WaterSan Perspective and SIWI September 03, 2014 Global leaders are challenging the energy and water communities to work together to face some of the main challenges of our time, providing clean drinking water and energy for a growing world population. The call came during the 24th annual World Water Week going on in Stockholm. The […]
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Uganda: Politicians Accused Of Preferring Votes to Conserving Wetlands
Chris Mugasha. September 3, 2014 Environmentalists in Uganda have accused politicians in the country of preferring votes to conservation of wetlands. They say politicians only caring about votes and do not support campaigns to evict wetland encroachers because they fear to lose votes in areas where evictions take place. Wetlands are a reservoir of biodiversity. […]
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2014 World Water Week: “Most Progressive Water Utility in Africa” Receives 2014 Stockholm Industry Water Award
WaterSan Perspective and SIWI September 03, 2014 eThekwini Water and Sanitation, serving the Durban metropolitan area in South Africa has received the Stockholm Industry Water Award at a ceremony during World Water Week, for its transformative and inclusive approach to providing water and sanitation. “I stand here today as part of a team of dedicated […]
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SADC Awards: Six Journalists Scoop Wards for Excellent Reporting
Barbara Lopi 17 August 2014 Six winners of the 2014 SADC Media Awards have been announced and presented with the prize of US$2000.00 each during the opening ceremony of the 34th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. The Chairperson of SADC, President Arthur Peter Mutharika of […]
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Uganda: Farmers Want To Turn To Irrigation As Drought Drags On
Chris Mugasha August 15, 2014 Thousands of farmers in Uganda’s western district of Kasese want the government of Uganda to help them start irrigating their gardens following continued dry weather that is causing food shortage. The district has up to 13 rivers. But farmers there have continued to lose their crops as a result of […]
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Cameroon: Marine Litter Threatens Aquatic Life and Human Health
Edith Achamukong July 18, 2014 Environment experts are warning of an imminent disaster as a result of the increasing amounts of wastes along the sea and beaches of Cameroon. They are now calling for an end to bad waste disposal habits. Over the years, the activities of fishermen, traders and tourists along the coastline of […]
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Kenya: 10.7 Million Euro Injected In Developing and Conserving Mara River Basin
WaterSan Perspective Reporter July 18, 2014 The Mau Mara Serengeti Sustainable Water Initiative has launched a new public-private-partnership of Dutch, Kenyan and German partners to develop and conserve the Mara River Basin. The four-year programme has a 10.7 million Euro budget, with 75% provided by The Netherlands Embassy in Kenya and 25% by HSBC Bank […]
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Uganda: Kitgum District Embarks On Keeping Water Sources Clean
Dan Michael Komakech July 9, 2014 Kitgum district water department has embarked on a campaign for dismantling boreholes with filthy environs temporary in a bid to let the water users maintain proper hygiene and sanitation around them. Kitgum district water officer Peter Oryem Okema reveals that the campaign will see the affected boreholes reconnected after […]
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Malawi: Pupils Rescued From Using A Grave Yard As Toilet
Ali Kalichero. July 9, 2014 While other children attain good education from nursery and primary schools that have all necessary facilities for education, there are other pupils whose zeal to attain proper education and become productive citizens get hindered by lack of proper school blocks and other facilities. Such was a pathetic story of pupils […]
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Dunster House Provides Sanitation Solutions for Africa
WaterSan Perspective June 23, 2014 Up to 2.2 million deaths per year are caused by sanitation related illness and diseases, with a high percentage being children under the age of 5. It is because over 2.5 billion people – roughly 36 per cent of the world’s population – still lack what many people take for […]
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Uganda: Kitgum Residents Share Water Points With Animals
Dan Michael Komakech June 23, 2014 Residents of Toboi in Lolwa parish Orom Sub County in Kitgum district have resorted to sharing contaminated rain runoff water that collects on rock inselbergs with animals due to scarce water points in the vicinity. The resident explain that they survive on dirty unprotected water from Lela Toboi inselberg […]
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West Africa: Research on Menstrual Hygiene Management in Offing
WaterSan Perspective May 31, 2014 WaterAid’s West Africa office, in conjunction with WaterAid country programmes in Nigeria and the region, plan to conduct a research to help develop strong programmes on Menstrual Hygiene Management and reinforce our work for more impact, especially in schools. The research, slated for this year, will also identify key actors […]
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Nigeria: WaterAid Supports UN’s Call to End Open Defecation
WaterAid and WaterSan Perspective May 31, 2014 WaterAid has welcomed a new UN campaign championed by UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson to end the practice of open defecation. Over one billion people around the world relieve themselves in bushes, in fields or at the sides of roads or railway tracks for lack of even […]
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African Water Week: New Map Shows That the Goal of All Africans Accessing Clean Water by 2030 “Realistic and Achievable”
May 27, 2014 WaterSan Perspective A new interactive map http://www.wateraid.org/africawaterweek published by the international development charity WaterAid has been launched online showing that 14 African governments are on course or within touching distance of reaching the historic mark of everyone in their countries having access to clean drinking water by 2030. The map has been […]
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Rotary, UNESCO-IHE Announce the First Graduating Class from a Scholarship Program to Improve Water and Sanitation in Underserved Communities
WaterSan Perspective April 27, 2014 The first class of five Rotary sponsored scholars has graduated with Master of Science degrees in water education from the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. The graduates now will apply their education to water and sanitation projects in their home countries of Argentina, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Ghana. Established in […]