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  WaterAid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WaterAid is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to helping people escape the poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.
It is based in London, United Kingdom and was established as a charitable trust on 21 July 1981.
In 2003, WaterAid was named UK charity of the year at the Charity Times Awards.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WaterAid   (181 words)

  
 CSPP Community - WaterAid
WaterAid is an international charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.
WaterAid projects use low cost technologies while communities are encouraged to take responsibility for their own projects to ensure long term benefits.
WaterAid is working with the CSPP to explore the CSO-PRSP relationship in the water sector.
www.odi.org.uk /cspp/Community/WaterAid.html   (163 words)

  
 Dogpile - Web Search: wateraid
WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world?s poorest...
WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to...
WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's...
www.dogpile.co.uk /uk.dogpl/search/web/wateraid   (417 words)

  
 WaterAid
WaterAid, the UK’s only major charity dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world’s poorest people, this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.
WaterAid works through local partner organisations, using low-cost technologies appropriate to local conditions, and involves communities in the planning and construction of their new water supplies.
WaterAid's vision is of a world in which all people have access to safe water and effective sanitation.
www.wessexwater.co.uk /wateraid/index.aspx?id=302   (490 words)

  
 WaterAid Munro Challenge 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WaterAid is working all year round to provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene education projects for some of the world’s poorest people in Asia and Africa.
WaterAid is also looking for people to help as a Glen Manager on the day of the challenge and in many areas teams round off their day at one of the many social events or ceilidhs which are organised to celebrate the achievement.
WaterAid is the UK’s only major charity dedicated to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene promotion to the world’s poorest people.
www.wateraidmunrochallenge.org.uk /code/press_release.asp   (854 words)

  
 WaterAid, Practical Solutions, Clean Water, Poverty Reduction IDS-Water Europe
WaterAid and its partners work with individuals and families in their communities, paying special attention to the role of women and the most vulnerable people in society, so that they take responsibility for projects and ensure they are sustainable.
WaterAid knows that if projects are based on the communities` needs and are appropriate to their local environment, people will be committed to the success and long-term maintenance of a project.
WaterAid and its partners involve women in projects not only because their involvement helps to make the work successful but also because it has a positive impact on women`s positions in the community.
idswater.com /water/europe/water_aid/water_aid/79_0/g_supplier_2.html   (1005 words)

  
 Water UK: Working on behalf of the Water Industry for a sustainable future
WaterAid is a charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation.
WaterAid works in partnership with local organisations in 15 countries in Africa and Asia to help poor communities establish sustainable water supplies and latrines, close to home.
WaterAid's vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation.
water.org.uk /home/water-for-health/water-for-health-alliance/wateraid   (159 words)

  
 WaterAid's plans in Nigeria: 2006-2011 | WaterAid
WaterAid will therefore increase its influencing and lobbying work to ensure money is spent in the most appropriate ways to reach the very poorest people.
WaterAid's focus on the poorest and most vulnerable in society will continue by ensuring that women, the elderly, disabled and those living with HIV/AIDS are included in projects.
WaterAid has further plans to help these communities, especially in small towns, to build and manage their own affordable water and sanitation systems using the most appropriate technology.
www.water-aid.org.uk /international/what_we_do/where_we_work/nigeria/3583.asp   (842 words)

  
 WaterAid - Challenge 8000
WaterAid supporter and world class high altitude mountaineer Alan Hinkes this year became the first British mountaineer to climb the world's 14 mountains over 8000 metres.
WaterAid challenged teams around the country to recreate Alan's achievement by climbing the equivalent height of the world's 14 mountains over 8000 metres.
WaterAid would like to thank all those that took part in the 2005 Challenge 8000.
www.wateraidchallenge8000.org   (103 words)

  
 Tendring Hundred Water Services - Community - WaterAid
WaterAid's vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and effective sanitation.
WaterAid also seeks to influence the policies of other key organisations, such as governments, to secure and protect the right of poor people to safe, affordable water and sanitation services.
WaterAid's work has already reached 6.5 million people, helping to prevent deaths and the spread of disease, and dramatically improving the quality of people's lives.
www.thws.co.uk /community/wateraid.shtml   (394 words)

