Water & Environment

Revitalising Lake Victoria

The commission has been working towards maintaining sustainable levels of water in the lake and that the water remains available and of use to surrounding communities. (Image source: Finnish ministry for foreign affairs)

The executive secretary of the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), Dr Canisius Kabungo Kanangire, spoke recently of the need for transparency and accountability, with respect to the correct functioning of sustainable partnerships, and appropriate funding of development initiatives

Thinking differently about the environment

A Finnish parliamentarian and a UNEP practitioner speak on natural resources as sources of conflict and as the basis for peace

Water Aid opens office in South Africa

A statistics has revealed that globally 783 million live without safe drinking water. (Image source: Muffet/Flickr)

Charity organisation Water Aid has opened a new office in South Africa as part of its attempts to improve safe water access to some of Africas neediest communities

Empowering a clean water project in Kenya

A distributer uploads the data she has collected and loaded on her Samsung smartphone. (Image source: Stephen Williams)

Cell phone technology is taking a lead role in supporting the provision of clean, potable water to four million Kenyans. Stephen Williams spoke to Manna Energy’s CTO, Max Gold to learn more

SWA to strengthen national sanitation planning initiatives

The NPRI will allow developing countries to request assistance. (Image source: Waterdotorg)

Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) has planned to strengthen national plans and planning processes across Africa through the development of the National Planning for Results Initiative (NPRI)