HCS-RiPPLE

RiPPLE was a five-year research programme consortium funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) between 2006 and 2011. During these five years RiPPLE aimed to advance evidence-based learning on water supply and sanitation (WSS), focusing specifically on issues of planning, financing, delivery and sustainability, and the links between sector improvements and pro-poor economic growth. Since July 2011 RiPPLE continues to operate as part of Hararghe Catholic Secretariat.

Working in three regions of Ethiopia, RiPPLE begun to develop new bodies of high quality policy and practice-relevant knowledge through its platform of Learning and Practice Alliances (LPAs) that operate at different levels. The LPAs guide research direction according to local priorities, test and evaluate new approaches, and share experiences within and between districts and regions.

RiPPLE is led by the Water Policy Programme of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), UK working with four other consortium partners:
1. College of Social Studies (formerly Institute of Dev’t Research), Addis Ababa University;
2. Hararghe Catholic Secretariat (HCS)
3. International Water & Sanitation Centre (IRC),
4. WaterAid-Ethiopia