Here is a list of some organizations working on water and sanitation (WatSan) issues in multiple countries around the world. Thank you to the multitude of other WatSan NGOs working on-the-ground in specific countries. Your efforts are integral to WatSan improvements on the local level.
CARE helps communities build and maintain clean water systems and latrines. Both directly and through local organizations, CARE provides training and subsidizes construction, but communities make significant contributions in cash and labor, and pay the cost of operation and maintenance. The goal of these projects is to reduce the health risks of water-related diseases and to increase the earning potential of households by saving time otherwise spent gathering water. Projects also include educating people about good hygiene habits to reduce the risk of illnesses.
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.
Circle of Blue is an international network of journalists, scholars and citizens that connects humanity to the global freshwater crisis. A project of the non-profit Pacific Institute, America’s premier water policy think tank, Circle of Blue pioneers communications and information technology with a new model for moving vital issues into the mainstream. It inspires and informs decision making with original reporting, dynamic data spaces and engaging social media.
ClearWater Initiative is a non-governmental charitable organization that strives to provide clean, potable water solutions to populations in need. Within 5 years, ClearWater’s vision is to provide access to potable water to 50,000 people. Within 10 years ClearWater will provide clean water to 250,000 people in need. We also hope to begin offering seed grants for simple, innovative projects in complex humanitarian emergencies shortly. The purpose of these small grants will be to provide seed funding for relief professionals looking to develop projects that will advance technical aspects of international disaster response, with an emphasis on provision of essential services for refugees and internally displaced populations. Grant applications will come on-line as soon as we have sufficient funds to support the program.
The European Water Partnership (EWP) is an independent value based non-profit organization structured as an open and inclusive member association. The EWP harnesses European capacity, helps to coordinate initiatives and activities in international water issues and undertakes worldwide promotion of European expertise related to water. The ultimate goal of the EWP is to elaborate strategies and implement concrete actions to achieve the objectives of the Water Vision for Europe.
Food and Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainably produced. So we can all enjoy and trust in what we eat and drink, we help people take charge of where their food comes from, keep clean, affordable, public tap water flowing freely to our homes, protect the environmental quality of oceans, force government to do its job protecting citizens, and educate about the importance of keeping shared resources under public control.
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH – MIDDLE EAST
Founded 1994. Formerly: Ecopeace. Promotes cooperative efforts to to protect the “shared environmental heritage” of the Middle East, focusing particularly on transboundary ecosystems such as the Dead Sea Basin, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Members are groups in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Palestine. Affiliated with Friends of the Earth International.
GENDER AND WATER ALLIANCE
The mission of GWA is to promote women’s and men’s equitable access to and management of safe and adequate water, for domestic supply, sanitation, food security and environmental sustainability. GWA believes that equitable access to and control over water is a basic right for all, as well as a critical factor in promoting poverty eradication and sustainability.
Global Handwashing Day 2010 will revolve around schools and children. On Global Handwashing Day, playgrounds, classrooms, community centers, and the public spaces of towns and cities will be awash with activity to drive handwashing behavior change on a scale never seen before, bringing the critical issue to center stage.
Global Water is an international, non-profit humanitarian organization focused on creating safe water supplies, sanitation facilities and related health programs for rural villagers in developing countries. We believe the lack of safe drinking and agricultural water and lack of access to sanitation facilities are the root causes of disease, hunger and poverty throughout the world today.
A committed group of leading organizations has joined forces to catalyze transformational change in the water and sanitation sector through the Global Water Challenge (GWC). The GWC is an initiative to provide safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene education to people who lack these basic services. Launched by a diverse coalition of corporations, foundations, and aid organizations, the GWC is a unique partnership to build healthy communities and provide sustainable solutions to ensure the availability of potable water for those in need. The goal of the GWC is to bring safe water and sanitation to millions by identifying and multiplying the solutions that work.
Global Green USA is a national environmental organization addressing three of the greatest challenges facing humanity:
- Stemming global climate change by creating green buildings and cities.
- Eliminating weapons of mass destruction that threaten lives and the environment.
- Providing clean, safe drinking water for the 2.4 billion people who lack access to clean water.
President Gorbachev founded the organization in order to create a new approach to solving the world’s most pressing environmental challenges by reconnecting humanity to the environment.
