Tag Archives: Sanitation

Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | A Special Project feature story by Annika McGinnis and Fredrick Mugira exploring how urbanization has destroyed a critical Kampala wetland, has won the 2018 Uganda WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) media awards overall prize. The story project “Swamp City – How urbanization destroyed a …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice President of Uganda Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi on Monday officially opened the first-ever Uganda Water and Environment Week in Entebbe at the Directorate of Water Resources. In his remarks to the various stakeholders, Ssekandi said that access to water remains a challenge in the …

JOBS: Projects Manager IRC Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Projects Manager will take a leading role in the strategic development of the country programme, ensuring an integrated programme approach that adheres to IRC’s standards and policies. The Projects Manager will take specific responsibility for leading, coordinating, managing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The media has been recognised as a crucial partner in improving the status of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Uganda. This comes as the country continues to improve in water and sanitation coverage, although hygiene remains a challenge . “Rural water coverage in Uganda’s …

NWSC hosts 3rd edition of the Annual School water and Sanitation convention Over 3000 students from over 100 school countrywide on Friday signed a commitment to promote hand washing as the Young Water Professionals (YWP) Uganda chapter launched the Schools Hand Washing Campaign 2017. At exactly 1pm, for 5 minutes, …

  In 2015, Samuel Malinga, at age 26, founded Sanitation Africa—a company engaged in turning human waste into briquettes for cooking and agricultural manure.  For his innovative approach to waste management, he has been recognized by several organizations, including the Tony Elumelu Foundation, a philanthropy that awarded him a grant …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that nearly two billion people currently use faecal-contaminated water. Hundreds of thousands of people die each year because they are forced to drink contaminated water, …

Job Opening UNICEF Position type: Consultancy Location: Ethiopia Division/Equivalent: Nairobi Regn’l(ESARO) School/Unit: Ethiopia Department/Office: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

Job opening International WASH Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant, Accra, Ghana Apply nowJob no: 499551 Work type: Consultancy Location: Ghana Categories: WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

  Government’s plans to ensure there is a borehole constructed in each village in Uganda should address concerns by activists about the huge burden women and girls face in search of safe drinking water. The reassurance was given by Eng. Joseph Oriono Eyatu, Commissioner for rural water supply and sanitation while …