Small Loans for Safe Water: Unleashing Women’s Power
Imagine spending half your salary to purchase water — water for drinking, cooking and bathing. Juleha, a 37-year-old woman from a coastal town in Indonesia, did more than imagine it. She lived it. Juleha paid up to half her earnings
Aiming to Achieve the SDG for Safe Drinking Water in Haiti: Empowerment is the Key
Haiti, a country with a long history of failed development projects, has its particular problems when it comes to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Indeed, when considering SDG 6 regarding water, one might think that the authors neglected to
Nebia. The Most Innovative and Sustainable Shower.
Trying to live a sustainable life does not always mean giving up something or making sacrifices. With technology developing, sustainability could turn into something very cool. When talking about water consumption and sustainability for instance, the first thought that might
Water Inception: Tackling the Water Crisis with Technology.
As a global population, we are in the middle of a water crisis. However, for those of us living in places with easy access to clean water – as simple as turning on our showers or sinks – it is
The Battle for Water
Water is life. Water is essential to food security and nutrition: who could disagree? There is a "right to food" and now we have an emerging "right to water" and "right to land". And a coming battle for water. This -
Warka Water – A Possible Solution?
Traveling from Italy to Ethiopia was like visiting a whole new world for Italian architect, Arturo Vittori. During his first trip there in 2012, he spotted a woman struggling to carry a large container of water. His instinct was to
Educating communities – Interview with World Water Relief
To most people, the basic elements of hygiene and sanitation are common knowledge, but in places where water is scarce and infection is high, the absence of this knowledge can mean life or death. Since 2009, World Water Relief (WWR)
