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 H&M is launching H&M for WaterAid, a collection of Hawaiian-inspired resort wear for the entire family. - 17 May 2012
 WaterAid welcomes Roger Harrabin's article Notes: Safe assumptions on BBC News online (14 May 2012) on the number of people with access to safe drinking water. - 16 May 2012
 A garden inspired by the work of WaterAid is to be created at this year's Chelsea Flower Show by designers Patricia Thirion and Janet Honour of A Touch of France Garden Design. - 16 May 2012
 Representatives from WaterAid are attending Africa Water Week in Cairo this week to call on developing country governments to commit to bringing water and sanitation services to 100 million more Africans. - 14 May 2012
 Writer and explorer Anthony Smith, 86, and his crew of over-50s have successfully completed a journey from the Caribbean to the Bahamas on a raft made from water pipes, raising money for WaterAid. - 4 May 2012
 Aveda, the botanical lifestyle brand, celebrated its UK Earth Month 2012 campaign with a five mile walk along east London's canals to raise funds for WaterAid on Monday 23 April. - 4 May 2012
 A week of nationwide charity collections and public events launched on Monday 23 April for the second UK Coffee Week, which will raise money to support clean water projects in coffee-producing African countries. - 24 April 2012
 Delegates from WaterAid are in Washington to encourage governments and donors attending the Sanitation and Water for All High Level Meeting to invest in water and sanitation. - 20 April 2012
 Writer and explorer Anthony Smith is back on the An-tiki raft for WaterAid... - 12 April 2012
 Aveda will be supporting WaterAid for the third year running with money raised throughout their Earth Month campaign which will take place during April 2012. - 10 April 2012
 WaterAid is developing its Pan-Africa work through the creation of a new programme to ensure unified actions across the continent and increase our influence. - 10 April 2012
 WaterAid has warned that European governments are committing a false economy by cutting aid to the world's poorest countries. - 5 April 2012
 WaterAid is calling on walkers and climbers to don their boots and celebrate the nation's spectacular landscape by taking on the UK's best mountains to raise vital funds. - 3 April 2012
 WaterAid has denounced the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report that calls on the UK Government to drop its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on development aid from 2013. - 29 March 2012
 WaterAid has called for every person in the world to have safe drinking water within a generation, as people around the globe commemorate World Water Day (22 March 2012). - 22 March 2012
 Therese Coffey has pledged her support to WaterAid's Water Works campaign to bring safe water and sanitation to the world's poorest people. - 15 March 2012
 Actress Miranda Hart has made an emotional trip to see WaterAid’s work in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, as part of Sport Relief. - 13 March 2012
 JLS band members, Jonathan JB, Aston, Oritse and Marvin, visited Uganda to film the work that Sport Relief funds. - 9 March 2012
 This year's International Women's Day focuses on the theme of empowering rural women. - 7 March 2012
 Thames Water's chief executive will be leading a group visiting the four towns directly supported by Thames Water in a unique fundraising programme that was launched last year called Thames4Bangladesh. - 6 March 2012
 WaterAid has welcomed the news that the world has met its goal to bring drinking water to millions of the world's poorest people. - 6 March 2012
 A team from Severn Trent Water will be putting their best feet forward for WaterAid in March by climbing Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. - 29 February 2012
 A garden inspired by the work of the charity WaterAid is to be created at this year's Chelsea Flower Show by designers Patricia Thirion and Janet Honour. - 10 February 2012
 WaterAid responds to debate over whether the UK should continue to give aid to India, given that the country is currently experiencing strong economic growth. - 9 February 2012
 WaterAid has welcomed the commitment made by the President of Liberia, to increase investment to help the 1.2 million Liberians without access to safe drinking water and 3.5 million who lack adequate sanitation. - 2 February 2012
 WaterAid is pleased to announce that its new office in South Africa has officially been registered by the Government. - 25 January 2012
 Rod Taylor and Ian Morgan from Yorkshire are racing from London to South Africa in the London Cape Town Endurance Rally to raise money for WaterAid - 6 January 2012
 WaterAid celebrated the big 3-0 this year, and what a successful year it's been thanks to your ongoing support! - 22 December 2011
 On Thursday 22 December, friends and family will gather in Bournemouth to cheer on grandfather of two Barry Light, as he celebrates his 60th birthday by beginning a personal challenge to run 60 marathons in 60 weeks. - 16 December 2011
 Whitbread Hotels & Restaurants have supported WaterAid since June 2009 and employees, guests and suppliers have raised an amazing £1 million, helping us reach over 66,000 people in India with a supply of safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation. - 8 December 2011
 The UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December) aims to bring attention to the dignity, rights and well-being of disabled people and access to water and improved hygiene and sanitation is vital to achieving this. - 2 December 2011
 As people across the globe unite to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December, we are calling for more unity between HIV/AIDS programmes and efforts to improve access to water and sanitation. - 1 December 2011
 This World Toilet Day, we are launching a hard-hitting new report, Off-track, off-target, and new global campaign, Water Works, to emphasise the effectiveness of water and sanitation aid. - 18 November 2011
 HRH the Prince of Wales saw WaterAid's water and sanitation work in action in Dar es Salaam while on a royal tour in Tanzania this month. - 15 November 2011
 Ex-Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr has designed a boot to raise money for WaterAid through a charity auction arranged by clothing company Timberland. - 14 November 2011
 Local community involvement could dramatically improve water resource management and contribute to greater water security in developing countries. - 8 November 2011
Managing Water Locally, a new report from international development agencies WaterAid and Oxfam and the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) will be officially launched on Tuesday 8 November, at an event in London.
