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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 [...]
Sugarcane will become an increasingly important crop in India in the near future due to increasing demand from sugar consumers and an expansion in the use of sugar-based biofuels. To meet this demand, sugarcane cultivation needs to change radically in order to increase yields and efficient use of water and fertilizers. The Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative (SSI), initiated […]
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 […]
Coming soon: Water Challenge 2023 Networkshops on 24th May 2023 in Zürich register here: https://forms.gle/pBWNrXvJwyUJ6QMz5 Congratulations to the Winners of Water Challenge 2022! For the water challenge 2022, Swiss and International young water talents came together to co-create and shape innovative water projects. SWP Youth received more than 20 project proposals from all over the […]
Youth leadership Program is organized in collaboration with the University of Geneva, the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), Damascus University in Syria, Fez University and the Faculté des science semlalia Marrakech at the University Cadi Ayyad in Morocco, and Birmingham University in the United Kingdom. The program focuses on water and environmental issues with an […]
The East Port of Spain dry river canal divides the formal from the informal city containing many marginalized and isolated communities. This project is developing solutions to rehabilitate and upgrade the canal which currently floods the city during the rainy season. Read more
Nepal: Rural Water Enterprise Development In the Nawalparasi district, about 79,000 people are at risk of drinking water that is contaminated with arsenic. Drinking such water over a long period is resulting in various health effects including skin problems, skin cancer, and cancer of the bladder, kidney and lung as well as other diseases. Through […]
In order to reduce the immense flood risks, China will apply Swiss integrated flood management concepts in the future. Ernst Basler + Partner supports Chinese flood control experts on the implementation of these concepts along Yangtze River. Read more
Sugarcane will become an increasingly important crop in India in the near future due to increasing demand from sugar consumers and an expansion in the use of sugar-based biofuels. To meet this demand, sugarcane cultivation needs to change radically in order to increase yields and efficient use of water and fertilizers. The Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative […]
World Bank funded this project with the main objective of scaling up Sanitation Marketing in two provinces of Cambodia. The project is going deep by engaging government, the supply chain, and NGO actors to encourage large numbers of the population to purchase adequate latrines. The project will also develop an adapted latrine option for use […]