From the Other Regions

Ghana: World Bank invites civil society to monitor its water and sanitation projects

20 Mar 09

The World Bank will provide up to US$ 1.2 billion in interest-free loans to Ghana over the next three years, and has launched a landmark initiative that challenges civil society organizations to help deepen accountability by monitoring the implementation of Bank-funded projects in the country.

Cambodia: floating toilets for floating communities

05 Mar 09

Lien Aid, a Singapore-based non-governmental organization is stepping up its work in Cambodia, in particular on the floating toilets of the "River of life" project" for the floating communities on the Tonle Sap lake.

Madagascar: President determined to solve sanitation and water problem

10 Sep 08

President Marc Ravalomanana of Madagascar was the only president in the world who attended the 2008 World Water Week held in Stockholm, Sweden. At the opening session he said that he had set the sanitation and safe drinking water problem as top priorities in his country.

Haiti: report indicts US government and IDB for violations of the rights to clean water and health

23 Jul 08

In 1998, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) awarded USD 54 million (EUR 34 million) in loans to the Haitian government to improve the country’s public-water system. However, according to a new report from Partners In Health and three other groups the IDB failed to distribute these loans.

South Africa: Democratic Alliance turns to Law to get water reports

22 Jul 08

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is using the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to try to establish whether the death of 140 children in Ukhahlamba in Eastern Cape was directly related to contaminated water supplies.

Indonesia: diarrhoea takes deadly toll on toddlers consuming infant formula

10 Jun 08

Infants are suffering serious bouts of diarrhoea, and in some cases dying, from infant formula provided in emergency situations, according to a coalition of international aid groups and government agencies that is calling for the promotion of breast-feeding. During emergencies clean water and opportunities to clean feeding bottles are often lacking,

Kenya: free water for slum residents

24 Apr 08

The Government will soon provide, at no cost, at least 40 litres of water a day per household in slum areas. The decision was reached following the recent outbreak of cholera in various parts of the country, the newly appointed Water and Irrigation minister Charity Ngilu said.

Viet Nam: few wash dirty hands

22 Apr 08

The practice of hand-washing with soap in Viet Nam’s rural areas is not common, a conference heard last week.

El Salvador: sanitation is a national priority in 2008

22 Apr 08

El Salvador’s government is making sanitation a national priority and increasing coverage throughout the country, says national aqueduct and sewerage authority Anda sanitation department director Rubén Alemán. The country committed itself to improve sanitation when it signed the Cali declaration at the 2007 Latinosan conference.