Africa
Progress at High Level Meeting of Sanitation and Water for All Partnership
The Sanitation & Water for All Partnership made good progress at its recent 'High Level Meeting' convened by UNICEF at the World Bank Spring Meeting on 20 April 2012. Civil society advoca
ANEW member wins 3rd Kyoto World Water Grand Prize
ANEW member Katosi Women Development Trust (KWDT) received the 3rd Kyoto World Water Grand Prize at the closing ceremony of the 6th world water forum in Marseille France on 17th March 2012. This is the second time a FAN member has won the Kyoto Water prize in just the three years since the prize was launched.
Interview with Ngabaghila Chatata: National Coordinator - Wesnet Malawi
Ngabaghila Chatata is the National Coordinator of WESNET, ANEW's national CSO network in Malawi. ANEW Communications Officer, Judith Auwa, talks to her about her perceptions of ANEW. Below is the complete interview.
Interview with Professor Kairu
We bid farewell to Professor Kairu who joined ANEW as Chair in 2005. Under his leadership, ANEW developed a formal relationship with AMCOW, the African Ministers' Council on Water, and was officially registered as a trust. He oversaw ANEW's three-year EU program. He stepped down as Chair in July 2011. Below is the complete farewell interview.
The politics of water in Uganda: today and tomorrow
In Uganda, where government has wholeheartedly embraced globalization as the way forward for development, water utilities are completely privatized. Unfortunately this has worsened corruption, degradation of ecosystems, excessive and careless consumption and wastage of water, contamination and salination of water bearings, aquifers and dams.
ANEW: We have a cause, commitment and capacity to serve the sector
Catherine Mwango, the vice chairperson of ANEW, addressed a meeting of FANSA and ANEW members for the first time during the Global Forum for Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai. She highlighted the work being done by ANEW and its member networks. For her, this meeting was a unique opportunity to come together and share. Read to her account.....
My week in pictures - Global Forum on Sanitation, Mumbai 9-14 October 2011
Last week I attended the Global Forum on Sanitation organised by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) in Mumbai. I hope this snapshot of the week in pictures will provide a flavour of the week.
WSSCC's Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene
On 9-14 October 2011, ANEW and FANSA members are joining WASH professionals from around the world to gather at WSSCC's Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India.
Message from ANEW's new Chairman
On 20 July 2011, ANEW regional network elected a new Board of Directors to oversee the affairs of ANEW for the next two years. Leo Atakpu, ANEW's elected Chairman, writes a message of his vision and priorities to members.
Save Uganda's Mabira forest from early desertification
The government of Uganda wants one third of Mabira Rain Forest converted into grassland of sugar cane, an advance stage in desertification. This means government of Uganda has chosen to help Sahara Desert take over the East African region sooner than later.
