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Water For People - An International Development Organization
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Water For People Great article today in the Denver Post on Water For People and the investment from Case Foundation and PlayPumps! http://bit.ly/2vS5xk
Source: www.denverpost.com
A total of $3.56 million in cash and other support will help one of Denver's top global-aid organizations expand its work providing safe drinking water and sanitation systems in economically troubled African nations. The Case Foundation and PlayPumps International last week invested $2 million in ...
Water For People Getting caught up after a great two weeks in the "campo" mapping two rural districts of Peru. Thanks to a great World Water Corps team, we have baseline information to help design sustainable water and sanitation programs. Kate F-Regional Manager, South America
Water For People 3-6-10. We need to talk about the number of people who will STILL be getting safe water in 3, 6, & 10 years
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What’s an indicator of success within water and sanitation work in developing countries? We need to move away from thinking about the number of beneficiaries "per year," and look at long term impact. The number of beneficiaries tells you the number of people getting water today, but we want to talk about the number of ...people who will STILL be getting water in 3 years, 6 years, and 10 years. – Ned Breslin, CEORead More
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Ned Breslin (middle) on Thursday's Atlantic Monthly Water Summit Panel at the National Press Club: HAVE WE MADE PROGRESS?
Moderated by: Corby Kummer, Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Featuring: Louis Boorstin, Director, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Initiative, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;
Edw...ard Breslin, Chief Executive Officer, Water For People;
Roberto Lenton, Ph.D., Chair, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council;
David Winder, Ph.D., Acting Chief Executive Officer, WaterAid AmericaRead More
Moderated by: Corby Kummer, Senior Editor, The Atlantic
Featuring: Louis Boorstin, Director, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Initiative, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;
Edw...ard Breslin, Chief Executive Officer, Water For People;
Roberto Lenton, Ph.D., Chair, Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council;
David Winder, Ph.D., Acting Chief Executive Officer, WaterAid AmericaRead More
Water For People A woman poses by one of the pumps Water For People helped install in the village of Ng’ombe, in the Chikwawa District of Malawi. During the last cholera outbreak in the Chikwawa district, Ng’ombe had ZERO cases, due to improved water and sanitation in the village. – Photo by Joanna M, Water For People
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We're officially 1/3 through our goal of $500,000 in the Rosenthal Million Dollar Challenge - thanks to YOU, our supporters! There's still time to double the impact of every dollar you donate to Water For People before November 15th, with the goal of raising $1 million to ensure lasting access to water and sanitation i...n Water For People’s programs in 10 countries in Africa, South America, Central America, and India. http://bit.ly/1a3xGlRead More
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With your donation today, we can double our impact and transform twice as many lives. Twice as many schools. Twice as many women, children and families with clean water, sanitary toilets and hygiene education.
Water For People Ned Breslin, CEO, at the Atlantic's Water Summit today in the National Press Club of D.C. on a panel called "Have we made progress?" with members from the Gates Foundation, WaterAid and WSSCC. He's currently discussing how critical it is to focus on the long-term success of sanitation systems - not just 1 year or 2 years of service.
Water For People Ned Breslin, CEO, speaks at the Atlantic's Water Summit on Thursday. Sen. Dick Durbin to deliver the keynote!
Presenting The Atlantic's Water Summit: Global Experts Tackling the 21st Century's Top Environmental
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Access to clean water rivals climate change as a top environmental concern, but with far less public awareness. Highlighting the topic's urgency and universality, The Atlantic's Water Summit features leading experts from the public and private sectors in in-depth discussion and debate. From domest...
Water For People Blog: World Water Corps volunteer Joe Goodwill sets out to monitor Water For People systems in Blantyre, Malawi.
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I’m excited to embark on my second assignment with the Water For People World Water Corps©. I will be leading a monitoring and assessment team in Blantyre, Malawi. It will be a challenging trip with the ultimate goal of assessing the effectiveness of the Water For People work in the rural area of Ch...
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Women
in Kachere, a peri-urban area outside Blantyre, Malawi, purchase safe
water at a Water For People kiosk. 50 kwacha (36 US cents) for a 20L
bucket. Ten more kiosks coming in November. A small financial
contribution from families enables communities, partners and NGOs to
maintain, repair, and when needed, replace water ...points, dramatically
increasing sustainability and self-sufficiency in the long-term. - Photo by Joanna M - Water For PeopleRead More
in Kachere, a peri-urban area outside Blantyre, Malawi, purchase safe
water at a Water For People kiosk. 50 kwacha (36 US cents) for a 20L
bucket. Ten more kiosks coming in November. A small financial
contribution from families enables communities, partners and NGOs to
maintain, repair, and when needed, replace water ...points, dramatically
increasing sustainability and self-sufficiency in the long-term. - Photo by Joanna M - Water For PeopleRead More
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So something good may have come out of swine flu: Check out this article in TIME this month highlighting reduction in diarrheal illnesses in Bolivia because of increased handwashing practices: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/
Kate F-Regional Manager, South America
Source: www.time.com
In Bolivia, efforts to protect people from swine flu are leading to some ancillary health benefits
Water For People Check out the letter written by the CEO of PlayPumps International - U.S. about the partnership between Case Foundation and Water For People.
Source: blog.playpumps.org
As I shared in my letter to you last month, our team at PlayPumps International – U.S. (PPI) has spent the last several months diligently focused on how to more fully apply key lessons learned since the launch of the initiative in 2006, and how to use innovative new approaches to install our finishe...
Water For People Read a letter to supporters from Ned Breslin, Water For People CEO, about the impact of this investment from the Case Foundation.
Source: www.waterforpeople.org
The Case Foundation has made a transformative investment in Water For People. This investment will enable Water For People to expand sustainable water solutions and grow social entrepreneurship in Africa.
