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Haiti: cholera victims demand UN compensation
The United Nations has been hit with a demand for hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation from Haitian cholera victims. The Boston, USA-based Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti...
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Brazilian State will pay the sewer connection for low-income families
The state government of Sao Paulo, Brazil, will pay sewer connection for families with income of up to three minimum wages. It is estimated that 192 000 connections will be paid, benefiting about 800...
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Haiti: lack of proper sanitation is real cause of cholera outbreak, Clinton says
Woman at Leogane camp saying the latrines behind her are full and smell foul. Photo credit: Haiti Grassroots Watch Haiti should focus on stemming the cholera outbreak that has killed more than 7,000...
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Haiti: first ever National Sustainable Sanitation Conference
Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL) and UNICEF are organising Haiti’s first ever National Sustainable Sanitation Conference. It will be held in Port-au-Prince on 12-13 June 2012. The...
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Colombia: testing innovative models for rural water and sanitation services
Photo: IRC NGO “Give to Colombia” will implement several pilot projects that will serve as models for the Rural Water Supply and Wastewater Management Program in Colombia. This large-scale programme is...
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Bolivia: Cuchumuela first municipality to reach 100 percent water coverage
Water supply in Cuchumuela. Photo: José Rocha, Los Tiempos Villa Gualberto Villarroel, better known as Cuchumuela, is the first municipality in Bolivia to achieve 100 percent water coverage. Official...
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Water Week Latinoamérica (WWLA), Viña del Mar, Chile, 17-22 March 2013
Organised by: Fundación Chile and Diario Financiero, in collaboration with AIDIS, DesalData, Global Water Intelligence, and The Nature Conservancy This first Water Week Latinoamérica (WWLA) provides...
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Colombia: delegation of project approval to certified water utilities
Vivienda minister Germán Vargas Lleras and Bucaramanga state water utility (AMB) general manager Ludwig Stünkel García at a public event. Photo: Julián Sabogal. MVCT The Acueducto Metropolitano de...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 8,400 views in 2012. If...
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Towards sustainable water services in La Paz, Bolivia
Woman in Chuquiaguillo siphoning water from tank to fill jerry cans. Photo: Erma Uytewaal, IRC. A Dutch-funded project aims to bring piped drinking water to peri-urban neighbourhoods of the Bolivian...
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Latinosan Panamá 2013 – 3rd Latin American Sanitation Conference, 29-31 May 2013
The Republic of Panama is organizing the Third Latin American Sanitation Conference on 29-31 May 2013. The theme is: “Universal Sanitation: New Challenges, New Opportunities”. Latinosan is held every...
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Latin American and Caribbean countries agree on joint sanitation monitoring
Sanitation in Guatemala. Photo: LatinoSan 2013 Delegates attending LatinoSan 2013 have agreed to set up a Latin-American and Caribbean Observatory on Sanitation. The observatory will monitor progress...
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Honduras: Water Expertise and Training (WET) Center to open in 2014
Poster from Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Poster Set (Spanish), CAWST A new WASH resource centre, providing training, technical consulting and educational resources to local NGOs, government agencies...
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