H20 for Life connects schools in the United States with schools in developing countries to complete WASH (WAter, Sanitation, and Hygiene) in Schools projects. A nonprofit, all-volunteer organization run by teachers, parents, and students, H20 for Life aims to help students build an allegiance to and an understanding of their partner school through curriculum and experiential learning while raising funds for WASH in Schools projects. 100 percent of contributions raised by schools goes directly to partner school projects. All overhead expenses are funded through in-kind donations and grants.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDRO-GEOLOGISTS (IAH)
(Association Internationale des Hydrogéologues)
Founded 1956. Affiliated with the International Union of Geological Sciences. Promotes international cooperation among groundwater scientists and engineers; encourages exchange of hydrogeological information to advance the science and study of groundwater and aquifers. Has commissions on Groundwater Protection and on Hydrogeology in Developing Nations. Members are individuals and institutions in some 135 countries.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES (IAHS)
Founded 1922. Affiliated with the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. “The oldest and foremost international nongovernmental body dealing with hydrology and water resources.” Promotes the study and discussion of scientific aspects of hydrology. Among IAHS’s scientific units are the International Commission on Water Quality (ICWQ) and the International Commission on Water Resources Systems (ICWRS). Members of IAHS are national committees and individual hydrologists in many countries.
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR WATER LAW (IAWL)
Founded 1967. Promotes progress in the science of water law, and the development of national water legislation and the legal aspects of national water administrations and institutions. Members are individual experts in some 100 countries.
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON LARGE DAMS (ICOLD)
(Commission International des Grands Barrages) (CIGB)
Founded 1928. Encourages improvements in the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of large dams through research and exchange of information. (Large dams are defined as dams over 15 meters high, of which there are over 36,000 in operation worldwide.) Main activity is a triennial congress. Members are national committees in 80 some countries.
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.
INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR WATER
Office International de l’Eau (OIEau)
Formed in 1991 by the merger of 3 groups. Promotes “capacity building for better water management.” Develops exchanges and provides training and other services to European and developing countries in the areas of water resources, wastewater treatment, and prevention of water pollution. Provides the secretariat for the International Network of Basin Organizations, which includes over a hundred groups in some 40 countries. Members of IOWater are organizations in some 25 countries.
International Rivers works to protect rivers and rights, and promote real solutions for meeting water, energy and flood management needs.
INTERNATIONAL WATER AND SANITATION CENTRE (IRC)
(Centre International de l’Eau et l’Assainissement)
Formerly: International Reference Centre for Community Water Supply and Sanitation. Founded 1968. Provides information and documentation services, training, and research and development support to water supply and sanitation projects and programs in developing countries. Governing board includes representatives of UNICEF, UNDP, WHO, and the World Bank. Has partner organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
INTERNATIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION (IWA)
Merger of the International Water Supply Association and the International Association on Water Quality. Promotes the “integrated management of water as the best strategy for securing safe water supplies and adequate sanitation for communities worldwide.” Covers “all aspects of water supply and treatment; wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal; and overall management of water quality and quantity.” Among its specialist groups on sources and effects of pollution are: Environmental Restoration; Eutrophication; Forest Industry; Groundwater; Hazard Assessment and Control of Environmental Contaminants; Landfill Management of Solid Wastes; and Surface Water. In addition, there are specialist groups on various treatment processes, management, and training. Members of IWA are individuals and organizations (agencies, firms, universities, and associations) in some 130 countries.
INTERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION (IWRA)
Founded 1972. “An interdisciplinary worldwide organization for water managers, scientists, planners, manufacturers, administrators, educators, lawyers, physicians, and others concerned with the future of our water resources.” Members are individuals in over 100 countries.
This is a christian, religious organization. Lifewater does not merely hire staff or consultants to drill wells, fix hand pumps, or transmit information to those in need. Rather, the goal is to train and equip nationals with the skills needed to access, use, and maintain safe water – and pass these skills along to others. Because our partners take ownership in the process, they are empowered to continue the work long after Lifewater volunteers have returned home.
Mercy Corps works amid disasters, conflicts, chronic poverty and instability to unleash the potential of people who can win against nearly impossible odds. Since 1979, Mercy Corps has provided $1.3 billion in assistance to people in 100 nations. Supported by headquarters offices in North America, Europe and Asia, the agency’s unified global programs employ 3,400 staff worldwide and reach nearly 14.4 million people in more than 35 countries.
These sobering facts inspire the Millennium Water Alliance (MWA), a consortium of leading nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), to strive toward our goal to help 500 million people obtain water and basic sanitation by 2015. Our vision mirrors our belief that no one should die or suffer chronic illness as the result of a water-related disease.
