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Mar 09, 2020, 15:16 ET Artist Aida Muluneh's Water-Themed Photography Series on View at FotoFest Houston

Internationally acclaimed Ethiopian artist Aida Muluneh is showcasing her extraordinary 'Water Life' series at Fotofest in Houston, Texas, March 8 -...

Aug 06, 2019, 13:56 ET WaterAid Joins USAID and Gap Inc. Women + Water Alliance to Improve Well-Being of Women in India's Apparel Industry

WaterAid has joined the USAID and Gap Inc. Women + Water Global Development Alliance (W+W Alliance) as an implementing partner. Launched in 2017, the ...

May 05, 2015, 01:45 ET WaterAid Nepal steps up efforts to prevent cholera crisis

WaterAid Nepal has stepped up efforts to prevent the spread of cholera, typhoid and other waterborne diseases by providing both public health radio...

Feb 11, 2014, 09:00 ET WaterAid and H&M Conscious Foundation join forces to bring safe water, toilets and hygiene to schools

The H&M Conscious Foundation and the international non-profit WaterAid launched today a new global partnership for safe water and toilets in schools...

Jan 09, 2014, 07:00 ET WaterAid steps up advocacy on behalf of 2.5 billion people without a toilet

WaterAid announced today a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that puts the global sanitation crisis at the forefront of advocacy efforts ...

Dec 02, 2013, 11:55 ET Ringo Starr autographed jackets to benefit WaterAid on #GivingTuesday

Rock and roll icon and artist Ringo Starr joined today in the national #GivingTuesday movement by donating twenty-five autographed jackets to be sold ...

Apr 29, 2013, 08:00 ET WaterAid joins forces with The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation to bring safe drinking water to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia

WaterAid, a leading international non-profit dedicated to making clean water and toilets accessible for the world's poorest people, announced today...

Aug 15, 2012, 09:00 ET WaterAid Receives Major Grant From Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for Program in Nigeria

WaterAid has received a grant of up to $6.3 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that aims to enhance the lives of thousands of poor...

Apr 20, 2012, 04:13 ET USAID Officially Joins Sanitation And Water For All Partnership

WaterAid in America welcomes today's announcement by USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah that USAID will join the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA)...

Mar 06, 2012, 03:30 ET World Meets Drinking Water Target but Progress on Sanitation Falls Short

WaterAid welcomes the news that the world has met its goal to halve the proportion of people without safe drinking water by 2015. The international...

Feb 14, 2012, 02:22 ET WaterAid Sees A Mixed Bag in President Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget For Foreign Aid: Urges Congress to Pass Water for the World Act of 2012

WaterAid in America expresses both support and concern for President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget request released yesterday, which maintains...

Nov 18, 2011, 09:00 ET Women Economists Join Civil Society Call to United States Policy Makers to End the Global Sanitation Crisis

A new report Off-track, off-target: Why investment in water, sanitation and hygiene is not reaching those who need it most is being published by the...

May 18, 2011, 12:20 ET Teetering on the Brink of Eradicating Global Disease

Leaders at this week's World Health Assembly in Geneva could miss the last hurdle in finally ridding the world of a debilitating disease unless they...