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Marginalisation and exclusion from WASH services in Uganda

IRC Uganda commissioned a study to assess the marginalisation and exclusion from Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in the country. The study aimed at establishing the marginalised, documenting their experiences and assessing the main obstacles they face in...

Published on December 2, 2020

Watershed Voices of Empowerment

Strong civil society leaders share how they are fighting to bring safe water and sanitation to their communities. For the past five years, the Watershed empowering citizens programme has proudly been championing the voice of civil society. It’s been guided by...

Published on October 7, 2020

Samenwerken voor succesvol waterbeheer

Door slechte verantwoording en langs elkaar heen werkende stakeholders in de watersector kampte de Ugandese Albert Water Management Zone – een bestuurs-unit van het Ministerie van Water en Milieu – jarenlang met slechte resultaten. Maar nu overheidsinstanties,...

Published on September 28, 2020

Collaborative efforts for successful water management

Limited levels of accountability and duplication of activities by water actors led to suboptimal results in the Albert Water Management Zone for years. This trend has now been broken as government bodies, NGOs, CSOs, communities and private sector players have...

Published on September 28, 2020

Watershed Annual Report 2019

As Watershed closed its fourth year of implementation, it has seen an impressive number of results. All the Work Packages saw at least one concrete change in the practices of their governments in the form of laws, policies and/or norms being implemented towards...

Published on June 29, 2020

UWASNET documentary calls for safe water during COVID-19

With support from its members, UWASNET has contributed to raising awareness to clean water to beat COVID-19. As part of its advocacy efforts, a number of initiatives have been planned and accomplished. They have, for example, developed a mini advocacy documentary...

Published on May 19, 2020

Wottazela radio campaign in Kabarole district, Uganda

The Wottazela radio campaign in Fort Portal, Kabarole district in Uganda was run in collaboration with HEWASA, Simavi, IRC and Radio Jubilee. The campaign raised awareness and collected feedback about governance and the management of WASH services and water...

Published on February 6, 2020

Wottazela 3.0 campaign in Fort Portal, Uganda

Wottazela 3.0 ran under the Watershed programme in collaboration with HEWASA, Simavi, IRC and Radio Jubilee in Fort Portal, Uganda. The campaign aimed to retrieve citizen feedback in Kabarole District through radio shows and poll questions about the governance and...

Published on February 6, 2020

Water resources management: a governance challenge in Uganda

This video records a meeting organised on 1 August 2019 by Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) and IRC Uganda, to inform parliamentarians about the Watershed empowering citizens programme, discuss key issues in WASH and IWRM, and make recommendations...

Published on January 30, 2020

Role of CSOs in delivering SDG 6 in Kabarole district

Civil society organisations are performing various roles in supporting local government to deliver WASH services in Kabarole district, Uganda. The Uganda Water and Environment Sector Performance Report 2018 acknowledges that “CSOs remain committed to contributing...

Published on January 14, 2020

Leaving no one behind: identifying and addressing barriers to WASH service delivery in Uganda

This policy brief highlights issues and obstacles that impede access to Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) services for nearly ten million people in Uganda. The unserved people face multiple vulnerabilities brought about by social, economic, environmental,...

Published on December 16, 2019

Vulnerable groups live a dog’s life – a feature article in Uganda’s Saturday Vision

A recent study done by IRC Uganda established that different groups of people in Uganda are marginalised from access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. The groups include women and girls, communities in hard-to-serve/reach areas, children,...

Published on November 25, 2019