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February 19, 2013
Pakistan’s social entrepreneurs raring to unlock innovation potential
The social enterprise space in Pakistan is budding with entrepreneurs raring to unlock both social and economic potential – ranging from dairy farms to educational hubs, and drip irrigation systems. While there is a slew of ready impact investors as well as traditional investors ready to invest in these entrepreneurs, […]
February 19, 2013
From Grants to Groundbreaking: Unlocking Impact Investments
This report by Living Cities and ImpactAssets argues for the case of grants supporting impact investments to maximise their effect to full potential. According to the report, grants can be used to prepare transactions for impact investment, as well as decrease the risk of such transactions. Read the report here […]
February 19, 2013
Liberia: Government heightens priority for water and sanitation sector
Liberia recently announced a five year investment plan for its WASH sector – water, sanitation and hygiene in the country. A number of years in civil wars has impaired the water and snaitation system in the country, and this investment plan aims to use US$600 million worth of funding from […]
February 19, 2013
African Water Facility to support access to sanitation for the urban poor
The African Water Facility recently offered a € 1 million grant to the organization Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support KUPSIP (Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement Project), which will provide market based affordable sanitation services to as many as 100,000 poor living in the Kawempe Municipality, in Kampala. Read […]
February 19, 2013
India: Delhi to get clean water from the polluted Yamuna river soon
A European Union river bank filtration (RBF) project will soon be helping to provide water as potable as mineral water from the polluted river Yamuna. This project is called the ‘Saph Pani’ project, and will be launched soon in New Delhi, with assistance from the European Union. Other organizations like […]
February 19, 2013
UN expert calls for establishment of an independent water, sanitation regulator in Thailand
UN Special Rapporteur on human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque ended her eight day mission trip to Thailand by calling on the country to establish an independent water and sanitation regulating body. Read more here.
February 19, 2013
Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions increased in South Sudan
To avert a potential spread of Hepatitis E, international organization IOM (International Organization for Migration) has ramped its efforts to provide sanitation and water services at Doro camp (one of the refugee camps in South Sudan). Emergency latrines are being dug and hygiene promotion initiatives are being encouraged towards this […]
February 19, 2013
SOS water – solar powered water purifier for natural calamities
Researchers at Thailand’s National Nanotechnology Centre have developed a solar powered water purification device which may be very helpful in times of natural calamities. Read more here.
February 19, 2013
Innovative water purification tablets for the developing world
Researchers at PoreMadi, a non-profit organizaiton from the University of Virginia, have invented a cermaic water purification tablet called the MadiDrop. This tablet is impregnated with silver or copper nanoparticles and can repeatedly disinfect water for up to six months by simply resting in a vessel where water is poured. […]
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