Press releases and statements

Professor Val Curtis – who passed away last month at the age of 62 – has been posthumously awarded WaterAid’s President’s Award. The award is the highest honour the international charity can give, and is acknowledged and signed by its President, HRH The Prince of Wales.

‘Living in a fragile world: The impact of climate change on the sanitation crisis’ WaterAid’s World Toilet Day 2020 briefing

Yvonne Bailey-Smith, mother of famous novelist Zadie Smith, features in WaterAid’s stunning new online exhibition, Toilet Stories, which launches this week to mark UN World Toilet Day (19 November).

WaterAid’s new online exhibition, Toilet Stories, launches this week to mark UN World Toilet Day (19 November). It explores the lives of those who are deeply affected by a lack of decent toilets – 1 in 4 people globally - and those whose lives have been transformed by them.