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September 19, 2013
Matt Damon in India to promote safe water and sanitation in the country
Famous hollywood actor is in India to promote access to safe water and adequate sanitation to more than a million people in the country. Read more here.
September 19, 2013
Water and sanitation progress against target of MDGs
While improving on water conditions was accelerated (we achieved the MDG for water 5 years ahead of schedule), sanitation did not enjoy the same level of progress. In the World Bank client countries, water access increased 13.4% from 73% in 1993 to 86.4% in 2010, sanitation increased by 14.3% from […]
September 19, 2013
Zimbabwe: The only country to follow through with sanitation MDG, uses Peter Morgan’s invention
According to the latest MDG report on Zimbabwe, the country may well meet its sanitation target by 2015, “if current efforts continue”. The world target will most likely not be met, according to the UN. This progress is in large part due to British born citizen of Zimbabwe, Peter Morgan, […]
September 19, 2013
What the world needs: Financial innovation to tackle safe water and sanitation crisis
4,100 children die every day of preventable water-borne diseases. Philanthropy is not the way to solve the world water and sanitation related problem, as the cost per person (everyone assumed to be equally poor by the current WASH tactics) would become so high that scaling solutions will become impossible. This […]
September 19, 2013
Tapping the Markets: Opportunities for Domestic Investments in Water and Sanitation for the Poor
As the world looks for ways to institute tactics that will increase access to water and sanitation, faster than simple aid has in the past, one measure is the involvement of domestic private sector. 2.5 bilion in the world do not have access to adequate sanitation, and another billion still […]
September 19, 2013
Bangladesh: IDCOL to support 4 million solar home systems by 2015
Bangladesh, the leader in solar home system adoption in the world has set another target for itself – installation of 4 million solar home systems by the year 2015. 4 million installations will translate to about 105 MW of power generation, covering a total of 7% of the population. Read […]
September 19, 2013
WeWi makes a solar powered laptop for developing countries
WeWi, a Canadian IT company has unveiled a new laptop targeted at the developing countries. This laptop will work on solar energy, powered through built in solar panels. The device is called SOL, and works on Ubuntu Linux platform. The laptop is made of durable materials using complex military design. […]
September 19, 2013
Linkin Park and Hard Rock Café to help power the developing world
Linkin Park and the Hard Rock Café are partnering to launch a limited edition Signature Series of t-shirts. The proceeds from the sales of these will be directed towards Music for Relief and its Power the World initiative. This initiative will help people in developing countries purchase clean cookstoves for […]
September 19, 2013
Aviva launches program to improve lives of 200,000
Aviva is UK’s largest insurer. It recently partnered with ClimateCare to offset its carbon emissions through ClimateCare’s “Climate and Development’ program. This program involves carbon offsetting through usage of clean cookstoves in rural areas of India. Read more here.
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Interactive SHG Map of India: 7.5 million Women Self Help Groups are spread across 27 States and 6 UTs in India
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