We want to publish your story!

Bring recognition for a WASH intervention in your community

Your contributions are valuable to us! Inform and enrich work in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector with lessons learnt from your community’s experience in WASH services and integrated water resource management (IWRM). Get your story published in the Source Bulletin and the Voice of Communities blog, which reaches over 40,000 readers and stakeholders in the water sector, including government, NGOs, academics, donors and communities.

Make a contribution towards the improvement of WASH services

IRC takes an interest in featuring original essays, stories and articles.

In making a contribution, your story should be concise (700-1000 words long); is written in either of the following languages: English, French or Spanish; and clearly conveys the following:

•  the problem or situation
•  the key interventions employed to mitigate these, and
•  the outcomes of interventions taken.

Where possible, incorporating a picture with your contribution in order to visually represent your entry is strongly encouraged.

Entries will be reviewed by the IRC Editorial Committee and contributors whose work will be selected for publishing will receive a token amount of €50.

For added information and guidelines for contribution, please refer to story guidelines.

Contact Source editors

Please send your stories to the following:

•  Dick de Jong (English), e-mail: storycontest@irc.nl
•  Caridad Machin Camacho (French and Spanish), e-mail camacho@irc.nl

About Source Bulletin

With 26,000 subscribers, 750,000 web page views per year and over 40,000 readers, Source is the WASH sector’s leading news service. Produced by IRC in collaboration with local partners, Source offers a range of electronic and paper-based products, all free of charge, in three languages: English, French and Spanish.

Source Bulletin is the predecessor of Water Newsletter (from 1969) and is the longest running WASH newsletter.