Interviews and news from Ghana
Interviews and news articles on issues around water and sanitation services in Ghana.
Piloting and scaling up
23 Oct 12
In this interview, Vida Duti, IRC Country Director in Ghana, explains how Triple-S Ghana works at all levels in order to move from piloting in the three districts, to scaling-up. Several mechanisms have been put in place to make the leap towards scale work.
Interview on monitoring water services with Clement Tumfuga Bugase (CWSA) Ghana
03 Apr 12
In future, CWSA would like any project we undertake in the water sector to have sustainability engrained, streamlined right from day one….
Monitoring of water services delivery is a key factor for sustainability and water for all. This was the key theme of the monitoring and evaluation session at the 6th World Water Forum in Marseille in March 2012. It was observed that most approaches to monitoring focus on coverage measured in terms of numbers of systems built and people served. They seldom take into account the functionality of systems and their sustainability. The commitment coming out of the session was that by 2020, more than half of the countries in each continent have organised, inclusive and reliable reporting mechanisms for water supply services in rural and urban areas. In this inverview Mr Clement Bugase, Chief Executive of Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) Ghana, shares views on the steps that Ghana is taking in this direction.
CWSA and IRC develop indicators to evaluate sustainable rural water services in Ghana
08 Mar 12
In order to develop a framework for analyzing and documenting issues related to sustainability of rural water services in Ghana, the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), in collaboration with the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Ghana, through the Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S) Project Ghana, has come up with a set of service level and sustainability indicators for rural water services in Ghana. This document gives an overview of these draft indicators.
How do water projects contribute to change? - interview with IRC's Patrick Moriarty
26 Jan 12
Patrick Moriarty, Director of the IRC Triple-S Project, describes how WASHCost and Triple-S contribute to change processes in rural water and sanitation service delivery.
Interview with Vida Duti, IRC Country Director in Ghana, on ways to fund rural water repairs
26 Jan 12
Vida Duti, the new IRC Country Director from January 2012, says that lack of money in village accounts to carry out repairs is one of the major reasons for service failure.
