Full Coverage: Water/sanitation

21.10.2009 The winning animations for the Golden Poo Awards.

11.10.2009 Raphael Ahenu wins the International category in this year's SMK Awards for his campaign on access to clean water and sanitation in Ghana. Daniel Hutley wins the Global category for his work with Students for Kids International Projects. Read the full list of winners.

08.10.2009 Giving glamour to poo: the Golden Poo Awards highlight the fact that poo kills at least a million children every year and that handwashing and better sanitation are the best way to fight this toll.

06.10.2009 Lester Brown presents the food security crisis as a race between political and climate tipping points. He is optimistic that civilisation will get the message just in time. from Earth Policy Institute

27.09.2009 The FAO estimates that 1.8 million people will experience water scarcity by 2025. A useful summary of the issues surrounding the problem. Worldwatch Institute

16.09.2009 Interview with Catarina de Albuquerque, the UN Independent Expert on human rights, water and sanitation, including her views on the legal status of the right to safe sanitation. IPS News

07.09.2009 A useful summary of latest thinking on privatisation of public water supplies. From Poverty to Power

19.08.2009 An international water conference this week wants to ensure that rural and poor people have access to clean water even as climate and population pressures drive the number of those in need beyond 1 billion.
+ Progressio takes “Just Add Water” message to Stockholm’s World Water Week

14.03.2009 Tanzania is often described as a development success story in Africa. It doesn't look that way if you study the facts of life for the poor.

12.01.2009 Rich countries continue to improve their standards in sanitation whilst billions lack even rudimentary facilities. All that poverty campaigners can do is try to raise awareness of the divide.

24.11.2008 The Millennium Development Goal for access to drinking water is on track to reach its target. One possible explanation is that positive safe water images contribute to campaign success.

31.10.2008 On the 150th anniversary of the Great Stink - which forced the closure of Britain's Parliament - a new film demands similar grand plans.

07.05.2008 Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit parts of Myanmar, international aid has begun to arrive. Latest estimates claim over 22,000 people have perished and twice as many gone missing, leaving a million people homeless. The Irrawaddy delta still remains cut off from the world.

05.05.2008 Hot weather and lack of safe drinking water have led to a severe spate in diarrohea cases in Bangladesh. According to health experts, poverty, rising food prices and low levels of awareness on sanitation are driving people to eat cheap contaminated food.

30.04.2008 A discussion paper by WaterAid, Creating user-friendly water and sanitation services for the disabled, takes a look at the social, technical, financial and policy barriers faced by the disabled in meeting water and sanitation needs in Nepal. The document recommends designing proper technologies to facilitate their access to basic services.

24.04.2008 Dr Marcella D’Souza, executive director of Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) in western India, has been awarded the Indian Merchant Chambers' Woman Of The Year Award. During an interview to OneWorld South Asia, she talks of her dream where rural folk live in harmony, secure sustainable livelihoods and enjoy an enhanced quality of life.

19.04.2008 Figures compiled by WaterAid disprove the government's claims of providing safe drinking water to over 90% of population. India has yet to do more to reach the Millennium Development Goals in this sector as millions continue to suffer from contaminated water-borne diseases.

09.04.2008 Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in northern India has been facing the ire of local people. They say the soft drink maker has been operating illegally and has caused the severe water crisis in the area.

04.04.2008 Access to safe water and sanitation can be ensured through effective advocacy and planning by involving grassroots voices, says WaterAid's Advocacy Source Book. The book is a useful resource for monitoring policies and programmes in the context of Millennium Development Goals on water and sanitation.

29.03.2008 Professor John Anthony Allan from King’s College, London has been awarded the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize for his pioneering concepts of measuring, understanding and communicating water issues. ‘Virtual water’ import via food has had major impacts on global trade policy and research, especially in water-scarce regions.