Sanitation Updates
This news feed on sanitation is maintained by the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre and by USAID’s WASHplus project. It was originally set up to promote the 2008 International Year of Sanitation and continues to provide news, information and resources in support of achieving the goal of sanitation for all.
Netherlands donates US$ 44 million to Global Sanitation Fund
27 Mar 08
The Netherlands have kick-started the Global Sanitation Fund with US$ 44 million, Dutch media reports. The Fund was launched by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) on 14 March 2008. WSSCC Executive Director Jon Lane said in a radio interview that he hopes the fund will operate with US$ 100 million a year.Read [...]
USA - Honors for women in Sanitation
26 Mar 08
More than 20 years ago, a handful of women proved you don’t have to be a man to be part of New York’s Strongest.They were the first female sanitation workers to jump on the trucks and haul the city’s trash.But women have been helping the Sanitation Department do its job for years.This Friday, sanitation officials [...]
Vietnam - Kids threatened by poor sanitation
26 Mar 08
HA NOI — A lack of toilets and hand-washing facilities in homes and at schools seriously affects the health of children in rural Viet Nam, said UN Resident Co-ordinator in Viet Nam John Hendra.A new nationwide survey conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the UN Children’s Fund on sanitation and hygiene, concluded 88 [...]
Gaza - Sewage system in crisis
25 Mar 08
JERUSALEM/GAZA, 25 March 2008 (IRIN) - Design errors, a fast growing population, the halting in recent years of development projects, and restrictions on imports have rendered the Gaza Strip’s sewage system incapable of handling the enclave’s waste, experts said.The result is the pumping of partially treated or untreated sewage directly into the sea and the [...]
Nigeria - Towards campaign on schools sanitation
24 Mar 08
Recently the Lagos State Government in collaboration with (UNIECF) organised a “Hand Washing Campaign” to kick-start the International Year of Sanitation. It was aimed at reducing the incidence of disease as well as improving hygiene behaviours among its citizens particularly among pupils and students.…The purpose of this project is to develop and institute state standards [...]
AWWA Urges Awareness of Water Sanitation Issues on World Water Day 2008
24 Mar 08
DENVER, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Water WorksAssociation (AWWA), the authoritative resource on safe water, today joinedthe United Nations, Water for People and water advocates throughout theworld in recognizing World Water Day, observed March 22, 2008.The theme for World Water Day 2008 is “Sanitation Matters.” This year’stheme highlights the fact that “adequate sanitation [...]
Ethiopia - UNICEF CALL TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO SANITATION IN ETHIOPIA
24 Mar 08
35 Million Ethiopians lack adequate sanitation facilitiesADDIS ABABA, 22 March 2008 - UNICEF today announced that it is possible to achieve universal access to sanitation in Ethiopia, where at present approximately 35 million Ethiopians are deprived the dignity of adequate sanitation facilities to safely contain and dispose of human faeces.In order to achieve this goal, [...]
Nepal: PM receives 100,000 signatures from sanitation campaign
24 Mar 08
On World Water Day, 22 March 2008, more than 100 thousand signatures collected from 35 districts of the country were handed over Nepal’s Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala calling for increased funding and a national master plan for sanitation. The signatures were submitted by representatives of WaterAid Nepal, Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH), NGO Forum [...]
End Water Poverty writes an open letter to UK Prime Minister
24 Mar 08
To mark World Water Day, members of the End Water Poverty coalition published an open letter in The Times newspaper to the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, calling on his government to commit to making 2008 the year to change the lives of billions of people in the developing world.Read the open letter here [...]
Nepal: Waste of Zoo in packets
24 Mar 08
The garbage and animal waste produced in the Central Zoo of Kathmandu is being composted and sold as fertiliser. The Nepal Pollution Control and Environment Management Centre (NEPCEMAC) sells packets of 1, 5 and 25 kg at Rs. 20 [21 Euro cents = 32 US dollar cents] per kg. The zoo produces 9 tons of [...]
