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ConocoPhillips, an international and integrated energy company based in the US has created an ‘innovative display’ that caught the visitors’ attention for its innovative design and content, as it reflects the work of one of the company’s major ventures in support and service of the environment, the... Read more...
L’objectif de la Journée mondiale de l’eau 2011 est de braquer l’attention internationale sur les impacts de cette croissance urbaine rapide, de l’industrialisation et des incertitudes liées au changement climatique, aux conflits et aux catastrophes naturelles, sur les réseaux d’eau … Read more...
Pourquoi tant de pays en développement ne réussissent pas à fournir à tous les citoyens un bon assainissement ? Pourquoi n’investissent-ils pas dans l’assainissement ? Ne sont-ils pas très préoccupés par la morbidité et la mortalité qui découlent de cette situation ? Il … Read more...
Le directeur du bureau régional de l’Organisation mondiale de la santé pour l’Afrique (OMS-Afro), le Docteur Luis Gomes Sambo, a relevé au siège de l’institution à Brazzaville, des progrès des Africains vers l’accès à l’eau potable. «L’eau potable est indispensable … Read more...
“L’eau circule non seulement dans les corps des hommes, mais elle irrigue aussi leurs esprits et emprunte les mêmes symboliques quelles que soient les différences qu’affichent leurs cultures ou l’environnement dans lequel ils vivent.” Un proverbe qui signifie que l’eau … Read more...
At an international water conference in Toronto on World Water Day 22 March 2011, former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien suggested a new national conversation on bulk water export was needed. In 1999 Mr. Chrétien's government pushed for a prohibition on bulk water trade, but now he says he... Read more...
The dire sanitation systems available to the hundreds of thousands living in the Nairobi slum of Kibera, often called Africa's biggest slum, has been well-documented. Less talked about is the challenge of household energy for the urban poor. The Katwekera Tosha Bio Centre, operated by the Umande... Read more...
United through their national federation, employees of water districts in the Philippines raised their voice against the seizure of surplus benefits by their direct superiors. Whereas most of the employees are still waiting for last year’s annual rice allowances, members of numerous directory... Read more...
“Every year I select 4 or 5 villages and ask inhabitants what they really need. I don’t impose anything on them. Some of the 210 villages ask for toilets, other villages ask for a clinic, a school or water facilities. We try to find a way to turn their requests into something real.” Read more...
Current statistical data on the cholera outbreak in the Greater Accra Region indicates that 4,190 cases had been recorded, with 36 deaths. This became known when The Chronicle visited some selected hospitals in Accra to find out the state of the epidemic. According to Dr. Irene Agyepong Amarteyfio... Read more...
Photo: G.N.Rao, The Hindu Photo: G.N. Rao, The Hindu These extraordinary photos were published last year, March 2010, on International Women's Day in The Hindu here and here . They show a group of tribal women drawing water from an agricultural well at Govind Tanda in Karepalli mandal (division) of... Read more...
Urban municipalities are looking into several means of improving sanitation in their cities. An article written by WASHCost India gives insight into practices of a small town in Andhra Pradesh. Read more...
Minister of Irrigation and Water Development Richie Muheya launched a sanitation and hygiene promotion campaign meant to sensitize the public to the importance of using toilets in Malawi’s commercial city, Blantyre. The campaign was launched with funding from the World Bank’s Water and Sanitation... Read more...
State Minister for Energy and Water, Coletha Ruhamya revealed that about 672,500 families nationwide have been connected to clean water with the new water supply and sanitation installations put in place during commemoration of the Water Week that ended 26 March 2011. Residents of Busanza and... Read more...
S.M. Sehgal Foundation received the 3rd National Ground Water Augmentation Award-2009 on the occasion of World Water Day 2011. The award, instituted by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India, is given for “innovative practices of groundwater augmentation through rainwater harvesting... Read more...
La compagnie Coca-Cola et la Coca-Cola Africa Foundation ont annoncé mercredi qu’elles consacreraient six millions de dollars américains à des partenariats dans le domaine de l’approvisionnement en eau et du traitement des eaux usées en vue d’améliorer les conditions de … Read more...
This document briefly describes the background, objectives and methodology of the East Africa Practitioners Workshop on Pro-Poor Urban Sanitation and Hygiene, held at LAICO Umubano Kigali on 29th-31st of March 2011. Read more...
Pour sa première édition, le Maquis des Sciences accueillera Arthur Riedacker , co-Prix Nobel de la Paix pour sa contribution aux travaux du Groupe d’Experts Intergouvernemental sur l’Evolution du Climat (GIEC), Eric Servat , directeur de recherche à l’IRD et Philippe Girard , conseillé... Read more...
For the evaluation of the South Asia Hygiene Practitioners’ Workshop, 1 – 4 February 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, we would like to ask you to share your short stories about the workshop. To share your story, please click on the evaluation form link below. After having written down your story, you will... Read more...
L'eau pour les villes : répondre aux défis urbains, tel est le thème de la Journée de l'eau (22 mars), dont l'événement principal a lieu dans la ville du Cap (Afrique du Sud). L'UNESCO, qui participe à cette célébration, organise une série d'événements directement liés au thème de la Journée... Read more...