November 30, 2009

Answering nature's call with man-made solutions

Healthy communities cannot be achieved without proper sanitation. It may not be glamorous, but it is one of mankind’s best accomplishments. Now is the time to bring safe sanitation to all. Letter from Glenn Austin, PATH and David Winder, WaterAid America.

November 19, 2009

World Toilet Day picture gallery

World Toilet Day aims to highlight the terrible sanitary conditions that almost half the world's population have to live with.

November 19, 2009

Kick up a stink for better sanitation

On World Toilet Day, think of the 1.2 billion people with no loo, and the 2 million children a year who die through poor sanitation.

November 16, 2009

Quenching the thirst in Konso

The FT’s East Africa correspondent Barney Jopson traveled to the district of Konso in Ethiopia to speak to people who are already suffering from the the effects of environmental change – and to see how the charity WaterAid is helping to alleviate water poverty in the region.

May 22, 2009

Schumacher: Tried, True and Green

As part of its environmental initiative, Schumacher has aligned with WaterAid America to improve access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.

May 18, 2009

India's children don't have vote — or clean water

"There is a huge amount of loss by not giving water and sanitation the attention it needs." says Tom Palakudiyil, head of Asia region at WaterAid.

May 12, 2009

WaterAid

Think of the illnesses that get most publicity and probably HIV is number one, with malaria not far behind - but a report out today says that we're in danger of ignoring one of the biggest killers of children: diarrhea.

May 12, 2009

The possibility of a pandemic and the certainty of diseases that kill

Diarrheal diseases are the second leading killer of children under the age of five in the developing world (pneumonia is #1). Diarrhea actually kills more young children around the world than malaria, AIDS and TB combined.

May 12, 2009

Two New Reports Highlight Stalled Progress Against Diarrheal Disease

Nearly 1.6 Million children die each year from these preventable and treatable diseases. Call to Action demonstrates commitment to combating a leading killer of children worldwide.

March 19, 2009

Zeeland Walk for Water on Saturday

A 2.4 mile trek carrying gallons of water will symbolize the plight of more than one in eight people worldwide — 884 million do not have access to safe water and another 2.5 billion people lack access to adequate sanitation.

January 24, 2009

WaterAid chief thanks FT readers

Barbara Frost expresses gratitude to the supporters of the FT’s seasonal appeal, which has raised £144,000 [US$200,000] for the charity, enabling it to provide nearly 10,000 people with safe water for life.

January 19, 2009

WaterAid brings sanitation to Accra slums

Through the installation of 20 flushing lavatories in Ghanaian slums, WaterAid is improving the quality of health and sanitation for thousands of people.

December 27, 2008

Where WaterAid can help

The charity is devoted to reducing the hardships of millions in Nepal, Mali and Bangladesh, where people confront starkly different problems caused by water.

December 22, 2008

Ancient tradition meets modern technology

WaterAid, a charity which the Financial Times is supporting in its seasonal appeal, promotes ‘ecosan’ latrines in Nepal that recycle human waste in sealed tanks into organic fertilizer.

December 20, 2008

Blind faith

Barney Jopson writes of WaterAid’s help for those who have lost their sight to river blindness in Mali.

December 14, 2008

Hygiene classes help poor women break taboos

The work of WaterAid, the charity being supported by the Financial Times in its seasonal appeal, is giving the women of Dhaka in Bangladesh, new-found confidence.

December 13, 2008

WaterAid combats disease in Mali

The charity the Financial Times is supporting this year is helping Nafadji women in setting up their own soap production line.

December 13, 2008

Audio slideshow: a soap story

How WaterAid is reducing disease in Mali through soap-making.

December 7, 2008

Children harvest rainwater in struggle to beat drought

A rainwater capture system established with the help of WaterAid, the charity, is helping people in land-locked Mali survive the dry seasons and ever more frequent droughts.

December 6, 2008

WaterAid helps a Nepalese village

A local nongovernmental organization and WaterAid are helping bring water to people’s doorsteps and are involving the beneficiaries so they feel a sense of ownership and responsibility.

December 5, 2008

Video: Delivering water with the aid of gravity

Barney Jopson looks at how WaterAid is easing the burden of water collection in Nepal.

December 1, 2008

Audio slideshow: Legalizing water

How WaterAid is bringing clean and legal water to the illegal slums of Dhaka in Bangladesh.

November 30, 2008

Water 'angels' bring hope to slum dwellers

Communities living in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh are denied water connections due to their lack of land tenure.  Barney Jopson reports on how WaterAid's local partner DSK is bringing safe water to the slums.

November 29, 2008

How toilets transformed a Bangladeshi village

FT journalist Barney Jopson writes about how WaterAid and local VERC motivated villagers in Mosmoil village in Rajshahi, Bangladesh to improve their health through good sanitation.

