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Find out more about WaterAid's programme work by listening to our audio interviews with staff who work on water and sanitation programmes in Africa and Asia.

WaterAid's work with children

Lydia Zigomo, WaterAid's Head of Region - East Africa, explores the problems a lack of clean water and sanitation pose to children and how WaterAid works with them to improve their situation.

Part 1, MP3, 8Mb, 8mins Part 2, MP3, 6.5Mb, 6 .5 mins

Eco community in Nepal

Lajana Manandhar, who works for WaterAid's partner Lumanti in Nepal, talks about an innovative project to tackle the growing problem of waste water management in the urban areas of Kathmandu.

MP3, 5Mb, 5mins

Water and sanitation in Pakistan

Pamela Rodrigues, WaterAid's Country Representative in Pakistan, talks about the work of WaterAid and its partners in Pakistan, as well as how the Pakistani Government addresses water and sanitation.

Part 1, MP3, 7.5Mb, 8mins ^{Part 2, MP3 4.7Mb, 5mins}

Managing water

Yéréfolo Mallé, WaterAid's Country Representative in Burkina Faso, explains why the need for good water resource management is growing in West Africa, and describes some
of the techniques used - including small dam construction and rooftop rainwater harvesting.

Part 1, MP3, 8.5Mb, 7mins ^{Part 2, MP3 2.3MB, 3mins}

Women in Nigeria

Deborah Kogi works for one of WaterAid's partners, an organisation called Women in Nigeria. In this edition, Deborah talks about the importance of including women in the decision-making process when carrying out water and sanitation projects.

^{MP3, 6.5Mb, 7mins}

Community-based advocacy

Abdul-Nashiru Mohammed, WaterAid's Regional Policy and Advocacy Advisor in West Africa, talks about two different types of advocacy tools used for community action - water point mapping in part one and community scorecards in part two.

^{Part I (MP3, 3.7Mb, 4mins)}^{Part II (MP3, 4.2Mb, 4.5mins)}

Sanitation in Nepal

Bhushan Tuladhar from WaterAid's partner Environment and Public Health Organisation in Nepal discusses the problems caused by unhygienic sanitation and what his organisation is doing to tackle them, including the use of composting (or ecosan) latrines.

^{MP3, 8.3Mb, 8mins}

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