New Video Dramatically Shows Impact of Cloud Technology for the People of Kenya’s Arid Lands
IBM Research, a private sector partner in MWA’s five-year Kenya RAPID program, in June 2020 released this six-minute video showing the stark conditions faced by thousands of people in the remote arid northern counties of Kenya. See how new technology in the program is accelerating their access to better drinking water:
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Helvetas Strengthens WASH Governance in
Local Master Use Plans
Founded in 1955, Helvetas is the largest Swiss-based international development NGO, with affiliate organizations in Germany and United States. Helvetas works in 30 countries around the world, with more than 250 projects focused on WASH and water governance, food and nutrition, climate change, basic education, vocational skills development, private sector development, governance, conflict and migration, among others. Helvetas joined MWA in November 2013. See more HERE .
Kenya RAPID Video Shows Impact in Year 4
See the video for an update on Kenya RAPID as it nears its fifth and final year of implementation!
View HERE...Congress Rejects Trump Cuts, Increases Foreign Aid with Major Increase for USAID WASH
December 20, 2019 – Congress increased funding for international affairs (including State Department, USAID, and Millennium Challenge Corporation) to $56.6 billion for Fiscal Year 2020, including a $15 million increase for WASH programming at USAID.
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The Millennium Water Alliance is a 501(c)(3) permanent and operational alliance of leading organizations and enterprises working to bring safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene to millions of people in poor communities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Founded in 2002, MWA is a permanent alliance that convenes opportunities and partnerships, accelerates learning and effective models, and influences the WASH space by leveraging its member’s and partner’s expertise and reach to scale quality, sustainable WASH services globally.
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