- 4 November 2011
 For people in South Asia, sanitation means 'cleanliness' and 'dignity', according to a report launched today. - 3 November 2011
 On Saturday 15 October thousands of people danced for water, all over the UK and in places around the world, as part of WaterAid's Big National Ceilidh. - 20 October 2011
 Nearly 300 WaterAid supporters came together at Tower Hill Hotel in London on Friday to hear about WaterAid's progress over the last year. - 18 October 2011
 WaterAid last night received a high commendation for the development and effective use of its innovative water supply monitoring tool, the Water Point Mapper, at The Charity Times Awards 2011. - 13 October 2011
 Investment in water and sanitation in the rapidly urbanising cities of the developing world is key if we are to avoid uncontrollable poverty and ever worsening slums, says charity WaterAid in a new report. - 3 October 2011
 Sing for Water at the Thames Festival brought together 800 singers from 50 choirs from across the UK and Republic of Ireland to raise an estimated £30,000 for WaterAid. - 3 October 2011
 In the scorching heat of 25 September, 60 WaterAid supporters pounded the pavements of Greenwich to raise awareness for our life-saving work across the world as well as an impressive £25,000. - 3 October 2011
WaterAid and partners are supporting government relief efforts in India to help those affected by the floods in the state of Orissa. - 30 September 2011
 Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants announced that, through the fundraising efforts of their teams and the generosity of their guests, they have raised a massive £1 million for WaterAid. - 27 September 2011
 In light of the growing humanitarian crisis in Pakistan, WaterAid is taking action to address the urgent water, sanitation and hygiene needs of flood-affected people in a further five districts of Sindh province. - 23 September 2011
 Staff at Thames Water organised a fun and dynamic fundraising challenge around London to raise up to £25,000 for WaterAid. - 21 September 2011
 Join up, Scale up: New report shows how working together across health, water, sanitation and nutrition sectors really does work. - 19 September 2011
 On Thursday 8 September, teams from all over Southern England battled it out to be crowned champion of the Southern Region water industry quiz. - 19 September 2011
 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales last night hosted a reception at Clarence House to celebrate WaterAid's 30th anniversary. - 7 September 2011
 Former Prime Minister, and MP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah today took to the Fife coast to promote a fundraising walk for international charity WaterAid. - 26 August 2011
 The Swedish Crown princess couple, HRH Crown Princess Victoria and HRH Prince Daniel, has today announced that they have decided to jointly assume patronage of WaterAid in Sweden. - 24 August 2011
 Myron Wenden, aged just 11, completed a grueling 30-mile trek across wet and windy Dartmoor in the hope of raising £700 for WaterAid. - 22 August 2011
 WaterAid is providing emergency aid in drought-stricken areas in Ethiopia, while also focusing work to provide sustainable water and sanitation facilities that will build resilience against future droughts. - 19 August 2011
 The Department of International Development has provided WaterAid with an annual grant of £4.2 million over three years to enable the charity to extend its work to reach some of the world's poorest people with clean water, improved hygiene and sanitation. - 10 August 2011
 WaterAid's Chief Executive Barbara Frost will be leading a tour around the Wellcome Collection's 'Dirt' exhibition on Tuesday 9 August. - 5 August 2011
 The Gulper, WaterAid's innovative machine for hygienically emptying pit latrines, will feature in a new BBC World documentary series on Saturday 6 August at 10.10 and 20.10 GMT - 4 August 2011
 Forty hardy walkers successfully completed the 6 Peaks challenge from 1 to 4 July, reaching the summits of the highest peaks in six regions in the British Isles in the space of 72 hours and raising more than £50,000 for WaterAid. - 1 August 2011
 The Royal Society of Chemistry is featuring an exhibition called 'Our Children on Water', which presents different perspectives on water through art created by schoolchildren from across Africa and Europe. - 28 July 2011
 It has been a year since floods devastated much of Pakistan, engulfing an area the size of the UK, causing 2,000 deaths, and displacing 20 million people. - 25 July 2011
 Since being formed in 1981 by a group of individuals working in the water industry, WaterAid has reached more than 14 million people with safe water and more than 9 million with sanitation. - 21 July 2011
 Barbara Frost, Chief Executive, has been awarded a Doctor of Law by the University of Exeter in recognition of her work with WaterAid and other international development organisations. - 19 July 2011