The Pacific Institute works to create a healthier planet and sustainable communities. They conduct interdisciplinary research and partner with stakeholders to produce solutions that advance environmental protection, economic development, and social equity—in California, nationally, and internationally.
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is a policy institute that seeks sustainable solutions to the world’s escalating water crisis. SIWI manages projects, synthesises research and publishes findings and recommendations on current and future water, environment, governance and human development issues.
UN-Water strengthens coordination and coherence among UN entities dealing with issues related to all aspects of freshwater and sanitation. This includes surface and groundwater resources, the interface between freshwater and seawater and water-related disasters.
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education
The UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education is established in 2003. It carries out research, education and capacity building activities in the fields of water, environment and infrastructure. UNESCO-IHE continues the work that began in 1957 when IHE first offered a postgraduate diploma course in hydraulic engineering to practising professionals from developing countries.
UNICEF works in more than 90 countries around the world to improve water supplies and sanitation facilities in schools and communities, and to promote safe hygiene practices. We sponsor a wide range of activities and work with many partners, including families, communities, governments and like-minded organizations. In emergencies we provide urgent relief to communities and nations threatened by disrupted water supplies and disease. All UNICEF WASH programmes are designed to contribute to the Millennium Development Goal for water and sanitation: to halve, by 2015, the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe water and basic sanitation.
USAID’s Environmental Health Team sponsors projects and provides financial support to selected governmental and international organizations to conduct programs and research on environmental health issues.
Water Advocates is the first US-based nonprofit organization dedicated solely to increasing American support for worldwide access to safe, affordable and sustainable supplies of drinking water and adequate sanitation.
WaterAid and its partners use practical solutions to provide safe water, effective sanitation and hygiene education to the world’s poorest people. We also seek to influence policy at national and international levels.
The Water Integrity Network (WIN), formed in 2006, aims to fight corruption in the water sector. It stimulates anti-corruption activities in the water sector locally, nationally and globally. It promotes solutions-oriented action and coalition-building between civil society, the private and public sectors, media and governments.
Water For People helps people in developing countries improve their quality of life by supporting the development of locally sustainable drinking water resources, sanitation facilities and health and hygiene education programs
WATERPARTNERS INTERNATIONAL (WATER.ORG)
WaterPartners International is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization committed to providing safe drinking water and sanitation to people in developing countries. Working in partnership with donors and local communities, we have helped thousands of people develop accessible, sustainable, community-level water supplies. WaterPartners not only offers traditional, grant-funded programs, but is also harnessing the power of micro-finance to address the world water crisis.
WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION COLLABORATIVE COUNCIL
Founded 1990 “through a mandate by the UN General Assembly to maintain the momentum of the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade (1981-1990) . Enhances international “collaboration in the water supply and sanitation sector,” especially regarding services for poor people. Members are some 2,000 professionals from over 140 countries.
WORLD BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Founded 1995 through a merger of the Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Industry Council for the Environment, the latter an initiative of the International Chamber of Commerce. “A coalition of some 150 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development, i.e., environmental protection, social equity, and economic growth.” Purposes are “to be the leading business advocate” on issues connected with the environment and sustainable development; participate in policy development; share leading-edge best practices; and contribute to developing countries and nations in transition. Themes are trade and environment; natural resources; innovation and technology; climate and energy; ecoefficiency; sustainability through the market; corporate social responsibility; exploring future global scenarios; and advancing a global compact in which business would embrace a set of core principles on labor standards, human rights, and environmental practices. Members of the Council are companies from some 30 countries and 20 major industrial sectors. WBCSD has national councils and partner organizations throughout the world.
Established in 1998, the WCD was a “focused, independent think tank set up and financed by aid agencies, industry, governments, and NGOs to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly impacts of dams around the world.” It disbanded with issuance of its final report in November 2000, Dams and Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making (published by Earthscan, London). From 2001-2003, UNEP conducted a follow-up effort, the Dams and Development Project (DDP).
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION – WATER, SANITATION, AND, HYGIENE
Our aim is the reduction of water- and waste-related disease and the optimization of the health benefits of sustainable water and waste management. Our objectives are to 1) To support the health sector in effectively addressing water- and waste-related disease burden and in engaging others in its reduction, and 2) To assist non-health sectors in understanding and acting on the health impacts of their actions.
