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November 4, 2009
Denver Post Article on Investments from EIB and Case Foundation
A total of $3.56 million in cash and other support will help one of Denver's top global-aid organizations expand its work providing safe drinking water and sanitation systems in economically troubled African nations.
The Case Foundation and PlayPumps International last week invested $2 million in cash, services and products to help Water for People develop safe-water projects in Malawi, Rwanda and Uganda.
Last month, the European Investment Bank and the European Union funded a $1.56 million sanitation project in Malawi that will be managed by Water for People.
[read more]
October 26, 2009
Ned Breslin on Colorado Public Radio
Listen to the recorded interview with Ned Breslin, CEO, on Colorado Public Radio regarding increasing water and sanitation project sustainability with help from social entrepreneurs.
[listen now]
October 25, 2009
Denver CBS Channel 4 Interviews Ned Breslin
Watch this three-minute CBS interview and hear Ned Breslin talk about the benefits of arbor loos (tree toilet) to encourage kids toward good sanitary habits.
[watch now]
October 1, 2009
Water For People part of $45M African Project
Nonprofit international development organization Water For People, based here [Denver], has been selected to provide technical support for a 31 million euros (US $45.3 million) initiative to bring safe drinking water and improved sanitation to more than 540,000 people in the South African nation of Malawi
[read more]
September 2009
Arbor Loos Improve Public Health by Improving Water Quality
By Sean Miller
From Water Conditioning and Purification Magazine
Malawian Mary Tchawango beams a
broad smile and her dark eyes glitter
when she talks about her toilet. The
57-year-old wife and mother of four has a right to be proud.
Her approximately $8 (USD) investment, which accounts for
more than two weeks of her income, alleviated the embarrassment
of asking neighbors to allow her, her husband and her children to
use their pit latrines. Furthermore, it has dramatically improved
the family’s status in the village and they believe their health
as well.
Perhaps even more impressive, the Tchawango family’s
simple loo actually improves the environment and leads to
behaviors that benefit the quality of local water sources.
[read more]
July 2009
Empowering villagers to manage water
By Peter Mason
From the Denver Post, July 16, 2009
I was walking down a dusty path a few months ago in India, where the Ganges meets the Bay of Bengal. The Sunderban Islands is one of the poorest places in all of India. And it is here that I was inspired, again, by what works.
I was traveling with a small group from Water For People, a Denver-based international development group dedicated to creating sustainable water and sanitation systems. Eighty percent of all sickness and disease worldwide is water-related and two million people die every year from it. There's no other word for it: this is a humanitarian crisis - extreme and widespread.
But just off this dusty path, we came to a small group of homes clustered around a well and pump, protected by a small bamboo and thatched roof cover. As we stopped to examine the well, a crowd of proud locals gathered around. Among them were children and residents of the area who manage this system. Yes, system. A clean water system that works - here - in this remote and impoverished corner of the world.
Here's how it works.
[read more]
May 2009
Tim Ryan and Water for People Partner on Malawi Photo Exhibit
From metroAfrican, February 22, 2009
Earlier this month we were invited to attend a reception at Gallery 910 Arts which is currently exhibiting the work of local photographer Tim Ryan. Tim Ryan and his company (Tim Ryan Pictures) partnered with non-profit organization Water for People to produce images of the people in countries where Water for People works. The exhibit now on display at Gallery 910 showcases the work Mr. Ryan did in Malawi in 2008.
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December 2008
Building sustainable Arsenic-Safe Water Solutions in India
By Eileen Lambert, reprinted with permission from Water Conditioning and Purification Magazine
The mounting arsenic health crisis in India surfaced first during a preliminary survey in 1976, but it wasn’t until 1983, when a patient fell ill in the district of South 24-Parganas that the linkage between water supply, arsenic and illness was finally established. Years of illness across the state of West Bengal had preceded the diagnosis, but the causes of these illnesses were unknown and largely unresearched. Today, malignant hyperkeratosis lesions on the skin, liver illness and other organ deterioration are recognized as indicators of arsenic poisoning in the water. Sadly, the slow progress of contamination still leads people to think they are drinking safe water when the level of contamination is actually quite deadly.
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July 2008
A Different Kind of Water Torture
From The Huffington Post, July 21, 2008
Each day in developing countries more children die unnecessarily from water-related diseases than there are people in my hometown on Long Island, NY. Around 4,000 children per day or 1.5 million per year die from an age-old form of water torture known as diarrhea.
Sometimes I imagine this: the entire population of my high school, the grocery store, the fire department, the library, the bank, and my family all gone. Dead from an illness developed countries have been treating -- or more often preventing -- for the past 100 years by piping water and taking human waste away.
The impact of this gross failure to take action extends far beyond the lives lost. Girls and boys are kept out of school, economies fail to grow, and entire countries are unsuccessful at achieving peace and security.
A recent World Health Organization report, "Safer Water, Better Health" estimates that providing safe water, adequate sanitation and hygiene could save health-care agencies $7 billion a year on health-care costs. Meanwhile 320 million productive working days could be gained and children could go to school an extra 272 million days per year.
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July 2008
Jeff Hines Wins Raffle for Harley Davidson Motorcycle
From the Water For People Blog, July 21, 2008
Jeff Hines of York, Pennsylvania, was the lucky winner of the 2008 Harley Davidson® FLTR Road Glide™ motorcycle, after his ticket was drawn in the raffle at Water For People booth during the AWWA Annual Conference & Exposition in Atlanta.
