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USAID Provides Nearly $297 Million in Urgently Needed Food, Water, and Health Care For COVID-19 Response Around the World
USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced nearly $297 million in humanitarian assistance to provide urgently needed food assistance, health care, water, and psychosocial support to address urgent humanitarian needs
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- Coronavirus, Health Care, WASH
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- Global
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- food security
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PepsiCo Is Bringing Safe Water to Sub-Saharan Africa With $1 Million Programme
PepsiCo's investment aims to help improve water infrastructure, build new water supply systems and appropriate sanitation facilities, and promote hygiene education in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- philanthropy
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Press Release: PepsiCo Chooses CropX to Achieve Global Sustainability Goals
CropX, a leading global Ag Analytics provider and PepsiCo México, an American multinational food, snack and beverage corporation headquartered in U.S.A.
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- Agriculture, Environment, WASH
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- Global
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- corporations
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Report: Clothing Production Killing Africa Rivers as Water Scarcity Surges
Production of clothing, including for high street brands in Europe, the UK and the US is killing Africa’s rivers through polluting discharges of untreated industrial wastewater, a new report reveals.
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- WASH
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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Press Release: PepsiCo Announces “Net Water Positive” Commitment
PepsiCo, Inc. announced its ambition to become "Net Water Positive" by 2030, and aims to replenish more water than the company uses, which would place it among the most water-efficient food or beverage manufacturers operating in high-risk watersheds.
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- Environment, WASH
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- Global
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- climate change
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Emergency Plan to Supply Water to One Million People Namibia
The Namibia Water Sector Support Programme (NWSSP) aims to improve the quality, safety and sustainability of water supply and sanitation services.
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- WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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- food security, governance
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Viewpoint: It’s Time To Bring Equity to the Fore in WASH Programming
If the push to reach everyone with available and sustainable WASH services by 2030 becomes a competition between implementers to find the lowest hanging fruit, and governments are graded only on aggregate achievements, inequality will only worsen.
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- WASH
- Region
- Global
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- global development, governance, SDGs
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Nesta Challenges Is Launching the Afri-Plastics Challenge to Reduce Plastic Pollution at Sea in Sub-Saharan Africa
The competition will allow non-governmental organisations and small and medium-sized enterprises to present innovative solutions to plastic waste management in marine areas.
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- Environment, WASH
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa