WASH News East Africa
News feed maintained by information specialists from IRC and partners.
Kenya: assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence
22 Mar 12
Tropical Medicine & International Health, December 2011, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02927.x Assessing the impact of a school-based water treatment, hygiene and sanitation programme on pupil absence in Nyanza Province, Kenya: a cluster-randomized trial Matthew C. Freeman, Leslie E. Greene, et al. Objectives There …Continue reading →
Africa: Jimmy Carter spearheads final drive to eradicate Guinea worm disease
25 Oct 11
Former US president Jimmy Carter says US$ 100 million is needed to finally eradicate Guinea worm disease. The UK has pledged a third of this amount if other donors are prepared to cough up the rest. Since the Carter Centre …Continue reading →
New web resource on rural water supply highlights Ghana and Uganda – www.waterservicesthatlast.org
20 Oct 11
One out of three rural water supply systems in developing countries doesn’t function at all or performs far below its promised level. IRC’s Triple-S (Sustainable Services at Scale) initiative has put together a web resource to help those involved in …Continue reading →
Somalia: IIROSA provides drinking water to 50,000 families
19 Oct 11
The International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) has constructed wells to provide drinking water for residents of several Somali villages facing water scarcity. The project benefitted 50,000 families displaced by the country’s severe drought. The IIROSA also provided …Continue reading →
Africa: political stability and country leadership key to water and sanitation progress
03 Oct 11
Political stability has heavily influenced progress in improving access to water supply and sanitation services with low-income stable countries outperforming low-income fragile and resource-rich countries. ”This breaks with the common perception that access to sanitation and water increases with GDP”, …Continue reading →
Tanzania: US engineering students develop “Village Drill”
27 Sep 11
A team of engineering students from Brigham Young University (BYU) has developed a human-powered drill that can reach a depth of up to 75 metres at 10% to 20% the cost of a traditional motorized well rig. A prototype of …Continue reading →
Kenya, Eastern Province: Amina Abdalla, “You can’t maintain hygiene without water”
29 Aug 11
Amina Abdalla, a 45-year-old mother of seven, living in Marsabit District (pop. 121,000), Eastern Province, told IRIN/PlusNews about her daily struggle for water. She knows water is essential for hygiene, but there is not enough and it’s too expensive. She …Continue reading →
Rwanda: Local NGO Wins Continental Sanitation Award
26 Jul 11
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 …Continue reading →
Ethiopia, Oromiya Region: great trek for water
20 Jul 11
For many people, access to water is a mere turn of the tap away; for Abdha Aso, a 20-year-old mother of five, it involves a four-hour round trip to a muddy pond. Only a year ago, she could reach a …Continue reading →
Eastern Africa drought: seven million people in need of WASH services
18 Jul 11
Seven million people, including over 700,000 refugees are in need of waster, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services according to a United Nations report of 15 July 2011. The drought affecting Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia and Djibouti is being called the worst …Continue reading →
