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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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World Water Council: UN agencies join board despite activist lobby

29 Oct 09

Three UN agencies, UNESCO, FAO and UN-HABITAT, have been elected on the new Board of Governors of the World Water Council (WWC), organisers of the World Water Forum (WWF).

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SMK Campaigner Award: Ghanaian journalist wins international award for water and sanitation campaign

29 Oct 09

Ghanaian journalist and human rights campaigner Raphael Ahenu has won a British award for his water and sanitation campaign.

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Relief International and EnterpriseWorks/VITA merge

07 Oct 09

Relief International (RI), a relief and development organisation based in California has joined forces with EnterpriseWorks/VITA (EWV), a Washington, D.C-based non-profit that combats global poverty through sustainable, enterprise-oriented solutions.

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