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Help shape the future of global water monitoring
Water sector stakeholders are invited to express their views on how to shape the future of global water monitoring after 2015. The JMP Post 2015 Water Monitoring Working Group has launched an e-survey to let all stakeholders express their thoughts on: 1. the Group’s draft goal, targets and indicators and, 2. the best way to monitor the data.
Uganda: government setting up Hand Pump Mechanics Associations in all rural districts
Forming associations for hand pump mechanics in Uganda has enhanced the services they provide and ultimately improved functionality, a new study shows. Now the government, through the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), and its development partners have decided to set up Hand Pump Mechanics Associations (HPMAs) in all districts in Uganda.
India: Bollywood actress becomes national sanitation brand ambassador
Vidya Balan, who received the Best Actress National Film Award for her role in 2011 Bollywood hit 'The Dirty Picture', will now play a role to alter the real dirty picture in India. Union Minister of Rural Development Jairam Ramesh has named the Bollywood actress as the brand ambassador in his campaign for improving sanitation.
Features
A day in the life of... a circuit rider
José Miguel is a circuit rider: a technician responsible for providing technical assistance to a number of water committees in his area around San Vicente in El Salvador. There are around 30 water systems on his circuit which he visits regularly. This article describes the day-to-day practice of his work.
