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Analysis: Schools and Hospitals Fighting Water Issues, Covid-19
According to Water.org, a non-profit organisation that aims to increase access to water and sanitation globally, 41 per cent of Kenyans do not have basic sanitation solutions while 15 per cent use unimproved water sources including ponds, shallow wells and rivers.
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- WASH
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Rise of Circular Fashion Brings Opportunity to Design a Fashion System That Works for All
The significant momentum behind circularity begs the question for both industry and policymakers: How can we leverage this transformation to reimagine and rebuild the global fashion system so that it works for all?
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- WASH
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- Global
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Denmark Provides $30 Million Grant To African Water Facility for Drought-Prone Countries
The program entails the rehabilitation, expansion and climate-proofing of water supply systems, sanitation and handwashing facilities.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- climate change
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Press Release: Xylem Partners with UNICEF to Create a Brighter Future for 3.4 Million Children in India’s Most Vulnerable Communities
Partnership to Improve Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Awareness, Accelerating Progress Towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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- WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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Plastics in Soil Threaten Food Security, Health, and Environment: FAO
While plastic refuse littering beaches and oceans draws high-profile attention, the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Assessment of agricultural plastics and their sustainability, suggests that the land we use to grow our food is contaminated with even larger quantities of plastic pollutants.
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- Agriculture, WASH
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- Global
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- food security
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US Launches $45.5 Million Project To Improve Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Northern Ghana
The United States has announced to assist US$45.5mn over the next five years to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in Ghana.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- hygiene, sanitation, water
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Analysis: How Blue Bonds Promise To Boost Latin America’s Economy
The future prosperity of Latin America and the Caribbean will be closely linked to preserving and effectively exploiting its water resources.
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- WASH
- Region
- Latin America
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From Problem to Profit: Rewiring the E-Waste Value Chain in Africa
Africa is home to bountiful reserves of metals and minerals, but these resources have not unleashed widespread economic growth. However, as Anne Cathrine Garde and Blessing Layee-Maima Caine at the BESTSELLER Foundation explain, an “urban mine” is quietly growing on the continent, in the form of discarded electronic devices loaded with precious metals. They discuss how trailblazing trash entrepreneurs are tapping the riches sitting in Africa's overflowing landfills, and turning this problem into profit by rewiring the broken e-waste value chain.
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- Technology, WASH