Ghana

IRC is committed to supporting Ghana to achieve its national vision of providing sustained and appropriate water and sanitation services to all citizens in 2025, in order to improve livelihoods and reduce poverty, and to make sure that this is done using water resources which are developed and used sustainably at the local level. Since 2011, we have had a branch office in Ghana. Major programmes IRC Ghana is involved in are:

Water services that last (Triple-S)
WASHCost
WASHTech
WA-WASH
Support to the Resource Centre Network Ghana

Factsheet on Ghana

This factsheet gives a short overview of IRC activities and expertise in projects taking place in Ghana. Also included are some facts on the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in the country.

GHANA_fast_facts_IRC.pdf (1.8 MB)

IRC Ghana takes its message on sustainability to government

“Government has an unavoidable role to play towards sustainable water services at scale in Ghana, as the only actor with the legitimacy to lead development of an agreed framework for service delivery”, says Mrs Vida Duti, Country Director of IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre in Ghana.

IRC Ghana Office

This section contains information on the IRC Ghana office such as the country programme, news articles and other relevant documents.

Mole Conference

Mole Conference is one of the biggest multi-stakeholder annual platforms in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector in Ghana. The Platform, named after the venue of the maiden edition, Mole in the Northern Region of Ghana, is organised by the Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) and brings together sector practitioners from NGOs, Government, Private Operators, Networks, CBOs, CSOs, etc. to dialogue, learn and share knowledge/ information on specific themes that affect the sector.