WASH blog Ethiopia
IRC's WASH blog Ethiopia aims to share, as quickly as possible, our insights, opinions and relevant information on reaching universal coverage in water and sanitation and sustaining services that last. We welcome comments and contributions.
Article published on Ethiopian National WASH Inventory
28 Mar 12
As part of a special issue focused on water and sanitation policies and practice over the past couple of decades, an article by Welle et al. reflects on the Ethiopian National WASH Inventory.
Self Supply policy guideline endorsed by government
21 Mar 12
The Ministry of Water and Energy (MOWE) has endorsed a ‘National Policy Guideline for Self Supply in Ethiopia’ as part of efforts to support scaled up water services provision through the self supply approach.
Right to water, right to food
20 Mar 12
At the seminar Agua y alimentacion, por derecho organised by Ongawa in Madrid on 20 March 2012,the multiple use water services (MUS) approach was debated.
Capacity building highlights WASH challenges at the local level
19 Mar 12
The GLOWS approach to building capacity at woreda level has many benefits. Some of the examples that participants have raised clearly highlight the current challenges that are faced in day-to-day efforts to improve rural WASH services.
Water and food: the hidden contribution of domestic water supplies
19 Mar 12
Domestic water supplies make a much bigger contribution to food security than we generally recognise. That's something to ponder on World Water Day (22 March 2012) which, this year, highlights the theme of water and food security.
Community Managed Project (CMP) approach debated at the World Water Forum
15 Mar 12
A debate on the Community Managed Project (CMP) approach at the World Water Forum ended with the audience voting in favour of CMP as a solution to rural WASH.
Commitment to self supply made at the 6th World Water Forum
15 Mar 12
At the 6th World Water Forum held in Marseille, France, in March 2012, the Ethiopian government made a commitment to implement self supply as an approach to rural water supply.
8 arguments about self supply: to have, or avoid
17 Feb 12
A summary of some recent discussions within IRC about self supply as an approach to rural water supply, based around 8 arguments.
An update from the top on the challenges of water supply in Ethiopia: State Minister addresses Rural Water Supply Network
27 Jan 12
Highlights from address by the Ethiopian State Minister H.E. Ato Kebede Gerba at the opening of the Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum on 29 November 2011 in Kampala, Rural Water Supply in the 21st Century: Myths of the Past, Visions for the Future.
