Arjen Naafs
Born in the leprosy mission ALERT in Ethiopia, where my father served as a doctor, I drank water with excessive levels of fluoride in my younger years — enough to leave my teeth brown and brittle, hard on the outside, soft and fragile within. This daily reminder while brushing my teeth is one of my drivers to change the system. Providing good basic services such as safe water, decent sanitation and good hygiene secures a more dignified life with white smiles and less leprosy. After all, prevention is better than a cure (apologies Dad, for not becoming a doctor!).
Dechan Dalrymple
Cracking the safely managed challenge
National governments across the world face this huge challenge, the pressure of global and national targets that define having to deliver safely managed water and sanitation services for all, while having to address vastly different settings with services being provided under different service delivery models.
Building stronger institutions with tailored systems learning
Since 2019, IRC and the Ethiopian Water Technology Institute (EWTI) have formalised their collaboration with a partnership set out to support the delivery of sustainable WASH services in Ethiopia; strengthening institutional capacity in a systematic way.
Patrick Moriarty
The world knows how to deliver essential public services to everyone. What unlocks it is political will, the right systems, and leaders who understand that water and sanitation are not technical problems – they are governance ones. Patrick Moriarty has spent twenty-five years making that case, and building the intellectual tools to back it up.