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September 23, 2013
The Future of Investment: Impact Investment
This new report by the UKSIF (UK Sustainable Investment and Finance) Association points to the global industry of investment which is more receptive to and engaged with impact investment. The report predicts this trend despite the fact that 66% of investment professionals (according to a poll carried out by CFA […]
September 19, 2013
Calling attention to lack of sanitation, at the World Water Week
At the World Water Week, a number of stakeholders gathered to eliminate the taboo around sanitation once and for all. A number of facts surrounding the world wide issue of lack of adequate sanitation to 2.5 billion people were presented. According to experts, increasing and scaling usage of innovative technology […]
September 19, 2013
New sanitation financing fund launched by ADB and Gates Foundation
The Asian Development Bank and the Gates Foundation took the opportunity of launching a Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund at the ongoing World Water Week in Stockholm. The fund aims to increase support for non-networked sanitation projects, business models, policies, etc. through identifying, testing and piloting of the same. Read […]
September 19, 2013
Coca Cola partners with WSUP
TCCC (The Coca Cola Company) and Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) recently partnered at the World Water Week in Stockholm. The company intends to help WSUP support new programs in Kenya, Zambia, Madagascar and Mozambique through a grant of US$4.6 million. Water kiosks, capacity building of local […]
September 19, 2013
New app to test, analyze and globally publish quality of water, company get investment from USAID
USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) recently made an investment in mWater (mobile technology for water, sanitation and health). mWater has made an innovative mobile app that lets people test and analyze the quality of water from local sources, and share the same information on a global scale. Initial tests are […]
September 19, 2013
Clean water and improved hygiene may help children in poor countries grow taller
According to a recent study study conducted by a group of British researchers, children in developing countries who have access to clean water, hygiene and sanitation, tend to grow taller than their impoverished counterparts without access to the same. Read more here.
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, […]
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