The key theme at this year's Stockholm World Water Week is water and food security: how do we meet the ever developing needs of a growing population with an increasing demand for resources?
At WaterAid, we believe the answer lies in providing water and sanitation for...
(6) Comments | Posted 11 July 2012 | (00:00)
When delivering babies without water, nothing is possible. There is no hygiene. Water is everything. Everyone uses it - staff, women, everyone.
Madame Madié Diarra is a...
(0) Comments | Posted 24 May 2012 | (16:50)
A Beatle is a gardener's best friend after all, as Ringo Starr paid us the amazing honour of opening the 'Herbert Smith Garden for WaterAid' at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2012 on Monday.
The Beatles legend has been a WaterAid supporter since 2003, and understands better than most the...
(0) Comments | Posted 21 March 2012 | (23:00)
The Millennium Development Goal on water has been met. This is a major global achievement and we should all feel pride in the part that our governments have played to get us to this milestone.
That over 2 billion people have gained access to clean water to drink since 1990...
(2) Comments | Posted 16 January 2012 | (23:00)
"Conflict costs the average developing country roughly 30 years of GDP growth and countries in protracted crisis can fall over 20 percentage points behind in overcoming poverty" - Robert Zoellick, President of the World Bank, 2011 World Development Report.
The economic cost is just part of the tragedy...
(1) Comments | Posted 2 December 2011 | (23:00)
"The toilet at the school is not clean. I get out of my wheelchair and then go on my hands. When I see dirt in the toilet I don't use it. It's very painful not to go to the toilet." Community member, Butajira town, Ethiopia
The UN International Day...
(0) Comments | Posted 18 November 2011 | (16:39)
For many people, the idea of having a global day dedicated to the humble toilet is quite an amusing one. Going to the toilet is something we generally don't talk about after all, and owning one just seems bog standard.
But this World Toilet Day (19 November), there are 2.6...
(0) Comments | Posted 26 October 2011 | (14:50)
The crisis gripping the Horn of Africa continues to devastate families and communities. Twelve million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Djibouti are suffering food shortages and the worst drought in sixty years.
The needs are many and the scale of the crisis is daunting. But there is evidence...
(0) Comments | Posted 31 August 2012 | (00:00)