 Ahead of AfricaSan 3 in Rwanda, WaterAid warns that Africa is facing increasing inequality in access to one of the continent's most basic services. - 15 July 2011
 On 12 July, 11-year-old Myron Wenden-Hadley delivered WaterAid's Loo Queue petition to the Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, on behalf of the 24,277 people who added their voice to the campaign. - 15 July 2011
 Poor rains in the Horn of Africa have contributed to severe water shortages, failed harvests and food insecurity, affecting more than 10 million people in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia and Djibouti. - 5 July 2011
 A bit of rain and a lot of mud fails to dampen spirits at the 2011 Glastonbury Festival... - 1 July 2011
The UN Secretary-General this week launched an initiative to keep sanitation high on the political agenda and ensure the world meets its targets to improve global sanitation by 2015. - 24 June 2011
 Music stars Eliza Doolittle, Lauren Laverne and Emmy the Great have teamed up with WaterAid to design cool temporary tattoos for Glastonbury Festival. - 20 June 2011
 Government ministers, aid agencies and pharmaceutical companies came together in London on Monday to tackle some of the biggest causes of child mortality. - 16 June 2011
 Bottled water brand Belu and WaterAid proudly announced their new partnership which aims to raise £300,000 for the charity's work over the next three years. - 16 June 2011
 WaterAid's Chief Executive Barbara Frost has been awarded a Doctor of Science by Cranfield University for her contribution to international development. - 13 June 2011
 WaterAid this week became the first international development charity to host a
24-hour tweetathon in order to showcase its work around the world. - 10 June 2011
 On Tuesday 7 June WaterAid will be hosting a non-stop tweetathon on Twitter – WaterAid 24 - to show supporters exactly what an international charity does over a 24-hour period. - 3 June 2011
 Two WaterAid images feature as part of an eye-opening photo exhibition that explores ways to align human systems and natural systems to solve various global challenges. - 2 June 2011
 An athletic novice and 'average man' by his own admission, thirty-year-old James Girling of Kennington, South London, aims to raise thousands of pounds for the charity WaterAid by completing the North Pole Marathon in April 2012. - 3 June 2011
 Young adventurer Sarah Outen is celebrating her 26th birthday on 26 May while on the road in Kazakhstan, just seven weeks into her two-and-a-half year journey round the world under her own power. - 26 May 2011
 Water is something we all take for granted, which is why for the ninth year running H&M is teaming up with WaterAid to help provide safe water and sanitation to some of the world's poorest communities. - 23 May 2011
 Wolverhampton Wanderers Chairman Steve Morgan has raised an incredible £87,000 for the international charity WaterAid, by running the London Marathon last month. - 18 May 2011
 Civil society has issued a stark warning at the close of the UN Least Developed Country Conference (LDC-IV), which has been held this week in Istanbul. - 13 May 2011
WaterAid and End Water Poverty are calling for leaders to urgently tackle the global water and sanitation crisis at this week's United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV) in Istanbul. - 9 May 2011
 WaterAid supporters have the opportunity to influence DFID's future priorities by helping evaluate its work. - 31 March 2011
 The Brighton Half Marathon organisers are proud to announce that, for the 3rd year running, WaterAid has been chosen as the official International Partner Charity for the 2012 race. - 9 May 2011
 An-Tiki, a raft made of polyethylene pipes and a pig shelter, and her intrepid crew of four ‘mature’ adventurers including an 85-year-old grandfather from London, have defied sceptics by successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean. - 7 April 2011
 Aveda, the botanical haircare and skincare company, kicked off its UK Earth Month 2011 campaign this week with a five mile walk along the Thames to raise funds for international charity WaterAid on Monday 4 April. - 5 April 2011
 WaterAid has launched an online resource called WASHwatch.org to help civil society organisations strengthen their call for improved water and sanitation facilities. - 31 March 2011
UK Coffee Week, 4-10 April 2011, will see thousands of coffee shops and cafés raise funds for impoverished communities in coffee-producing African countries. - 31 March 2011
 Filthy Cities, a documentary series launching tonight on BBC Two, will take viewers on a sensory journey into our unhygienic past, with the help of an unsavoury scratch and sniff card. - 5 April 2011
 As part of Earth Month in April 2011 Aveda will donate £5 to WaterAid from every sale of two hair accessories, designed exclusively for Aveda by model and fair trade ambassador Laura Bailey. - 29 March 2011
