Global Handwashing Day Pushes Key Behavior Change
Photo credit: Johnson Nganga
Washington, DC, October 4, 2018— Global Handwashing Day, an advocacy day from the Global Handwashing Partnership for increasing awareness of the importance of handwashing with soap, will be on Monday, October 15, 2018. This year’s theme, “Clean Hands—a recipe for health,” focuses on the links between handwashing and food, including food hygiene and nutrition.
MWA and its 14 member organizations include handwashing in their programs to encourage habit formation.
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Solar Hybrid System Resumes Water Service for 150 Households
Community members in Habaswein Ward, Wajir County, now enjoy regular access to clean water from a community borehole. Read more HERE...MWA and Members in Sessions at UNC Conference
The 2018 UNC Water and Health Conference will take place Monday, October 29 – Friday, November 2, 2018. We created a schedule showing events involving MWA or MWA members. See more HERE...
MWA Now Hiring Communications Intern
The Millennium Water Alliance seeks an intern immediately to work with communications, including website and social media; policy advocacy; and field programs. Learn how to apply HERE...
The Millennium Water Alliance is a 501(c)(3) coalition of America’s leading charities working to bring clean, safe drinking water and sanitation to millions of the world’s poorest people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Founded in 2002, MWA seeks to advance high standards for program quality, transparency, and accountability, and work with its members to bring to scale effective and sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene education solutions. MWA is a strong advocate for US leadership in effective foreign assistance, and is part of a global coalition to raise awareness of and commitment to water and sanitation.
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