Ensuring sustainable WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) services globally is crucial for SDG 6. Despite significant investments, many countries struggle with service sustainability. In Ghana, challenges like lack of coordination and commitment hinder progress. Capacity strengthening efforts, like training by IRC Ghana and CONIWAS, aim to empower NGOs and CSOs in advocating for universal WASH services and fundraising effectively.
The 98th National Level Alliance meeting convened on August 31, 2023, at the Coconut Regency Hotel in Accra brought together stakeholders from District Assemblies, Ministries, NGOs, civil society, academia, and Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) consultants. The focus of the discussion was Strengthening Systems for WASHservices in Healthcare Facilities in Ghana. WaterAid Ghana presented findings from a two-month assessment of WASH in health care facilities in Wassa-East and Asutifi North Districts, emphasizing the importance of addressing the poor water and sanitation situation in these regions.
The 34th annual MOLE Conference on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) opened in Jirapa in the Upper West Region on Monday. Dubbed MOLE XXXIV, the conference attracted more than 150 participants from the WASH sector including government officials, officials of local and international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in WASH, development partners, traditional leaders, and the diplomatic community.
The Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council's inaugural Regional Level Learning Alliance Platform (RLLAP) meeting, in collaboration with IRC, held in Goaso, stands as a crucial moment in the concerted effort to enhance Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services in the region. Reflecting on this comprehensive and collaborative gathering evokes a sense of optimism and shared commitment toward universal access to WASH services.
WaterAid Ghana in collaboration with the Resource Centre Network are hosting the national level learning alliance platform sharing session on the theme Strengthening Systems for WASH in Healthcare Facilities on Thursday, 31st August 2023 at the Coconut Grove Hotel, Accra.
WaterAid Ghana, together with Conrad N Hilton Foundation (CNHF) is implementing the Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Healthcare Facilities (WASH in HCFs) advocacy project to strengthen WASH and health systems, accelerating the coverage of reliable access to safe water and affordable, inclusive, and sustainable WASH services within HCFs in Ghana. Several studies have been undertaken with a focus on the Wassa East and Asutifi North districts since the inception of the project to guide implementation.
WaterAid and Partners will lead the discussion with the objective of sharing some of the findings to inform the discussion on strengthening systems for WASH in healthcare facilities; highlight evidence base around safe water and WASH in HCFs to inform policies and enhancement around civil and social accountability for WASH in HCFs
On June 8, 2023, in Accra, the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) and its strategic partners expressed appreciation for the Government of Ghana’s dedication to a presidential compact aimed at actualizing universal access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services for all Ghanaians.
On 23rd of March 2023, WaterAid Ghana in collaboration with Resource Centre Network (RCN) Ghana held the 97th National Level Learning Alliance Platform (NLLAP) at the Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra on the theme, Fiscal decentralisation for local service delivery of water, sanitation, and hygiene: the case of Ghana.
WaterAid Ghana and CONIWAS in collaboration with the Resource Centre Network are hosting the national level learning alliance platform sharing session on the theme, 2023 WASH Budget Analysis and Fiscal Decentralization in Ghana on Thursday, 23rd March 2023 at the Coconut Grove Hotel, Accra.
On the 24th of November 2022, the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in collaboration with Resource Centre Network (RCN) Ghana held the 95th National Level Learning Alliance Platform (NLLAP) at the Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra on the theme, Citywide Inclusive Planning and Collective Action for Sustainable WASH Services Delivery: The Case of Greater Temale Area, Ghana.
The Catholic Relief Service (CRS) in collaboration with the Resource Centre Network are hosting the national level learning alliance platform sharing session on the theme, Citywide Inclusive Planning for Sanitation Improvement in Ghana: Case of Greater Tamale on Thursday, 24th November 2022 at the Coconut Grove Hotel, Accra.
CRS, together with Tamale Metropolitan and Sagnerigu Municipal Assemblies, and partners developed citywide sanitation plans to guide planning and implementation by all sector players to achieve safely managed sanitation in the Greater Tamale Area.
With less than 10 years to the sustainable development goals agenda, the need to generate and promote the use of credible home-grown WASH data remains on the minds of the water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector stakeholders. This became known at the end of the Regional Learning Alliance Platform (RLLAP) on 28th July 2022 in Kumasi.
On 31st March 2022 at the Coconut Groove Hotel in Accra, over eighty (80) participants at the 93rd edition of the National Learning Alliance Platform (NLLAP) meeting resolved to engage households and local government authorities to prioritize the provision of household toilets with the opportunity offered by the Bio-digester toilet system. The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area Sanitation and Water Project (GAMA SWP) staff explained that the biodigester toilet technology is appropriate and sustainable and promises to contribute to accelerate Ghana's improved sanitation delivery to everyone living everywhere in Ghana.
WaterAid Ghana in collaboration with the Resource Center Network (RCN) hosted the national level learning alliance platform (NLLAP) on 24th February, 2022 in Accra, on the theme ‘Advancing Climate Change and Water Security Solutions in Ghana’.
IRC Ghana in collaboration with the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), WaterAid Ghana and Water4 hosted the fourth national learning exchange on strengthening local systems through district-wide initiative for safe and sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) service delivery for everyone.
In Accra on October 27, 2021, the NDPC led an orientation session to sensitize the staff of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and stakeholders on the WASH tool kit developed by the NDPC with the support of IRC Ghana.
IRC Ghana joined the Ghana Health Service and partners to celebrate the third National Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality Conference 2021, held in Accra from September 15-17, on the theme: “No Quality, No Coverage. Safe Maternal and Newborn Care Now.”
To mark International Menstrual Hygiene Day 2021, IRC Ghana joined the Ghana Education Service School Health and Education Programme (GES-SHEP) and the National Technical Committee to mark the International Menstrual Hygiene Day
Five civil society organisations in Asutifi North District received grants to carry out public education and sensitisation around issues of equity and inclusion.
On March 18, 2021, in Accra, IRC Ghana Country Director, Vida Duti joined hands with the Chief Executive of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), Worlanyo Siabi to celebrate the count down to the 2021 World Water Day (WWD) on Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) WASH Hour, a television magazine program dedicated solely for advocacy on emerging issues in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector geared towards achieving national WASH targets.
On April 23, 2020, in Kenyasi, IRC Ghana in collaboration with the Asutifi North District Assembly with the support of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation launched the Asutifi North Ahonidie Mpontuo (ANAM) Small Grant Call on the District Learning Alliance Platform. The two-fold session entailed an overview of the call, the equity and inclusion highlights and the launch of the call by the District Chief Executive.
The 31st edition of the Mole Conference series organized by the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) opened in Teiman-Abokobi in the Ga East Municipality of Greater Accra.
IRC Ghana has been providing post-construction support to Akatsi North and South Districts in the Volta Region of Ghana as part of the district system strengthening efforts. This intervention is a move towards professionalising the work of area mechanics and equipping them with the necessary skills to perform their tasks more effectively for improved water service delivery.
A year’s Integrated Hygiene Behaviour Change Campaign aimed at ensuring safety at market places and ‘fighting’ stigmatization against COVID-19 survivors through mass media has been outdoored in Accra on Thursday.