 WaterAid will be speaking at the Wellcome Collection's Dirt exhibition, which documents the plight of manual scavenging and other issues around dirt and cleanliness. - 28 March 2011
 Wolverhampton Wanderers' Chairman and businessman Steve Morgan has been inspired to run the London Marathon next month for WaterAid, after seeing first-hand what life is like without access to clean water in Rwanda. - 28 March 2011
 More than 40 MPs walk for water at Westminster, as part of a global campaign to raise awareness of the world water and sanitation crisis. - 23 March 2011
 To mark World Water Day Save Water Save Money Ltd will donate 1p to WaterAid for each person that clicks on their virtual flushing toilet - 22 March 2011
 International charity WaterAid is encouraging people from all over the UK to join thousands of others around the world and dance for water as part of WaterAid’s Big National Ceilidh on Saturday 15th October 2011. - 22 March 2011
 With a rapidly growing urban population lacking clean water and toilets, the developing world is facing a massive public health crisis this World Water Day. - 22 March 2011
 If you're passionate about making a difference this World Water Day, why not donate your voice? - 18 March 2011
 Walking for water or surfing the net – what would you rather be doing this World Water Day..? - 18 March 2011
 International Women's Day on 8 March celebrates the economic, political and social success of women. But it is also a day to consider the inequalities that remain and generate a renewed determination to work for change. - 1 March 2011
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WaterAid's Speaker Network plays an important role in maintaining relationships with our supporters across the UK. We are now extending our speaker service to include school workshops. This will initially be a... - 12 May 2011
 The Government has today missed an opportunity to help some of the world’s poorest people, and tackle Africa’s biggest child killer, as set out in their Coalition document last year. - 1 March 2011
 On Sunday 30 January 2011, Anthony Smith, an 84-year-old adventurer, writer and grandfather from London, set sail across the Atlantic Ocean on the An-Tiki – a raft made from water pipes. He aims to raise £50,000 for WaterAid. - 1 February 2011
 United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, together with the President of Liberia Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, today called for immediate action on sanitation - the most off-track Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target in sub-Saharan Africa. - 22 September 2010
 Bath MP Don Foster delivers a House of Commons speech on water, sanitation and hygiene in the developing world. - 20 December 2010
 Six months on from the start of the flood waters that devastated much of Pakistan, causing 2,000 deaths and displacing 20 million people, the lasting effects of the disaster continue to overshadow daily life. - 27 January 2011
 WaterAid has launched a valuable tool that facilitates the development and upkeep of water facilities by producing maps showing the distribution and status of water supply services across the world. - 18 January 2011
 Throughout 2010, WaterAid's supporters have run, sung, danced, climbed, cycled, swum, spoken out, dressed up and stood up for the millions of people around the globe living without access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene. - 7 January 2011
Michelle Farrington from Sale, Rachel Barber from Northampton and Andrena Ellis from Oxford have been invited by WaterAid to the East African country to get involved with hygiene projects that the charity runs with local guides and scouts. - 22 December 2010
 A bunch of hardy London sewermen have posted on YouTube a reworded version of the carol Good King Wenceslas - in a bid to stop people washing drain-blocking turkey fat down their sinks this Christmas. - 21 December 2010
WaterAid has collaborated with Handicap International to create a list of the top 50 documents on WASH for use by development professionals focusing on disability. - 7 October 2010
 WaterAid in West Africa and the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) have formed a partnership to support a regional network of journalists across West Africa. - 20 December 2010
 WaterAid, in partnership with FAN, WASH United and Rights and Humanity, has re-launched a website dedicated to the right to water and sanitation on International Human Rights Day. - 10 December 2010
 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
 WaterAid is taking part in the Third Africa Water Week, which is taking place this week, 22-26 November, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. - 22 November 2010
 In countries such as Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda, WaterAid is helping people to dispose of their toilet waste and make money at the same time. - 19 November 2010
