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 WaterAid has been recognised for the first time as one of the top employers in the prestigious 2010 Sunday Times Best 100 Small Companies to Work For list. - 11 March 2010
After reading these amazing facts about the humble toilet, please sign up to join the world's longest toilet queue... - 25 January 2010
 Chris Stewart, pub owner, has encouraged his customers to make a voluntary donation to WaterAid in return for tap water. - 8 February 2010
 To mark the day, WaterAid is calling on members of the public to join the World's Longest Toilet Queue... - 25 January 2010
 New report from WaterAid uncovers the dirty truth about manual scavenging in India. - 19 January 2010
 Today WaterAid hand-delivered a giant Happy Loo Year card to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown to remind him to prioritise sanitation and water as his new year's resolootion. - 15 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
 Two fantastic WaterAid supporters are taking part in the Woodvale Atlantic Rowing Challenge, starting on 6 December 2009. - 3 December 2009
 Disappointment at Copenhagen, as climate summit fails to even discuss the crucial issue of water resources. - 23 December 2009
 By Barbara Frost, WaterAid's Chief Executive. 2009 has been a challenging but incredibly exciting year for WaterAid. - 18 December 2009
 Nine-year-old WaterAid supporter Hemi Poulton from Bermondsey, London, was honoured today alongside some of the country's bravest children. - 9 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
 WaterAid is delighted to be chosen to receive donations linked to this years official Number 10 Christmas card. - 9 December 2009
 See a slideshow of WaterAid's global activites for World Toilet Day 2009. - 1 December 2009
Young WaterAid supporter Hemi Poulton will be honoured at the Woman's Own Children of Courage Awards 2009 in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey. - 30 November 2009
 Enter our competition to win tickets and CDs from this amazing African duo! - 26 November 2009
 Plus Stephen Fry, Joanna Lumley, Ewan McGregor & Ricky Groves reveal their loos to the British public in support of WaterAid. - 19 November 2009
 To mark World Toilet Day, on Thursday 19 November, WaterAid today announced the launch of its new ToiletFinder UK App for iPhone users, available from the App Store. - 17 November 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
 WaterAid is offering an ethical solution to present-buying this Christmas.
- 3 November 2009
 On Saturday 17 October, more than twenty-five ceilidhs were held in the UK and overseas as part of WaterAid's Big National Ceilidh. - 23 October 2009
 Over the past few weeks Wateraid has been busy hobnobbing with politicians at the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat Party Conferences. These events offered a perfect opportunity to distribute WaterAids Manifesto for the general election at a time - 16 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
 Today WaterAid launched a new six year global strategy, which explains how we plan to strengthen our commitment to a vision of safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation for all. - 8 October 2009
 A WaterAid supporter made a statement when she headed to Trafalgar Square to sit on a giant toilet wearing a glow-in-the-dark skeleton outfit. - 1 October 2009
 With the party conference season in full swing, WaterAid has launched its Manifesto for the UK general election. - 28 September 2009
 Coast Along for WaterAid 2009, which took place on a glorious Saturday in September, was a huge success. - 16 September 2009
 Watch the film of WaterAid's Chief Executive Barbara Frost interview Douglas Alexander, UK Secretary of State for International Development. - 18 August 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
 Some of the country's best-known chefs are lending their support to a brand new initiative called Taste for Life, a fun way to simultaneously entertain friends at home and raise money for a good cause. - 14 August 2009
 On Friday 10 July, Maxim Laithwaite set out from Minehead, the starting point of his challenge to walk 630 miles along the entire length of the South West coast path. - 30 July 2009
 Thousands of dancers are needed for ceilidhs taking place up and down the country on Saturday 17 October, as part of The Big National Ceilidh for international charity WaterAid. - 28 July 2009
 WaterAid has launched a new global urban toolkit designed to help develop informed and proactive citizens. - 21 July 2009
 While the official G8 Summit Communique didn't deliver the concrete action on water and sanitation that was promised at last year's summit, there certainly is a window of opportunity for real action. - 16 July 2009
 Hours before the official communiqu 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
 A loo with a strong message for Gordon Brown was the highlight of the third day of the fourth plinth project in London's Trafalgar Square. - 10 July 2009
 G8 food initiative undermined by failure on water and sanitation. - 10 July 2009
 G8 increased aid for water and sanitation driven by politics not need. - 9 July 2009
 Global campaign group End Water Poverty slammed the G8 failure to stand by poor communities in hard times as they released their official summit communique. - 9 July 2009
 A scientist dressed as a giant poo took his place on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square at 10am today, the second day of Antony Gormley's 'One & Other' project. - 7 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
 WaterAid welcomes the UK Governments new White Paper on International Development, in particular its commitment to target support to the poorest people to help them through the financial crisis. - 7 July 2009
 Find out about WaterAid's work behind the scenes at this year's G8. - 3 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
 We need your help to decide how WaterAid supporter Jon Guest should best use his hour on the Trafalgar Square fourth plinth... - 2 July 2009
 This year's Glastonbury festival saw over 18,060 festival goers sign WaterAid's petition to the UK Prime Minister, urging him to be a 'sanitation champion'. - 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
 Mace Group Celebrity Cricket Challenge, in aid of WaterAid, is due to storm the BritOval on Friday 24 July. - 25 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 worlds poorest people. - 23 June 2009
 Much-loved television presenter Fern Britton is lending her support to our brand new initiative, Taste for Life. - 16 June 2009
 On Saturday 6 June 2009, nearly 3,000 walkers took to the hills to take on the Trail100 Challenge. - 12 June 2009
 Hunter has unveiled the 2009 Hunter for WaterAid boot, created to raise awareness and funds for WaterAid. - 12 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
 WaterAid and H&M launch comprehensive new swimwear range for summer. - 1 June 2009
 Yes, it's true, we're offering two more pairs of tickets to this year's Glastonbury Festival! Make sure you pick today's Metro to find out more. - 22 May 2009
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