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Water & Sanitation

Every time it rains, Barbra Nyawiza, a teacher at Ngaara Primary School in Mbarara district, gets reactions. She sneezes and snoots. Scientists believe this primary...

admin - September 30, 2015

Water & Sanitation

SIWI: Water critical to Sustainable Development Goals

About 193 world leaders will commit to 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Without water, however, these goals cannot be achieved. SIWI, in New York, will...

admin - September 26, 2015

Water & Sanitation

How Uganda culture advances water resources

In Banyakole tradition, members of the Abitira sub clan believe that they descended from a common ancestor with frogs. The age-old tradition, however, does not mean...

admin - September 13, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Middle East nations most likely to be water-stressed in 2040

The world’s demand for water is likely to surge in the next few decades. Rapidly growing populations will drive increased consumption by people, farms...

admin - September 9, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Worry over quality of surface water in Uganda

Every time Chrispus Twikirize, a student and resident of Kainamo in Ibaare, Igara Bushenyi, goes to the well to fetch water for domestic use,...

Michael Simire - September 6, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Countries report progress on water, sanitation commitments

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partners report significant progress on 56% of the 383 commitments tabled by 43 developing countries and 12 donors...

Michael Simire - August 30, 2015

Water & Sanitation

Uganda Breweries, WaterAid in $2.8m sanitation project

Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) and WaterAid Uganda (WAU) have partnered to implement a three-year water and sanitation project in Bulangira Town in Kibuku District...

Michael Simire - August 30, 2015

Water & Sanitation

SIWI decorates India’s Waterman

Rajendra Singh of India on Wednesday in Sweden received the Stockholm Water Prize for his innovative water restoration efforts, improving water security in rural India,...

Michael Simire - August 27, 2015

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