World Toilet Organization (WTO) is a global non-profit organization committed to improving toilet and sanitation conditions worldwide. WTO is also one of the few organizations to focus on toilets instead of water, which receives more attention and resources under the common subject of sanitation. Founded in 2001 with 15 members, it now has 235 member organizations in 58 countries working towards eliminating the toilet taboo and delivering sustainable sanitation.
WORLD WATER ASSESSMENT PROGRAM – UNESCO
This UN-wide programme seeks to develop the tools and skills needed to achieve a better understanding of those basic processes, management practices and policies that will help improve the supply and quality of global freshwater resources.
The “international water policy think tank” created in response to a recommendation of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. Mission is to “promote awareness of critical water issues at all levels, including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management, and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally sustainable basis for the benefit of all life on earth.” Activities include policy development; organizing meetings, including a triennial WWC Forum; monitoring the WWC’s World Water Vision; and establishing a World Commission on Water, Peace, and Security. Members of WWC are some 300 organizations in 40 countries.
The Collaborative Council exists under a mandate from the United Nations. It is governed by a multi-stakeholder steering committee elected by the Collaborative Council’s members, combining the authority of the UN with the flexibility of an NGO and the legitimacy of a membership organisation. WSSCC focuses exclusively on those people around the world who currently lack water and sanitation, with all its policies and work aimed only to serve those people. The Collaborative Council has a special interest in sanitation and hygiene and emphasizes the need to view water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as an inseparable trinity for development.
For more information on WatSan organizations around the world, please check out these websites:
InterWater Organizations – IRC
InterWATER offers information about more than 650 organisations and networks in the water supply and sanitation sector, related to developing countries. Each organisation has a short description, contact details, e-mail and website address, and related sites where applicable.
World Bank – WSP Program – List of Water Organizations
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) is a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank to support poor people in obtaining affordable, safe and sustainable access to water and sanitation services.
Hi Abby,
Check out wateradvocates.org – we are a nonprofit lobbying group in Washington DC dedicated to increasing US support for the global safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene challenge.
You might consider adding the Global Water Challenge to your list as well. They are an initiative of the United Nations Foundation.
Thanks
John
John, thanks for telling me about these two additional organizations. I am always interested to hear about more groups working on international water issues.
-Abby
Wonderful website! Thanks for all the helpful links and information. This is a well put together website. I am with Holy Water Group. We are a faith based group of water well drillers that focus on Honduras. We use simple well drilling techniques using material bought in Honduras that is designed too be serviced by locals long after the well is completed. It saddens me to see expensive wells that were produced using the latest technology, only to have it break in 6 months with no one to repair it in a timely manner if at all. Thanks again for your site!
Thank you for this wonderful website. It is a great resource to learn about the world water crisis. I would like to tell you about a region in West Africa called the Azawak where people lives are direly affected by the lack of sustainable water sources. In this vast region that stretches between Niger and Mali, people live on the brink of survival due to the lack of water. One out of every two children die. During the rainy season, water is retrieved from muddy marshes shared with animals. During the dry season, which takes up at least 9 months of the year, it is the job of young children to travel 35 miles in a day to the nearest deep well in order to bring home a small amount of water for their family and animals. Development organization Amman Imman: Water is Life is bringing life and hope to this region by building permanent and sustainable sources of water. Please share the work of this organization on your website: http://www.waterforniger.org/
I hope this International Group of Water, can provide a sustainable water for the people needing ample & potable water to the whole world, and of course the sanitation facilities be provided. To achieve the MDG 7 , that halve of the population can have access to water and sanitation . . .
Hi Abby,
Excellent site! I see that you’re linked to the Food and Water Watch RSS feed, so perhaps you’d like to include us in your list of orgs as well. As a member of the international team, I’m currently working with a group of global water activists to prepare counter events for the 5th World Water Forum which will take place March 16-22 in Istanbul. We’ve just created a website to coordinate our events at http://www.peopleswaterforum.org.
Also, our Pacific Northwest organizer works from Portland so let me know if you’d like to be in touch for local work.
Cheers,
Darcey O’Callaghan
Fabulous. Thanks for letting me know about your site. I’m very interested in the 5th World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul this year.
Thank you so much for giving all information about the international organizations. http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in ( water management)..
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Hi Abby,
Great blog! Have a look at UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education’s website. The largest international postgraduate institute offering MSc and PhD courses in water management. Although our main audience is mid-career professionals from developing countries, I’d suggest you take a look to see whether you’d be interested in an Online or Short Course? Greetings from Holland, Alida
You might consider adding EDGE OUTREACH to your list. EDGE OUTREACH has year-round, hands-on training in water treatment, filtration, community water assessment, health and hygiene, sanitation, and year round hand pump repair on the only indoor facility in North America.
