Audio

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.

Water point mapping in Tanzania

In 2002 WaterAid began an innovative mapping project in Malawi which so successful that the approach has spread to other countries in the region. Find out more about how mapping is being used in Tanzania to ensure the equal distribution of water points.

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World Water Day 2009

This Mothering Sunday falls on 22 March, United Nations World Water Day, a day to highlight and raise awareness about the global water and sanitation crisis. Listen to our World Water Day podcast to find out more.

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World Toilet Day 2008

19 November is World Toilet Day – a day to celebrate the humble, yet vitally important, toilet and to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. Ada Williams, WaterAid's Learning Coordinator for Sanitation in West Africa, explores the issues.

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WaterAid's work in Madagascar

WaterAid's Country representative in Madagascar, Lucky Lowe, talks about our work in the country – from using puppets shows and drama to break down sanitation taboos at community level to influencing key decision makers at policy level.

MP3, 11Mb, 12mins
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Voicing water and sanitation

Aline Ouédraogo, from WaterAid in Burkina Faso, discusses how they helped set up of the Civil Society Network which acts as the public's voice on issues of water and sanitation, and the use of theatre in broaching the taboo subject of sanitation and hygiene.

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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
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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