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/ Southeast Asia

Accelerating Change to Solve Water and Sanitation Crisis

Every 22 March, the world celebrates World Water Day with this year theme focus on “Accelerating Change to Solve Water and Sanitation Crisis”. Since water affects us all, we have to response with immediate action, as access to clean and safe water and basic sanitation consider human rights, yet large part of the world population still does not have access to it.
/ South Asia

South Asia Youth Water Challenge 2023: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Brandix Apparel Limited, GWP SAS, and Youth and Young Water Professionals (YYPP), South Asia are launching the “South Asia Youth Water Challenge 2023” to provide opportunities and empower the younger generation to create meaningful impact and change while contributing to the sustainable development goals.
/ West Africa

West Africa ready for the United Nations (UN) Water Conference in New York

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, through the Commission's Water Resources Management Centre (WRMC), organised from 13 to 15 March 2023 in Lomé, Togo, the Regional Preparatory Concertation for the United Nations (UN) Water Conference of March 2023 and on the Strengthening of West African Cooperation on Water-related Issues
/ Eastern Africa

DRESSEA project helping farmers and pastoralists adapt to climate change and drought through innovative technologies.

GWPEA is implementing the “Strengthening Drought Resilience for Smallholder Farmers and Pastoralists in the IGAD Region (DRESS-EA) Project in four Riparian countries of Djibouti, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda. The project, which is undertaken in collaboration with the Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS) aims at increasing the resilience of smallholder farmers and pastoralists to climate change risks mainly those related to drought, through the establishment of appropriate early warning systems and implementation of drought adaptation actions in the IGAD region.
/ Global

Rewriting the Rules for Partnering: New Models for Water Action

GWP is proud to be the lead organisation for this side event at the UN 2023 Water Conference. The event focuses on demonstrating practical approaches to drive cooperation and partnership at all levels in order to help to achieve internationally agreed water-related goals and targets, including those contained in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.