Is anyone aware of organizations currently working on combating desertification and water quality issues in Sub-saharan regions of Africa that could use environmental engineers?
This is a great site and we added one of your videos at our WaterChannel Television Group. You and your readers/visitors are invited to join the WaterSite Community at http://www.watersite.ning.com.
Regards
Willem Tijssen
(Founder)
As you are Already aware that Pratinidhi and Safe Water India [SWI] are working on participatory principles to contribute towards people centered development processes. Lessons and experience drawn from different programs, grass roots issues and quality consciousness have always inspired us to struggle hard in order to prove our existence as a development institution.
Point-of-use water treatment is uncommon in large parts of India. Qualitative research revealed the reasons for low use include lack of awareness of the effects of drinking contaminated water and of the safety of their water source(s), lack of acceptance, availability (particularly in rural areas and for POU devices and chlorine) and affordability of POU devices. Estimates show that the 180 million children under five years of age in India suffer from over 350 million episodes of diarrhea every year in addition to having other waterborne diseases. The socio economic condition of these areas is very grim. Nearly 50% of the population earns less than 1.25 to 2.5 $ per month (nearly around Rs. 1500/ per month). The slum areas are characcterized by unhygenic water and sanitary conditions. Bacterial contamination of drinking water is one of the main causes of diarrhea and other waterborne diseases. Poor families bear most of burden of these diseases, which includes mortality, morbidity and financial impacts. Over the years, the incidence of waterborne diseases, including, diarrhea has not come down.
The intervention carried in the project area has tested a number of demonstration and operation research models and has become successful for the determination of scalable and sustainable strategies to increase penetration of POU water purification devices amongst the poor in India and worldwide.
We undertook a pilot project with AED/POUZN support among 1500 urban slum families by linking them through self help groups, assessing their economic and drinking water and POU usage status. Pratinidhi then conducted water testing exercises and sensitized the families about multi point water contamination and then offering them various POU options like boiling, chlorination, SODIS and multi stage filters. Pratinidhi also provided these products to the interested families and ensured that they were using them regularly. To those families who wanted to buy filters but did not have the necessary resources for up front payment we provides our own Micro Finance as well as managed and counter guaranteed installment schemes from the distributors of filter manufacturers. We developed good working relationship with product manufacturers and also developed some Micro distributors.
Now the scaling up intervention is being carried in 480 slums of Lucknow.The scaling up strategies ultimately aim to cover maximum of existing group and non SHG members for promoting the culture of using safe and drinking water amongst urban community by motivating them to use water purification methods including Sodis, clorine tablets and liquid chlorine. Besides this the intervention also wants to explore the possibilities to convert this intervention in a full-fledged subsection approach to ensure the regular delivery system of POU devices. The intervention will generate direct employment for about 100 Micro Distributors appointed in the project and cover a population of around One lack and twentyfive thousand of poor urban families.The project is based on the approach of social marketing.
We are pleased to inform you that Sunday edition of Voice of Lucknow dated 15-02-09 has given a significant coverage to our ongoing efforts in 480 urban slums of Lucknow. This has significantly boosted our morale and has inspired us to work harder with renewed vigour for strengthening the efforts.
We look forward for your support and cooperation in the coming future.
Thanks and regards.
Environmentally Your’s
Dr.Mazhar A. Rashidi
(Participatory Practitioner)
PRATINIDHI
636/34 Gazi Nagar,Mayawati Road, Takrohi Bazar,Post,Chinhat
[Indira Nagar,Sec-11]Lucknow-U.P.Pin-227105
Phone-0522-2711805,Mob-9451913298
E-mail-Pratinidhi1994@gmail.com
very good website
our organization working for safe water aware
to the childrean , so help for working and fund raising .
IRDS salem india
I run an orphanage in Kenya. We lack adequate clean water in our centre despite the fact that we live in an area that receive a lot of rainfall. Can someone assist us with information.
Hi Tom,
Where are you located in Kenya? I can try and find an organization in the area (I hope there is one) that could help you. I am located in the U.S. but am also Kenyan.
