WASHINGTON, September 25, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved the Sierra Leone Water Security and WASH Access Improvement Project. Supported by a $40 million ...
A KC-area nonprofit is giving households in Congo access to both clean water and hygienic latrines. | Opinion ...
World Bank projects in Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Papua New Guinea are working to improve water and sanitation access. These projects are expected to benefit a total of 185,000 people by 2026, over ...
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $121 million in financing for the first phase of the Kyrgyz Republic Water Supply and Sanitation Universal ...
Researchers at Rice University’s WaTER Institute are leading an ambitious new effort to transform the way the world manages water and sanitation at the household scale. The project, funded by the ...
The Government of Ethiopia launched a multi-phased “One WASH National Program” (OWNP) in 2013 as an integrated platform for sector development. OWNP aims to improve the health and well-being of both ...
Safe water and sanitation are vital to human life. However, despite global efforts, as of 2022, 2.2 billion people still lack access to safely managed water services, and 3.5 billion are without ...
Growing up, Amaka Godfrey remembers how much of her life revolved around water. She'd have to lug a can of water to her primary school in Nigeria each day, which had no water of its own. Later, in ...
As the world marks World Water Day on March 22, highlighting the urgent need for clean water for all, the Coca-Cola Foundation is making significant strides in addressing water challenges through its ...
In an age of accelerated climate change and increasing environmental stress, water is becoming an ever scarcer strategic natural resource. Water, however, is not just an elixir of life, but is also ...
A viral online debate questioned which invention saved more lives, with sanitation, fertilisers, and antibiotics emerging as ...
WASH is the collective term for water, sanitation and hygiene. While each is a separate field of work, they are interdependent and contribute to the overall protection, health, well-being and ...