November 25, 2008

WaterAid helps Nepalese quench thirst for change

Barney Jopson reports from Kathmandu on how WaterAid's programs are empowering citizens to demand improvements to their water and sanitation services. 

November 24, 2008

New for the holidays from Nature's Gate

Nature's Gate has three great gift sets help a good cause - a portion of sales go towards Nature's Gate's partnership with WaterAid America.

November 24, 2008

Video: Water carrier

Watch the story of one Nepalese woman coping with the burden of water collection.

November 23, 2008

The silent emergency

The first of a series of articles about WaterAid published by the Financial Times as part of their 2008 Seasonal Appeal to Readers on behalf of WaterAid.

November 19, 2008

Ode to the commode

On World Toilet Day, we should all be plumb grateful to be bestowed with a loo -- many in the world aren't as lucky.
By Margaret Wertheim

November 19, 2008

World Toilet Day at River Oaks Elementary

Watch the TV coverage of World Toilet Day at River Oaks Elementary School in Houston, Texas.  The school held assemblies to launch their third annual fundraising drive for WaterAid America.

November 18, 2008

Tomorrow is World Toilet Day

Listen to the mp3 file of Ellen Ratner interviewing Patricia Dandonoli, President & CEO of WaterAid America, about World Toilet Day, November 19, and about the global water and sanitation crisis.

November 4, 2008

Growing slums face 'water crisis'

Rapid urbanization in developing nations threatens to trigger a water and sanitation crisis in quickly expanding slums, a report has warned.

September 11, 2008

Water aid goals missing target

Less than a quarter of international aid intended to give poor people access to clean water and sanitation is going to the regions where it is most needed, a study has found.

September 11, 2008

Sub-Saharan Africa 'will be without sanitation till 2100'

The population of sub-Saharan Africa will not have access to adequate sanitation until the 22nd century unless international efforts are dramatically stepped up, charities have warned.

August 2008

Dignity and the decent facility

Sanitary engineers regard a toilet as a health aid. But women paint a very different picture, as Libby Plumb explains.

July 6, 2008

Action urged on sanitation for children

Poor sanitation is the biggest killer of children in the world but its effect has been underestimated and the issue looks set to be ignored by the Group of Eight this week, according to a new analysis…

May 13, 2008

WaterAid Addresses UN Commission on Sustainable Development

On Tuesday, CSD-16 participants continued reviewing the CSD-13 decisions on water and sanitation during morning and afternoon sessions.

April 30, 2008

Needham company loves ‘recycling’ that dirty water

Bluewater Septic continues to tout its “greener” method for septic pumping, commemorating Earth Day, which took place April 22, by donating $5 from every service call to WaterAid until June 5.

April 22, 2008

Nature's Gate and WaterAid America team up for safe drinking water

Nature’s Gate, in recognition of the importance of rainwater to the earth and its desire to give back, is partnering with WaterAid America to fund the building of sustainable water systems in underdeveloped countries in Africa and Asia.

April 10, 2008

The Google guide to global causes

Google Earth to highlight endangered species

Google gives Earth developer tools to charities

Google Earth boosts UK charities

Information on WaterAid’s programs addressing global water and sanitation crisis available to 350 million people worldwide who have downloaded Google Earth.

April 4, 2008

A costly thirst

Slum-dwellers in Dar es Salaam pay the equivalent of £4 ($8, €5) for 1,000 liters of water, bought over time and by the canister. In the same Tanzanian city, wealthier households connected to the municipal supply receive that amount for just 17p…

March 21, 2008

Water (video features WaterAid's Barbara Frost)

Barbara Frost, Chief Executive of WaterAid, participated in the Stand Up For Those Who Can't Sit Down event, organized by UNICEF in Central Park, New York. The event staged a long line for just one toilet, to highlight the fact that 2.6 billion lack adequate sanitation.

March 20, 2008

On World Water Day, a call for improved sanitation

Patricia Dandonoli, President & CEO of WaterAid America, and Clarissa Brocklehurst, Chief of Water and Environmental Sanitation at UNICEF, spoke with William Eagle of Voice of America, on the need to improve sanitation across sub-Saharan Africa.

March 20, 2008

Underreported: women and water

The burden usually falls to women to find and manage domestic water resources throughout developing countries in Africa and Asia. We look into why it’s so important for planners to involve women in developing sustainable water plans.

March 3, 2008

Rural Egypt needs better sanitation

A recent report by Water Aid ranks Egypt the 16th worst place in the world for sanitation, the UN's Integrated Regional Information Network reported Monday.

February 26, 2008

The world's dirtiest cities

A recent report by WaterAid ranks Egypt the 16th worst place in the world for sanitation, the UN's Integrated Regional Information Network reported Monday...

February 4, 2008

South Asia exports sanitation successes

Practical solutions to the global sanitation crisis will require greater knowledge-sharing among developing nations, and also even more support for those efforts by multilateral institutions like the World Bank and United Nations, experts say...