In my home country of Ghana, while 81% of people have access to at least basic drinking water services, only 18% have access to at least basic sanitation services (USAID).
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- Technical BriefAll African countries adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calling for universal and equitable access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene by 2030.
- BlogThe COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably raised awareness of the water and sanitation crisis in many of Africa’s developing nations.
- Fact SheetTo identify demand-driven, country-led initiatives, the Water for Africa through Leadership and Institutional Support (WALIS) project developed its Improving WASH Evidence-based Decision-making (IWED) program to provide strategic support to six go
- VideoThe IWED Ghana program worked with Ghana’s Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR) to: develop and implement standard WASH data collection, management and reporting from the local to national level; build the capacity of WASH sector stak
- BlogLow levels of investment in recruitment, education, and skills development in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector have resulted in significant shortages of skilled professionals needed to sustain WASH interventions and to satisfy the
- BlogLac de Guiers is a complex ecosystem south of the vast rice paddies along the Senegal River Delta in the Louga and Saint-Louis regions of Senegal. Not only does the lake and its surrounding land comprise an important bird area, fisheries, an