Jeff’s ticket was drawn from nearly 500 tickets sold during the four-day conference. As it turns out, Jeff is less of a biker and more of a Water For People supporter, and he generously donated the bike back to Water For People. It was quickly sold, generating an additional $16,500 to support the important work of Water For People in the developing World.
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June 2008
A Volunteer's Sobering Account of Water Conditions in Honduras
From The Denver Post, June 5, 2008
Earlier this spring, water issues were clearly in evidence from a casual glance through Colorado papers.
There was the tainted water supply in Alamosa which occasioned a cleansing of the entire system, ongoing debate over whether to build a new reservoir to serve expected population growth along the Front Range, and, nationally, the finding of traces of prescription drugs in the water of municipalities across the country.
My water issues education took a quantum leap forward, however, when I spent a week in rural Honduras under the auspices of the Denver-based nonprofit Water for People, the international arm of the American Water Works Association.
Read this editorial by the Denver Post's Harold Lamport.
[read more]
March 2008
Global Water Crisis Needs Attention Now
From The Denver Post, March 21, 2008
March 22 is World Water Day, a day intended to raise our awareness of the global water crisis, and hopefully motivate us to do something about it. I hope you'll take notice. It's an issue that needs your attention. Now.
Read this guest editorial by Water For People CEO Colleen Stiles.
[read more]
March 2008
Municipal Water and Sanitation Mapping in Honduras
From the Journal of the American Water Works Association, March 2008
Water For People-Honduras recently conducted an innovative mapping program to assess the need for the development of safe drinking water resources. The results helped guide Water For People's planning processes and also provided valuable data to local governments and partners. [read more]
February 2008
Engineers Make Basic Needs Attainable for the World's Poorest
From the Denver Business Journal, Feb. 17, 2008
Civil, mechanical, and hydrologist engineers are particularly well-suited to help some of the 2.6 billion people worldwide--including 980 million children--that the United Nations estimates lack proper sanitation facilities. [read more]
February 2008
The Sanitation Gap: A Challenge We All Face
When we stop to wash our hands and glance in the mirror before returning to work, we seldom pause to think, "What would life be like if we didn't have toilets?" [read more]
February 2008
A Natural Solution: Catching Rain in Visivan Village, Guatemala
David Stevenson relates the captivating story of how a simple solution radically improves lives in a village in Quiché, Guatemala. [read more]
November 2007
Central America: Schools Offer New Hope for Hygiene
Kevin Ferguson brings an update on the innovative school hygiene program initiative that Water For People is implementing in partnership with CARE, Catholic Relief Services, and the Global Water Challenge. From the Water For People 2007-2008 Special Report. [read more]
November 2007
Hooked: Lessons Learned From a World Water Corps Volunteer
World Water Corps volunteer David Beach relates his experiences from two Water For People mapping and monitoring trips to Honduras. From the Water For People 2007-2008 Special Report. [read more]
November 2007
Building Furniture and a Better Life
This article by Nancy Zeilig tells the compelling story of Joseph Chitsulo, a furniture maker in Kajawo, Malawi. From the Water For People 2007-2008 Special Report. [read more]
September 2007
Water Projects: The Harm Caused by Well-Meaning Philanthropists
This opinion piece by Ned Breslin, Water For People's Director of International Programs, highlights what can happen when well-meaning philanthropists develop water projects abroad without involving community members. From the September 2007 issue of Water Conditioning & Purification Magazine. [read more]
August 2007
Going Regional: Water For People Sharpens Its Focus Abroad
To increase its impact, Water For People is adopting a more regional approach to development within its program countries. By concentrating efforts on multiple communities within a defined region, Water For People hopes to achieve 100 percent water and sanitation coverage while increasing efficiencies. This strategy also presents some new opportunities for donors. [read more]
August 2007--The Water For People Board of Directors unanimously approved the appointment of Colleen Stiles as the organization's Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Stiles brings significant leadership experience in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors. [read more]
June 2007--The Water For People Board of Directors announced plans to expand its international development program to five additional countries, which will significantly increase Water For People’s impact in the developing world. The countries targeted for expansion over the next five years are Ecuador, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda and the Dominican Republic. [read more]
May 2007--Water For People wins $200,000 Development Marketplace award from The World Bank. An innovative approach to sustainable sanitation in Malawi got the attention of judges at the competitive Development Marketplace. Water For People received one of only 22 grants awarded out of a field of more than 2,900 proposals. [read more]
February 2007--Water For People was awarded a prestigious Grainger Award by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for its innovative work in arsenic removal from potable water in West Bengal, India, where millions of people are at risk from naturally occurring arsenic that is prevalent in the groundwater supplies. Water For People shared the Silver Award—and a $200,000 prize—with Lehigh University, which collaborated on the development of the sustainable arsenic removal technology that is being applied by Water For People in India. [read more]
February 2007--Seeking Clean Water in the 'Pearl of Africa.' Read Water For People volunteer Steve Lowry's account of being selected to participate in the Water Corps program to assess the water and sanitation needs in Uganda as part of a Water For People scoping study. The article ran in the "Your Hub" section of The Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. [read more]
October 2006--Removing Arsenic and Saving Lives in West Bengal, India. Read the article in the October 2006 issue of Water Conditioning & Purification Magazine. [read more]
For more information, please contact:
Peter Mason
Director of Marketing & Communications
pmason@waterforpeople.org
720.488.4576
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