Names in the News

Grants: EnterpriseWorks/VITA receives Gates Foundation grant to develop low-cost domestic rainwater harvesting system

08 Jul 08

EnterpriseWorks/Vita (EWV) has received a five-year grant from the Global Development Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to analyse domestic rainwater harvesting systems throughout the world.

Rotarians: New directors for Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group

08 Jul 08

Edward Kairu of the Rotary Club of Nairobi, Kenya, is one of the three new directors elected to the Board of the Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG) at the Annual General Meeting, held on 15 June 2008.

WaterAid: Advocacy project gets DFID funding

29 May 08

A project proposal submitted by WaterAid is one of 36 (out of 272 applications) that will receive funding from DFID’s Governance and Transparency Fund (GTF).

Kenya: Charity Ngilu appointed Minister of Water and Irrigation

29 May 08

Charity Kaluki Ngilu (1952) was appointed as Minister of Water and Irrigation in Kenya.

Ger Bergkamp: new World Water Council Director General

29 May 08

Mr. Ger Bergkamp has been appointed as Director General of the World Water Council, effective June 1st, 2008.

Colombia: Edgar Quiroga new Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad del Valle

29 May 08

Professor Edgar Leonardo Quiroga Rubiano is the new Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. He has been elected for the period 2008-2011.

Guinea worm eradication: President Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d’Ivoire receives Jimmy Carter Prize

29 May 08

President Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast has received the Jimmy Carter Prize, sponsored by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, for his push to eradicate the waterborne disease Guinea worm in his country.

Stockholm Water Prize 2008: “Virtual Water” innovator awarded

11 Apr 08

Professor John Anthony Allan from King’s College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies has been named the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate.

IHSAN: pro-industry NGO sponsors WASH projects

11 Apr 08

Empowering humanity through water, sanitation, hygiene and education is the mission of a new pro-industry NGO, IHSAN, set up in the USA by employees of the oil and gas industry.