Posts Tagged ‘hygiene’

• AMCOW African San Awards 2009

  Date: 2009.11.16 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  On Nov. 9, 2009 , The African  Ministers’  Council  on  Water  (AMCOW)   named  winners  of  Africa’s  premier  awards  for  exemplary  achievements  in  sanitation  and  hygiene.   Among those groups and individuals awarded are His Royal  Highness  Chief  Macha,  a  traditional  and  community  leader  from  Zambia. Professor  Albert  Wright,  a teacher, researcher innovator , investment advisor, policy advisor, inspiration and mentor, who  for  more  than  four  decades  has  made  significant  contributions  to  strategic  development  of  water,  sanitation  and  hygiene  at  global,  African  and  national  levels.  Ethiopia  Water  Supply,  Sanitation  and  Hygiene  (WASH)  Movement,  a  multi‐stakeholder  coalition  that  has  been  exceptionally  successful  in  promoting  behavioural  change  on  water,  sanitation  and  hygiene,  and  increase  the  political  and  social  commitment  for  progress  in  these  areas.  Dr  Peter  Morgan,  a  Zimbabwean  national,  who  for  four  decades  has  provided  Africa  with  the  most  innovative  technical  ideas  in  sanitation  and  hygiene  directly  affecting poor  people.  His  Royal  Highness  Prince  Willem‐Alexander  for  his  global  leadership  role  in  advancing  the  cause  of  improved  sanitation  and  hygiene.

  To following press release recongnizes all AMCOW African San Awards 2009 Winners

   

• UNICEF reports on water activities in Niger

  Date: 2009.11.16 | Category: Global Water Issues | Response: 0

  Listen to correspondent Nina Martinek’s touching report on UNICEF television about the activities and efforts being done to provide fresh safe drinking water, hygiene and water to rural villages in Niger. Approximately 64% of people in rural Niger do not have access to safe drinking water. They must walk long distances to fetch water and are often left no choice but to rely on stagnant pools of water for drinking, cleaning and washing.  As a result, water borne diseases, lack of hygiene and inadequate sanitation perpetuate a cycle of poverty and malnutrition in children, as well as other members of the community. Nina Martinek reports on how UNICEF’s support in the contruction and rehabilitation of bore holes and cemented wells in Nigers has eased the lives of women and children and ultimately improved the life and health of the community.

   LINK: UNICEF REPORT