Access to and use of enough and safe water enable poor women and men to lead a healthy life by improving the quality of drinking water and reducing water-borne diseases. Better functioning water treatment and safe storage system addresses unimproved water sources and unsafe or unreliable water supplies.
Written by Madan R. Bhatta , Balmukunda Kunwar, Valérie Cavin -
18. January 2017
Waste, rubbish, trash, junk, garbage… you name it! Growing cities in many parts of the world face serious problems from increasing generation of waste. If not well managed, it can be an environmental and health problem, but also an economic loss.
Written by Arben Kopliku, Valbona Karakaçi -
11. January 2017
In common with all our country programmes, the Madagascar team have developed a definition of what it means to be disadvantaged in their country context.
Thanks to the Sharique project, women are elected to the Union Parishads office – the lowest administrative unit in Bangladesh. They are increasingly well-informed and politically savvy.