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 On UN World Water Day, Mon 22 March, WaterAid's Chief Executive Barbara Frost will be speaking at the first United Nations High Level Thematic Event on Water in New York. - 18 March 2010
 WaterAid is participating in a Guinness world record attempt to create the world's longest toilet queue while calling for action from politicians to tackle the global sanitation and water crisis. - 16 March 2010
 The Burden of Thirst feature in National Geographic magazine's April 2010 special water issue examines water scarcity in East Africa, and covers WaterAid's program in Ethiopia. - 16 March 2010
 Published today, the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) report on sanitation and drinking water provides detailed estimates of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). - 15 March 2010
 WaterAid is in Kampala, Uganda, for the 15th African International Water Congress. - 15 March 2010
 WaterAid joins fight for safe motherhood this Mother's Day. - 15 March 2010
 WaterAid is collaborating with Bangladeshi tv channel DeshTV in holding a short film contest for Bangladeshi film makers. - 8 March 2010
 Water, sanitation and hygiene are all crucial for those living with HIV/AIDS: frequent bouts of diarrhoea increase the need for toilets and the risk of opportunist infections highlight the importance of good hygiene and a safe supply of water. - 24 February 2010
 New report from WaterAid uncovers the dirty truth about manual scavenging in India. - 19 January 2010
 WaterAid America's Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr David Winder as the organisation's new President and CEO. - 11 January 2010
 Disappointment as the crucial issue of water resources is not even addressed in Copenhagen. - 23 December 2009
 By Barbara Frost, WaterAid's Chief Executive. 2009 has been a challenging but incredibly exciting year for WaterAid. - 18 December 2009
 A season of presentations and panel discussions to recognise the importance of integrated water resource management will be taking place from December. - 2 December 2009
 H.E. the President of Liberia was today named as Goodwill Ambassador for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa at the 2nd Africa Water Week taking place in Midrand, South Africa. - 11 November 2009
 This years Africa Water Week focuses on various African Union declarations and commitments on water and sanitation, such as those adopted in Sharm El Sheikh in July 2008, with specific emphasis on examining actual action taken. - 6 November 2009
 Severe droughts across East Africa are currently affecting millions of people in countries where WaterAid works. - 23 October 2009
 Millions of people across the world will today take part in marking a simple act that saves thousands of lives everyday. - 15 October 2009
 WaterAid's Chief Executive Barbara Frost reports from Sweden at this year's World Water Week. - 17 August 2009
WaterAid will join 2,500 experts at the Stockholm World Water Week, to call for urgent attention to be given to the water and sanitation crisis and to push for inspired global leadership to address this. - 17 August 2009
 WaterAid has launched a new global urban toolkit designed to help develop informed and proactive citizens. - 21 July 2009
 Up to sixty teams from some of the worlds top companies are going head-to-head in a challenge of fitness, intelligence and strategic thinking in the Cisco Euro Challenge, to raise money for WaterAid. - 7 July 2009
 Hours before the official communiqué is released at the G8 Summit, WaterAid warns that the G8 stand to fail on their 2008 commitment to tackle a global water and sanitation crisis. - 8 July 2009
 Failure to tackle the water and sanitation crisis will undermine progress on food, health and education, WaterAid warns. - 6 July 2009
 Campaigners carry jerry cans from the River Thames to Downing Street, recreating the experience that's a reality for millions of people around the world. - 2 July 2009
 Some 780,000 children have died of diarrhoea in Africa since the last African Union Summit. Access to safe water and sanitation topped the Summit's agenda last year when Africa's leaders made a historic pledge to turn around dismal progress. - 29 June 2009
 International songstress Natalie Imbruglia has joined forces with Ecover and WaterAid to create a compelling video that explores the environmental importance of the global water cycle. - 25 June 2009
 WaterAid, one of the three official charities of the festival, are calling on festival goers to join them in urging G8 world leaders to prioritise water and toilets for the world's poorest people. - 23 June 2009
 On 8 June 2009, WaterAid launched its newest fundraising office in Sweden. - 9 June 2009
 On Monday 25 May, a devastating cyclone hit the Satkhira district of Bangladesh and the states of West Bengal and Orissa in India. - 4 June 2009
 The international health agenda is failing to save the lives of millions of children by not responding appropriately to causes of child deaths, according to a new WaterAid report released today. - 12 May 2009
 The government is to be congratulated for keeping its commitment to the world's poor, but must now ensure they give more priority to water and sanitation in their aid spending. - 22 April 2009
 Exclusive paintings by Kurt Jackson were auctioned to raise money for WaterAid on April 27, raising over £29,000. - 9 May 2009
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