Tag Archive | WaterAid
HSBC launches US$ 100 million water partnership with WaterAid, WWF and Earthwatch
British multinational bank HSBC has launched a new US$ 100 million, five year partnership with WaterAid, WWF and the Earthwatch Institute. The HSBC Water Programme will bring safe water and improved sanitation to over a million people; tackle water risks in river basins; and raise awareness about the global water challenge. The programme is backed-up […]
Bangladesh: govt sanitation subsidy scheme ineffective, experts say
The government’s subsidy policy for sanitation needs to be more effective and more money should be allocated if Bangladesh is to meet is target of sanitation for all’ by 2013, experts say. This is the conclusion of a study conducted among 21,121 households by the Human Development Research Centre (HDRC) with the support of WaterAid, […]
DFID provides WaterAid £4.2 million annual grant over three years
The UK Department of International Development (DFID) has provided international charity WaterAid with an annual grant of £4.2 million (US$ 7.8 millon) over three years . The DFID funding will contribute towards WaterAid bringing clean water to 6.8 million people and reaching almost 10 million people with access to sanitation by 2014. The second and third […]
WaterAid appoints The Good Agency to enhance acquisition creative
WaterAid has appointed fundraising and campaigning communications specialists The Good Agency to help it improve its donor acquisition creative. The agency has been tasked with increasing donor numbers as well as building the international NGO’s brand profile. The Good Agency will work with production partner Eye-to-eye and focus on integration across multiple channels including direct […]
Dig toilets, not graves – WaterAid’s latest fundraising and advocacy campaign
The creative people at WaterAid have come up with another compelling promo video to accompany their latest fundraising campaign “Dig toilets, not graves”. Watch the “Diarhhoea song“ WaterAid has combined the fund-raising campaign with an online petition to “put pressure on the UK Government to build toilets in the developing world”. The NGO is urging […]
Micro-donations – ToiletFinder UK for iPhone
WaterAid is offering a free iPhone application “ToiletFinder UK“, which it hopes will encourage users to make a small donation via their web site. The application locates the nearest public toilet(s) and displays them in map or list format. It is also a User Generated Content (UGC) application, as the toilet database is created entirely […]
Competition: Tapping Youth Innovation – Youth-Led Solutions to Clean Water and Sanitation
Tapping Youth Innovation is a global campaign to identify and support youth-led solutions to clean water and sanitation. WaterAid America and Ashoka GenV, the world’s largest network of young changemakers, invite youth around the world to submit proposals for youth-led projects designed to improve the water and sanitation services of people living in poverty. The […]
Uganda: Dfcu bank supports sanitation
DFCU bank has earmarked sh200m [US$ 102,000] for improving water supply and sanitation in Kampala, Lira and Arua. The bank signed a partnership deal with WaterAid [in July 2006] to implement the three-year Sanitation Improvement Project. Susan Nsibirwa, the dfcu marketing manager, said at the launch of a modern water kiosk and a public toilet […]
WaterAid: recession has “hugely” reduced purchasing power of its funds, says Chief Executive
The 2008 Financial Times Seasonal Appeal has helped raise £144,000 in the UK for the charity WaterAid. From November 2008 to mid-January 2009, FT published a series of a field stories on WaterAid projects in Bangladesh, Nepal, Mali and Ghana. In her letter of thanks, WaterAid’s chief executive Barbara Frost also briefly reflected on the […]
WaterAid aims to double income from direct marketing
UK charity WaterAid has appointed Whitewater as its new direct marketing agency as it embarks on an ambitious growth strategy to double income from direct marketing over the next seven years [WaterAid News blog, 19 June 2008]. In 2006/2007 WaterAid’s income rose by 15% to GBP 31 million, of which GBP 16.9 million came from […]
