read more...
The first minister to hold a comprehensive policy brief for sanitation and water resources in Ghana has promised sector wide consultation on how to achieve country targets. Read more...
The World Bank in Ethiopia has commissioned a rapid survey of what motivates people to upgrade their latrines, with the aim of delivering behaviour change communication materials with greater impact. Read more...
IRC works with associates, international sector specialists who will provide expertise and support...
