In a ground-breaking new approach to hygiene promotion, WaterAid is working with the Government of Nepal to reach thousands of moms and babies at immunization clinics. In Nepal, a new mother will take her baby to an immunization clinic at least five times in the first nine months of the child's life – making these clinics an excellent [...]
Two years after the devastating earthquake in Nepal, a community in the village of Kharelthok has completed their work to rebuild the water facilities that were destroyed in the disaster. The earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people, injured nearly 22,000, and flattened entire villages. Since that devastating day, WaterAid has helped transform more than 20,000 lives thanks [...]
It’s official. In 2016, global temperatures reached a record high for the third year in a row, and reports of extreme weather events continued to come in from around the world. WaterAid’s State of the World’s Water Report 2017 examines the state of rural access to safe drinking water around the world and warns that more [...]
In 2012, WaterAid Canada launched a five-year Clean Water for Schools program in partnership with the Government of Canada. Safe water, private toilets, and good hygiene practices create learning environments that make children healthier, encourage students to stay in school and provide the basis for an education that’s so important in eradicating poverty. Ethiopia is [...]
#GirlStrong is a rallying cry to stand behind women and girls who live without clean water and toilets. Today, on International Women's Day, WaterAid is launching #GirlStrong, a campaign that takes aim at how women and girls are disproportionally prevented from leading healthy, educated and fulfilling lives due to the lack of clean water, safe [...]
This past fall, Merit Travel Group called on their employees and clients to be mindful of the broader world around them by supporting WaterAid. And rise to the challenge they did, raising more than $30,000. Toyiba Ibrahim, 14, left and Fozia Indris, 13, are seventh-grade students at Korebtit Primary School. Korebtit, Kalu, South Wolo, [...]
In 2009, leaders in the water, sanitation and hygiene sector (WASH) came together to create the global Sanitation and Water for All Partnership. Eight years later, Clare Battle, WaterAid’s Senior Policy Analyst for Governance, explains why the partnership remains relevant. Manual drilling – water transports the cuttings to the surface. Ambohimatsinjo village, Madagascar. [...]
Last year, WaterAid Canada's CEO Nicole Hurtubise visited Belavabary, a small village in Madagascar. She wrote a blog post sharing her experiences and reminding us that we are all made of the same stuff, and that it is in everyone's best interest to achieve gender equality. Read the article here.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene are essential to achieving the SDGs: What is the role of governments and donors in ensuring they are available to all? Hosted by Global Affairs Canada A keynote address by Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, and current Executive [...]
We want you to be part of our mission to reach everyone everywhere with lifesaving water and toilets. Seeing people living without safe water – their strength, perseverance and hope — has an immediate and universal effect on all of us. It stirs our empathy, compassion and generosity. Clean water to drink is such a [...]