 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 appoints a former UK Government Minister for International Development, Mike Foster, as new Head of Communications. - 17 November 2010
 UN Summit verdict: Outcomes don't quite make the grade, world leaders must try harder. - 23 September 2010
The British broadcaster BBC Radio 4 featured a powerful interview with a manual scavenger in Bihar, India, on its Today programme. - 16 November 2010
A new series published today in leading medical journal Public Library of Science Medicine reveals that poor sanitation, water and hygiene not only lead to more than two million children dying annually, but also result in a massive global disease burden. - 16 November 2010
 Floods in Nigeria have sparked the worst outbreak of cholera in the country for 20 years, already killing 1,500 people with the death toll still rising. - 16 November 2010
 International charity WaterAid is offering a fresh solution to buying presents this Christmas with a range of gifts which make a lasting difference to the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. - 20 October 2010
 UK taxpayers' investment in international development will deliver reduced rates of return if the Government does not invest in proven, cost-effective interventions - such as sanitation and water. - 20 October 2010
 On the eve of the Government's Spending Review, WaterAid is calling on the Coalition to prioritise water and sanitation and therefore maximize the impact of the UK's international development investments. - 19 October 2010
 Jonathan Dimbleby will be on BBC Radio 4 this Sunday 17 October appealing for people to donate to WaterAid. - 14 October 2010
 For the first time, the UN Human Rights Council recognised the right to water and sanitation as legally binding in international law by nation states on 30 September 2010. - 6 October 2010
 WaterAid has mixed reactions to the outcome document from the MDG Summit, which points to the importance of sanitation and water and their impacts on other areas of development but was not focused enough on the actions needed. - 27 September 2010
 Juanita During - WaterAid's Head of Governance in Nigeria - impressed the Guardian so much that they invited her to contribute a blog, and to speak on a podcast panel debate for their new Global Development website. - 24 September 2010
 As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today announces an important initiative to tackle malnutrition in mothers and children, WaterAid warned that without action on sanitation, efforts to step up progress could be derailed. - 21 September 2010
On the eve of a critical UN Summit to review efforts to tackle world poverty, WaterAid let loose a giant poo on the streets of New York to highlight a global sanitation crisis responsible for 4,000 child deaths every day. - 19 September 2010
 Juanita During, Head of Governance for WaterAid in Nigeria, gave a powerful speech with Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister, and Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for Development among the audience. - 15 September 2010
 On 11 September 2010, former Prime Minister and current MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Gordon Brown joined a team of fundraisers walking the Fife Coast Path to raise money for WaterAid. - 13 September 2010
 A dramatic installation of 167 spades standing upright in grass was erected in London's iconic Trafalgar Square to symbolise the number of children who die from diarrhoea in the developing world every hour. - 8 September 2010
 WaterAid has launched a damning new report to mark the ten year anniversary of the signing of the UN Millennium Declaration. - 7 September 2010
 Every year a wealth of water expertise comes together in Stockholm for one week. For WaterAid, this means it is a very busy week indeed... - 6 September 2010
 To mark the new Government's 100th day in power, and to remind Prime Minister David Cameron to prioritise funding for sanitation and water, WaterAid supporter Dipesha Sharma went to 10 Downing Street this morning to hand in our petition of over 9,000 sign - 16 August 2010
 WaterAid has again received accreditation from Investors in People, demonstrating its continued commitment to improving its organisational performance through its people. - 26 April 2011
WaterAid is supporting its partners in the aftermath of flash floods and torrential rains that have caused more than 1,700 people to lose their lives. - 13 August 2010
The UN General Assembly voted in favour of recognising the right to water and sanitation in a resolution made yesterday in New York. - 29 July 2010
 The biggest killer of children under five in Africa is in danger of being entirely overlooked at this week's African Union summit in Uganda. - 20 July 2010
 Photographer Olivia Arthur has documented the journey out of poverty for three communities in Africa, to show how access to clean water is transforming lives.