  
 Treehugger: WaterAid AquaPlastics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WaterAid is an international organization and a registered charity which works with local communities to enable cost-effective projects to provide safe domestic water and sanitation to people of 15 countries in Africa and Asia.
The AquaPlastics website is dedicated to the cooperation with WaterAid, explaining how the donation drive works and educating people on both the magnitude of the problem and the role of plastics in solving it.
But that is the challenge of good design: to know exactly what the problem is and to solve it in the most efficient manner, using the materials available within the context of all the demands of the problem and the future.
www.treehugger.com /files/2005/03/it_is_estimated.php   (642 words)

  
 WaterAid-NGO for water Sanitation and Hygiene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WaterAid is an international NGO dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world`s poorest people.
Special attention is paid to the role of women within projects as it is they who tend to be responsible for their family`s water supply, and it is they who are best placed to help change their family`s hygiene practices.
WaterAid is independent and relies heavily on voluntary support.
www.idswater.com /water_author_biography-1-2-75.html   (245 words)

  
 IAFN Newsletter Christmas 1999: WaterAid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WaterAid works to help the world’s poorest communities in Africa and Asia provide themselves with a safe, clean water supply and improved hygiene and sanitation.
Since its conception, WaterAid has been providing sustainable solutions to the problem of the lack of safe water and effective sanitation.
WaterAid’s vision is of a world where all people have access to safe water and effective sanitation.
www.anglicancommunion.org /networks/iafn/newsletters/1999/advent/wateraid.html   (545 words)

  
 sBMJ | WaterAid: living well   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The UK charity WaterAid was set up in 1981 and is dedicated to helping the world's poorest people to access freshwater, sanitation, and hygiene education.
WaterAid's "child to child" campaign recognises that children are often responsible for the care of younger siblings and teaches them to become health educators for their family, friends and ultimately the whole community.
We are working with WaterAid as part of our second national campaign to promote worldwide water issues to our peers in medical schools, universities, and hospitals across the United Kingdom.
www.studentbmj.com /issues/03/04/life/112.php   (1359 words)

  
 WaterAid Australia Launch
Over the past 12 months the prime movers of WaterAid Australia have planned and assembled a voluntary coalition of local Australian water authorities, large and small, from both metropolitan and regional areas.
Today, WaterAid Australia officially comes into existence with an inaugural constituent membership of 50 separate authorities, businesses and organizations from around the nation - binging together country people and city dwellers and public and private sectors.
Together, the membership of WaterAid Australia could be said to represent nearly 90 per cent of Australia's entire population, which is why, a few moments ago, I described WaterAid Australia as a new and valuable partnership opportunity for my government.
www.ausaid.gov.au /media/release.cfm?BC=Speech&ID=2422_4188_8055_5547_9187   (756 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » CWS and WaterAid team up in West Africa
WaterAid is a British non-governmental organization with 25 years of experience in water, sanitation and hygiene education worldwide.
By 2010, 30 percent of WaterAid work is going to be urban, where the need for sanitation is shockingly apparent.
CWS: WaterAid was started by state-run water suppliers in the UK that went private, and has several US industry figures on its Board like Marilyn Ware, who was appointed by President Bush to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6EJ38E?OpenDocument   (1437 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Professional Resources » Vacancies
As such s/he is ultimately responsible for managing all aspects of WaterAid's work in the country, overseeing activities in the new country programme.
The Country Representative is responsible for all personnel, as well as all WaterAid funds and equipment in Nigeria.
- Monitor the implementation of external audits in WaterAid Nigeria in accordance with terms of reference written by the Head of Finance and to agree with the West Africa Regional Manager (and copy to the HIO) a schedule of actions to be taken to correct any weaknesses found during internal or external audits.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/res.nsf/db900SID/OCHA-69WL5K?OpenDocument   (2099 words)

