WASH News Finance
This blog contains news related to the financing of water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in developing countries, collected by Cor Dietvorst, the editor of Source Weekly published by IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre.
DFID provides WaterAid £4.2 million annual grant over three years
12 Aug 11
The UK Department of International Development (DFID) has provided international charity WaterAid with an annual grant of £4.2 million (US$ 7.8 millon) over three years . The DFID funding will contribute towards WaterAid bringing clean water to 6.8 million people …Continue reading →
WaterAid appoints The Good Agency to enhance acquisition creative
01 Aug 11
WaterAid has appointed fundraising and campaigning communications specialists The Good Agency to help it improve its donor acquisition creative. The agency has been tasked with increasing donor numbers as well as building the international NGO’s brand profile. The Good Agency …Continue reading →
Sanitation innovation grants: USAID and Gates Foundation announce US$ 17 million WASH for Life programme
21 Jul 11
USAID and the Gates Foundation are collaborating to seek, test, and scale innovative solutions for water, sanitation, hygiene. To support promising new approaches in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with co-funding …Continue reading →
Reinventing the toilet: Gates Foundation launches new sanitation strategy and grants
19 Jul 11
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced the launch of their new sanitation strategy and US$ 42 million in new sanitation grants at the 2011 AfricaSan 3 conference in Kigali, Rwanda on 19 July 2011. “No innovation in the …Continue reading →
Kuwait: conserving water through pre-paid supply
19 Jul 11
The Ministry of Electricity and Water’s pre-paid water supply project aims to conserve water and generate state revenues. Acting Minister of Electricity and Water, Salem Al-Othaina, who inaugurated phase one at Jabriya Water Plant, described it as one of the …Continue reading →
Cambodia: ADB plans US$ 27 million loan for rural water and sanitation
11 Jul 11
As part of the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2011-2013 for Cambodia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning a US$ 27 million loan and a US$ 800,000 technical assistance grant for the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation III …Continue reading →
Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation launches new web site
07 Jul 11
The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID, has launched a new website (in Spanish only) for its Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation, a financing instrument that supports water and sanitation initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Launched on 7 …Continue reading →
AfDB approves urban development strategy for African cities
04 Jul 11
In April 2011, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group launched its new Urban Development Strategy. The Strategy is anchored on three pillars: infrastructure delivery, governance and private sector development. The infrastructure development pillar emphasises delivery and expansion of basic infrastructure …Continue reading →
Microfinance: Cambridge University team wins global prize for innovative water financing solution
30 Jun 11
President Bill Clinton announced Cambridge University as the global winner of the 2nd Annual Hult Global Case Challenge, which focused on identifying solutions to the global water crisis. The Cambridge team was selected by a panel of judges from an …Continue reading →
Zimbabwe and AfDB sign US$30 million agreement to improve water supply and sanitation
16 Jun 11
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Zimbabwean government have signed a US $30 million grant agreement in support of the urgent water supply and sanitation rehabilitation project (UWSSRP) in the country. The UWSSRP is financed from the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor …Continue reading →
