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The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation published a report last week highlighting the fact that 2.5 billion people, more than 40% of the world’s population, still lack access to improved sanitation. -
24 July 2008

The G8 have taken the firsts steps in recognising their key role in reducing poverty, thanks to lobbying from WaterAid and End Water Poverty. However they did not deliver on our calls to end the water and sanitation crisis. -
24 July 2008

Find out how WaterAid is lobbying the Japanese Government to put sanitation and water on the agenda at this year's G8 summit. -
7 July 2008

Timor-Leste's National Government launched The International Year of Sanitation with a parade, hygiene performance and speech by the Prime Minister. -
18 July 2008

Inadequate sanitation may be the biggest killer of children under the age of five, yet no governments are prioritising the issue, instead sanitation is the most neglected of all the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) sectors. -
7 July 2008

A recent report looks at how WaterAid is the leading the way with mapping innovations, ensuring that access to water and sanitation reaches those most in need. -
23 June 2008

In 2007, WaterAid Australia held its 'Four Plates with Four Greats' dinner for 800 guests and raised in excess of $210,000. Planning has commenced for the 2008 gala dinner titled 'one world, many communities, our solution'. -
22 May 2008

WaterAid’s Policy Director, Margaret Batty, delivered a poignant speech at the UN’s 16th Commission for Sustainable Development in New York. -
15 May 2008

WaterAid has just launched a 3D animated film illustrating the disease burden that comes with open defecation, and what communities in Bangladesh are doing to address the issue. -
12 May 2008

Beach lovers can feel great and look fantastic in H&M’s new WaterAid bikini. Ten percent of the money spent on this summer essential will go directly to WaterAid. -
24 April 2008

On World Health Day, WaterAid Australia and the International WaterCentre launched their joint publication,
Sharing Experiences: Sustainable Sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific. -
14 April 2008

Following the success of WaterAid's local partnership with ATproject over the last three years, we are extending our schools programme in Papua New Guinea. -
21 February 2008

On 18 February WaterAid launched a new report,
Giving sanitation the green light, as representatives from African governments, the private sector, NGOs and multilateral development organisations gathered at AfricaSan. -
18 February 2008

A musician with polio, who has dedicated his life to campaigning for clean water and sanitation, has been awarded the world's most notable environmental prize for grassroots activists. -
14 April 2008

WaterAid's place on Google Earth's awareness layer, a powerful new programme to help charities reach ten of millions of people around the world, has been unveiled. -
10 April 2008

Our Chief Executive, Barbara Frost, reports in the Daily Telegraph on the human and environmental impact of the sanitation and water crisis. -
21 January 2008

Celebrated on 8 March, International Women's Day is a global day of recognition and celebration of women throughout the world. -
19 February 2008

WaterAid Australia is looking forward to an exciting 2008 extending our programme support in Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea. -
18 January 2008