Hello Tom, I believe our Naiade UV water purification unit can help you. Please visit our websites http://www.safe-drinkingwater.com and http://www.nedapnaiade.com. Naiade is reliable and inexpensive and can be used anywhere in developing countries, as it is powered by the sun. There are hundreds already in use and I am certain it would be a very good solution for your orphanage. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Kind regards, Jamie Sturgess
I have been following this site over a long period of time. Because of this site, I have developed passion in issues of water and sanitation to the extent that I tried my best to be in the this field. Currently am working as water & sanitation field officer for Total LandCare Malawi. Please, help me, where can I be getting recent information on technologies in Sanitation field
I am developing DIY methods for using porous concrete filters to purify water. My progress to date is shown on my webpage (link), below:
http://www.h2ohow.com/wip
Although still in development, I believe porous concrete (made from sand) has the potential to deliver safe, affordable and sustainable drinking water to millions of poor people. You may download my latest draft on ‘Making Porous Concrete Bottle Filters’, below:
http://h2ohow.com/porous_concrete/Making_Porous_Concrete_Bottle_Filters.pdf
In addition to small point-of-use filters, I envision applications for pipeline distribution systems and waste water processing including the treatment of radioactive water (c.f., Fukushima.)
What are your thoughts?
Peace,
Constantine Orfan
H2oHow.com
constantine@h2ohow.com
Hi Abby,
My name is Joanna, and I work for a non-profit called Pure Water for the World. We have offices in Vermont, Haiti and Honduras. I would definitely suggest checking out the website, as I think it would be a fantastic fit for your list above. Pure Water for the World provides a package of services in developing countries, including water filtration systems, latrines and hygiene education to families and communities. We focus on creating sustainable projects with the support and help of the local community, and PWW also aims to provide women with more active leadership roles as project Community Agents. For more info on our current projects (including Haiti and Honduras), please visit http://purewaterfortheworld.org/our-projects/ or our blog at http://purewaterfortheworld.org/blog/.
I stumbled on your blog, and really enjoy it! Thank you.
Cheers,
Joanna @ PWW
Donor Relations
It’s truly inspiring to read about the development and efforts to uncover sustainable water solutions. We are organising the Asia Water Summit held alongside Waste Tech and Water Tech in Jakarta, Indonesia from 17 – 19 November 2011. IIR Exhibitions ( an Informa business) is a commercial entity at the same time I do believe we can use this event as a platform to articulate to both the public and private sector the urgency to work together to addresss the needs of our citizens.
I will welcome suggestions/ideas to contribute to the development of our programme and also commercial organisations who wish to exhibit their solutions. I hope we can add value to the great work that is already being done through our event intiative. My email is retnam.shanmuga@iirx.com.sg based in Singapore
Kind regards
Retnam
I stumbled onto your (inspiring) blog as I was seeking an answer to a question that I posed in my blog the other day. (http://www.100daystochangetheworld.com).
My question is why is it that in the year 2011 we are still facing a situation where almost a billion people don’t have access to clean water or sanitation yet we accept that billions of dollars are channeled towards vaccinations (vaccinations which would not be needed if there was safe water and sanitation)?
Why aren’t we demanding that this money be diverted to where it’s needed? ie to building the infrastructure required to give people clean drinking water?
Susan
(p.s. i will be adding your blog as a link in my blog..)
I don’t see Living Water International on your list. Can you add them? http://www.water.cc. Thanks.
We are a nonprofit and we do waterway restoration and walkable neighborhood design. We would like to link to your website and be listed in your directories. If you have any question or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely
Patrick Cox, AICP
Geo-Life, Inc. a non-profit 501(c)(3)
http://www.geo-life.org
pat@geo-life.org
1301 Morris Court
North Wales, PA 19454
215-588-9363
Wonderful website with a great deal of information
thanks for that detailed contacts given and directed at improving at the lives of the poor community,we are non profit organization operating in northern and eastern Uganda in east Africa .we seeking for organization that partner with us to provide clear water and improving sanitation,you know northern Uganda has suffered for last 20years out of the civil wars .wish to funding groups and organizations
YOUR
JOHN RICHARD ORIDI UGANDA
I am a graduate of School of International and Public Affairs from Columbia University in the city of New York. I specialised in Economic and Political Development and I am now permanently in Ghana.
I need a partnership opportunity to advance the course of development to improve the lives of less priviledged people.
I would appreciate it if you could assist in creating collaborations with me and International Development Organizations who are planning to entre Ghana or are in Ghana and are looking for partnerships.
Thank you.
Abibata Shanni Mahama.
Tel: +233243671399
I am extremely interested in Latin/ South American organizations that are engaged in helping those who are currently suffering because of the water crisis. Do you know if any of these exist?
Thank you!