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Costa Rica: water resource centre to open in March 2010
23 Feb 10
The new Central American and Caribbean water resource centre Hidrocec (Centro de Recursos Hídricos para Centroamérica y el Caribe) will open in Costa Rica in March 2010.
Bostwana: Tiffany’s target of protest for Bushmen’s right to water
23 Feb 10
Supporters of tribal people’s rights demonstrated on 3 February 2010 outside Tiffany jewellery stores in London, Madrid, Paris, Berlin and San Francisco to protest the company’s support of Botswana government policies that provide water for wildlife but not for indigenous people on their ancestral lands.
Bolivia: Morales names new environment and water minister
23 Feb 10
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has appointed María Esther Urdaneta as the country’s new environment and water minister as part of a cabinet shuffle on the second day of his new presidential term.
Sanitation: AMCOW AfricaSan Awards 2009 winners
10 Dec 09
AfricaSan top honour for Leadership has been awarded to His Royal Highness Chief Macha, a traditional and community leader from Zambia who has used his status in a uniquely proactive manner to advocate for improved sanitation in Tonga.
Chile: regulator receives award for achievements in water and sanitation
10 Dec 09
Chile’s water and sanitation service authority SISS (Superintendencia de Servicios Sanitarios) has received an award from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the success of its reforms and water management programme.
Burkina Faso: water institute awards honorary doctorate to President Blaise Compaore
10 Dec 09
President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso was awarded his fifth honorary doctorate in recognition of his efforts for the environment.
First North American UNESCO water centre established
10 Dec 09
UNESCO and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have signed an agreement establishing the UNESCO International Centre for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM) in Alexandria.
Lesotho: Malcolm White joins CoWater as Project Manager
10 Dec 09
Malcolm White, former Water and Sanitation Sector Adviser at Irish Aid in South Africa, has taken up a new position as CoWater Project Manager for a rural water supply and sanitation project in Lesotho.
Doc Hendley: bartender who turns wine to water in developing world, among CNN’s Top 10 Heroes
29 Oct 09
Bartender Doc Hendley, whose nonprofit Wine to Water has brought sustainable water systems to 25,000 people in five countries, has been chosen as one of the Top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009.
Golden Poo Awards: Uganda’s Minister of State for Water wins Sanitation Champion category
29 Oct 09
Uganda’s Minister of State for Water Jennifer Namuyangu Byakatonda is one of the winners in the Sanitation Champion category of a Golden Poo Award.
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