- 2 July 2010
 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales today spent time at the 40th Glastonbury Festival learning about the charities supported by the iconic music event. - 24 June 2010
 UN Secretary announced the establishment of an Advocacy Group of Eminent Persons to work towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). - 23 June 2010
 An open letter from celebrities to all G8 leaders on the eve of this year's summit in Canada calls for them to take action on maternal, child and newborn health. - 23 June 2010
 On Saturday 12 June, nine-year old Hemi Poulton from Bermondsey and friends took part in a sponsored bike ride in Burgess Park, raising funds for WaterAid. - 16 June 2010
 Musicians including Faithless, Corinne Bailey Rae and Foals are rallying behind our Don't Let it Drop campaign at Glastonbury Festival. - 15 June 2010
 Update from Kate Norgrove, WaterAid Campaigns Manager from the gender and health conference 'Women Deliver 2010' in Washington D.C. - 14 June 2010
 As World Cup football fever sets in, the whole world is looking to South Africa, to celebrate the magic of the beautiful game. - 9 June 2010
 There's still time for mountain climbers to don their boots and raise vital funds for some of the world's poorest people by taking on the 2010 WaterAid Munro Challenge. - 8 June 2010
 The two winners of the YouTube-Cannes Lions film competition for WaterAid have been announced. - 2 June 2010
 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has missed a crucial step in the battle to improve global health and meet health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). - 24 May 2010
 On 25 May 2010 it will be one year to the day since Cyclone Aila battered the coastline of Bangladesh. - 21 May 2010
 The new coalition government has placed high importance on the role of water and sanitation in reducing global poverty. - 20 May 2010
 WaterAid has launched a petition calling on the new coalition government to tackle the global sanitation and water crisis during its first 100 days in power. - 12 May 2010
 Hundreds of young filmmakers got creative for WaterAid this weekend, making films demanding water and sanitation for all. - 18 May 2010
 With the UK General Election drawing ever nearer, WaterAid is getting ready to step up its campaigning for the new government's first 100 days in power. - 4 May 2010
 After a wet start, the sun eventually made its appearance for a record 36,000 runners taking part in the 30th London Marathon on Sunday 25 April 2010. - 6 May 2010
 WaterAid and global campaign group End Water Poverty today welcomed the launch of a new partnership to accelerate efforts to bring clean water and safe sanitation to millions more people across the globe. - 26 April 2010
 One of the world's most recognisable buildings has been given a shocking makeover by international charity WaterAid and global campaign group End Water Poverty. - 23 April 2010
 Development efforts in low income countries undermined by lack of investment in sanitation and water. - 21 April 2010
 Jonathan Rich (Press Officer, WaterAid in America) writes from Washington, DC, where the first ever High Level Meeting on Sanitation and Water is being held. - 22 April 2010
 Following a very successful week in New York in March, WaterAid is seeking to build momentum at the High Level Meeting on Sanitation and Water in Washington DC. - 21 April 2010
 A selection of WaterAid's thought-provoking films and photographs will feature at the forthcoming London International Documentary Film Festival, helping to introduce our work to diverse new audiences. - 21 April 2010
 As 'diarrhoea' tops a Spelling Society survey of the words journalists and editors struggle to spell, WaterAid is urging journalists to tackle the spelling challenge and 'talk diarrhoea'... - 21 April 2010
 The three main parties have launched their manifestos and we are pleased to announce that the incredible campaigning efforts of WaterAid supporters have brought real impact on all three main political parties to act. - 16 April 2010
 WaterAid in Sweden has won SEK 50,000 (5,000 UK pounds) in a competition run by national crisp bread producer, Leksandbrod. - 8 April 2010
 WaterAid is pleased to announce the launch of a media partnership with The Publican, the UK's weekly pub and bar industry newspaper, in support of their fundraising initiative Tap into WaterAid. - 31 March 2010
 Father and son Norman and James Beech have completed an incredible 2,665 mile rowing challenge across the Atlantic – raising vital funds for WaterAid in the process. - 31 March 2010
To mark World Water Day, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for immediate action to ensure access to safe, clean water and improved sanitation in the developing world. - 23 March 2010
 To mark World Water Day, more than one hundred Gordon Brown look-alikes queued in front of a giant loo in Westminster today, to urge the UK Prime Minister to tackle the global sanitation crisis. - 22 March 2010
 On UN World Water Day, Mon 22 March, WaterAid's Chief Executive Barbara Frost was among the speakers at the first United Nations High Level Thematic Event on Water in New York. - 22 March 2010
 WaterAid is participating in a Guinness world record attempt to create the world's longest toilet queue... - 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
 Daily updates from the event taking place in Kampala, Uganda... - 16 March 2010
 Since October last year customers of Pizza Express on Bedford St in Belfast have been encouraged to make a voluntary donation to WaterAid in return for a glass of tap water as part of the Tap into WaterAid campaign. - 17 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 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
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