  
 Welcome to Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts- WaterAid   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
WaterAid will be busily working away at the Glastonbury Festival again this year making its presence felt both in the bustling fields of Avalon and in the 15 developing countries we work in.
WaterAid volunteers will be on hand to talk to the all-female queues about our work and its effect on the lives of women who are often hit hardest by the lack of clean water and sanitation.
On the main WaterAid stand next to the Pyramid Stage we will be giving out free cups of water to the thirsty crowd and filling up water bottles so when you need re-hydrating after a good dance just pop by and say hello.
www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk /causes/index.asp?id=131   (822 words)

  
 Sanitation: WaterAid’s roll of shame - IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There are 35 countries where over 10 million people have no access to hygienic toilets and 30 countries where more than two thirds of the population lack this basic facility.
Ethiopia is the country where the highest percentage (94%) of the population lack adequate sanitation facilities while in absolute numbers India has the most people (772,400,000) lacking sanitation.
WaterAid’s publication is part of its campaign to urge the UK Government to put sanitation on the agenda during its EU Presidency [2].
www.irc.nl /page/27473   (289 words)

  
 Tanzania, WaterAid at Earth Day Network
With the help of one of WaterAid's partner organisations the community was able to sink four tubewells and cap them with Nira handpumps, which has enabled them to reach uncontaminated groundwater ever since.
WaterAid also promoted the adoption of good hygiene practices amongst the community.
Hygiene promotion is a key element of all WaterAid projects as bad hygiene is just as much a cause of water- and sanitation-related diseases as is a contaminated water source.
www.earthday.org /programs/currentcampaigns/waterforlife/water_tanzania.aspx   (409 words)

  
 Severn Trent - Wateraid
WaterAid is the UK's only major charity dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene promotion to the world's poorest people.
WaterAid works through local partner organisations to implement urban and rural projects across Africa and Asia.
Blue Peter and WaterAid are raising money through Bring and Buy sales to help people in Tanzania and Uganda set up safe water supplies close to their homes.
www2.severntrent.com /aboutus/wateraid.php   (696 words)

  
 Partnership with WaterAid - ADB.org
ADB and WaterAid had agreed to enter into a partnership designed to strengthen the involvement of civil society in advancing water sector reforms.
WaterAid, an international NGO working to provide safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people, agreed to collaborate with ADB in this initiative.
WaterAid examined the extent to which civil society has participated in the work of national water sector apex bodies and the various modalities adopted by ADB's developing member countries in involving civil society.
www.adb.org /Water/Operations/Partnerships/WaterAid.asp   (448 words)

  
 SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Water for life
WaterAid is the UK's only major charity dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education to the world's poorest people.
Special attention is paid to the role of women within projects as it is they who tend to be responsible for their family's water supply, and it is they who are best placed to help change their family's hygiene habits.
We said in this article that WaterAid is the only UK charity dedicated exclusively to the provision of safe water to the world's poorest people.
society.guardian.co.uk /christmasappeal/story/0,11321,850852,00.html   (463 words)

  
 Drowned in Sound - Features - Opinion - Glasto WaterAid
WaterAid works with families in their communities, paying special attention to the role of women, to enable them to take ownership of these projects and to maintain a lasting supply of safe water.
WaterAid will also be asking celebrities to come into their backstage tent and create a design (using art equipment supplied) which will be put onto charity plates for sale with profits to charities like WaterAid.
The UK government provides funds for some WaterAid projects and in addition, WaterAid works closely with the Department for International Development to add their direct experience of working with the poorest communities in Africa and Asia to improve their water and sanitation projects.
www.drownedinsound.com /articles/7356.html   (1245 words)

  
 WaterAid Munro Challenge 2005
WaterAid proudly announces that all but one of the 284 Munros in Scotland and a further 19 mountains over 3000 feet in England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland were climbed on the same day!
WaterAid expects to raise £300,000 from the challenge bringing the total amount of money raised  from the Charity's five Munro Challenges to over £1 million.
"WaterAid is delighted with the success of this massive event which will help change the lives of  20000  of the world's poorest people in Africa and Asia.
www.wateraidmunrochallenge.org.uk   (329 words)

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