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On the 16th and 17 November, the new members of the Swiss Water Partnership presented their projects and approaches. The presenting members were: Das blaue Wunder WATALUX Wasser für Wasser Skat Foundation Links2Water Development Listen to the presentations of Day 1 and Day 2, have a look at the presentations or read the summary of [...]
The Back Bay, located on the southern tip of the city, is an area where pressures collide; it is a place on the edge of conflict, on the edge of the city – on contested waters. The goal of the project was to re-imagine the city of Mumbai through this waterfront – to develop and […]
The SRC Basic Health Care Project in Laos (since 1993) In Laos diarrhoeal diseases are ranked the third leading cause of death for children under 5 years of age, mainly due to poor access to safe drinking water and sanitation services. The SRC, present in country since the 1980ies, currently implements a WASH programme jointly […]
Since 1996, Skat implements a Backstopping Mandate in Water & Sanitation (BSM W&S), which provides SDC’s Water Initiatives division (WIs) the professional services in the area of Water for People and IWRM needed to further the agency’s drive to promote the realization of the MDGs and the sustainable development of the sector beyond 2015.
The project at hand is designed to contribute to the overall aim to sustainably improve the wellbeing and health conditions of the poorest and most vulnerable communities in South Sudan. More specifically the project proposes to increase the beneficiaries’ access to sufficient and clean drinking water, reduce water shortage during dry seasons, and increase their […]
With support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Symphasis Foundation, Antenna has been working with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) to promote hygiene and water treatment in schools that lack clean water. The Safe Water School project covers 30 schools in Kenya, 40 in Bolivia […]
Ever concerned with highlighting the benefits of rainwater harvesting, the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) , works to promote this vital, but underused resource. In 2007, the IRHA created the Raindrops Geneva Award, an art biannual competition, that has been an important part of our awareness raising activities ever since. Linking Development with the Arts, […]
The Toolkit aims at assisting development practitioners in effectively contributing to the realization of the human right to water and sanitation in the country of intervention. This material is structured according to the Project Cycle Management (PCM).
Inadequate access to microbiologically safe drinking water continuously threatens the health and well-being of more than a billion people, primarily in developing countries. Decentralized water treatment can be used in regions where central water infrastructure is not available at all, or not reliable. Ultrafiltration is an effective technology to treat water and in principle can […]