WA-WASH
The West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative (WA-WASH) concentrates on several WASH issues including: sanitation coverage in rural settings, capacity building, management at different levels, knowledge sharing, and water delivery both for domestic and other uses, e.g. small irrigation in rural settings. The initiative, funded by USAID and coordinated by Florida International University (FIU) - leader of the Global Water for Sustainability (GLOWS) consortium, runs between 2011 and 2015 in Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, and Ghana. Partners are: Winrock International, WaterAid, CARE, the International Water Association (IWA), the Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network (RAIN), the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, RWSN/SKAT, and Building Partnerships for Development (BPD). A select number of activities will be coordinated with UNICEF and local West African partners
The cost of handpump water supply services in the Sahel
22 Apr 13
A new IRC- Triple-S/GLOWS/WA-WASH research paper analyses the absolute and relative value of each cost component of a water service (capital investment, operating costs, rehabilitation cost, support costs) and looks into each component cost drivers.
Burkina Faso the next focus country for creating water services that last
23 Mar 12
On 7 March 2012, IRC and Florida International University (FIU), finalised the agreement to expand IRC’s work on sustainable service delivery into Burkina Faso under the USAID programme: West Africa Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Initiative (WA-WASH).
