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GWP’s VISION is a water secure world. Our MISSION is to advance governance and management of water resources for sustainable and equitable development.

OUR UNIQUE VALUE: GWP mobilises action on the global water crisis through a unique combination of social capital, shared values, credibility within the global water community, bottom-up orientation, and expertise. A network of networks, we ensure the ‘voices of water’ can inﬂuence local, national, regional, and global development priorities. We are committed to our role as a neutral convener and respected for our focus on inclusiveness and sustainability.

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GWP creates and communicates information about integrated water resources management which contributes to improved water governance and, ultimately, water security.

Together with our Partners, we provide knowledge resources and capacity building activities for solving water problems.

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Institutional Partners are the basis of GWP's multi-stakeholder partnership. A strong, diverse partnership can bring about the changes needed to achieve a water secure world. In this section, learn about the benefits of being a Partner and meet a few who already are. We invite like-minded organisations to join us!

GWP Regions

This is where you can find links to the websites of our Regional Water Partnerships (RWPs). RWPs are closest to the countries where we work. They share knowledge and learning across national boundaries and are expected to have an open, inclusive, and gender-sensitive policies for bringing together as wide a group of stakeholders as possible to solve water problems.

Makueni County WRUA Council

Anthony Mutua Kimeu is the Chairman of Makueni County WRUA Council in Kenya. His organisation has been a GWP Partner since its establishment in 2013. In this interview he describes the collaboration.

Describe your organisation, its vision and mission.

The name of my organisation is Makueni County WRUA Council. The organisation is a network of 68 individual Water Resources Users Associations (WRUAs) across the Makueni county in Kenya, with a membership of about 600,000 people.

Our vision is the provision, protection and conservation of water catchments in Makueni County, Kenya. Our mission is to create awareness on climate change, ecosystems, restoration, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and stakeholder engagement.

How long have you been a GWP Partner?

Makueni County WRUA Council has been a partner with GWP for a period of 9 years. We joined GWP in 2013, immediately after the organisation was formed. We decided to join because we found GWP to be a strong partner who can support our organisation through experience sharing, and it can provide strategies for project implementation and financial mobilisation.

What are the benefits of being a GWP Partner?

My organisation has benefited a lot for the past 9 years, mainly in the areas of capacity building and resource mobilisation.

Please share a challenge facing the management of water resources in your area of expertise.

We are experiencing sand harvesting in our rivers, tree logging along water catchments, climate change in water sheds, unpredictable rain patterns, and continuous drought.

Are there any special projects or initiatives that you would like more widely known?

There are a couple of special initiatives and examples online that I would like to share, because they explain issues that are part of our reality, and with these, I want to feed the future.

Kenya's Sand Wars (an Aljazeera feature story)

Feeding My Village (a video by WALINET)

Pixie fruit earns Sh600,000 per season, with all-year round ready market, by Farmbiz Africa.

Antony's take,Spray Service Provider, by Farmbiz Africa.

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