The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Atchafalaya Basinkeeper, Inc. $25 000 to develop a stewardship programme and conduct a large scale outreach campaign targeting communities with major populations that use the basin for commercial...
Seattle — Bill Gates today announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge—an effort to develop “next-generation” toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people worldwide who don’t...
Water is indeed a necessity that sustains life and is universally used by all human beings. The lack of it poses a great risk to the survival of humans. The water crisis that has engulfed certain parts of Ghana, especially its capital, Accra, is...
More than 150 000 Kenyans, including teachers and students in six schools in three semi arid districts will benefit from a Sh71.3 million rain water harvesting grant from the African Development Bank. The grant, which has already been approved...
More than a million children die from diarrhoea-related illnesses in Africa every year and it’s public health issues like this that will be exercising the minds of delegates at a conference on sanitation to be held in Durban in December. The 12th...
Residents of KaMadakwa Ndlovu and Emjindini Trust in Barberton, Mpumalanga, go for weeks without water. For years residents in these areas have had to draw water from tanks provided by the Umjindi municipality. Residents said the municipality only...
As droughts become more frequent and water shortages worsen, Kenya is seeing an increase in water thefts and other water-related crimes, police records show. The most common crimes are theft, muggings and illegal disconnections of water pipes by...
The Nailsea-Uganda Water Project is a church-led venture to help an impoverished area of Africa and has the backing of Tearfund, a leading relief and development Christian charity. The idea came from a United Nations millennium goal to end world...
The concept of an employment guarantee should have more traction in the local context given the high levels of unemployment that exist in South Africa. However, this is not the ideal solution, according to Dr Kate Phillip, a leading expert on...
