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Use of content on IRC web site and on use of our standardised architecture.
IRC listed as source for WASH in emergencies
The publication Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster Knowledge Management Strategy provides tools and resources for organisations in the cluster who are involved in humanitarian crisis response and water, sanitation and hygiene programmes worldwide. IRC’s Sanitation Updates, the web site and Source newsletter are mentioned as some of the most relevant current online sources of knowledge. The full document is available as PDF.
WASH Cluster KM Strategy Report.pdf (1.6 MB)
'Your Water for kids page has some great stuff I could use!'
I hope I'm not bothering you, but I wanted to tell you that I have been using your Water for kids page ( http://www.irc.nl/page/30389 ) for my students at school, I hope that's OK! I am a student teacher working on my lesson plans and your page definitely has some great stuff I could use!
“I advise my students: find references at the IRC web site”
“When I give my students assignments to write papers I advise them to look for reference materials at the IRC web site”, Professor Kun Zhu, from China said at the IRC booth at the Stockholm World Water Week 2010 on 6 September
Six out of ten site web visits for our information products
Information products attracted nearly close to 60 percent of the 686,000 visits to our site in the first half of 2009. One third of the total number of visits concerned Source articles in various languages. Publications came second with 7.8 percent of visits to our site, Themes third and About IRC fourth.
Our most popular news blog Sanitation Updates scored with 49,801 page views nearly as high as our total number of page views on the IRC theme web pages.
Six out of ten site web visits for our information products_240909.doc (60.0 kB)
IRC NL was a treasure for me
"IRC NL was a treasure for me when I did my research at Leeds University. I found lots of unbiased case studies and literature on small town water supply and sanitation."
Good example of storytelling on IRC website
During a communications training in New York, attended by IRC staff, one of the presenters, Andy Goodman, gave a workshop on storytelling. Storytelling is a very useful tool towards understanding how to effectively communicate the identity and mission of an organisation or project.One example of good storytelling he gave was the comic strip of the Atieno family on the IRC website.
Blogs as a dynamic development tool
Two users left positive comments on our sites on the WASH News Blogs that IRC and partners started in December 2007.
“Valuable information through www.irc.nl”
As per the information gathered through the electronic site, www.IRC.nl I acquired valuable information about IRC and its working system.
IRC website receives praise
"This website is one of busiest and most complete in the world that contains news and information, suggestions and training related to low cost water supply and sanitation in the developing nations."
IDS Knowledge Services staff selects IRC site in top five
Staff at the Institute of Development Studies’ Knowledge Services department in the United Kingdom has selected www.irc.nl as one of the top five sites on water and sanitation in their new guide A Good Place to Star t , for searching on 30 development themes.
