Technical info service of @practicalaction, sharing knowledge on appropriate, small scale #technologies that improve the lives of people living in poverty
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It's #WorldWaterWeek!
Explore how #water is central to tackling humanity’s greatest challenges: food security, health, agriculture, technology, biodiversity, climate &more with our #WASH documents, books & fully #OpenAccess journal!
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#WorldWaterWeek
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All articles in our Waterlines journal will be #OpenAccess from now on!
To celebrate, we have re-published 6 articles, now free to read, carefully chosen to inspire productive conversation about #WASH challenges facing communities today:
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🔎Looking for our most-downloaded #openaccess articles on #water, #Sanitation and hygiene? Covering topics including gender, nutrition, menstrual hygiene, and #climatechange? Find them on our World Water Week page! 👇🏽
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#WWWeek
Take a 👀 at inspiring resources from @PracticalAction, many of them free! Whether you're a development professional, researcher, policy maker, or community member, use them to shape your ingenious ideas!
Next to highlight: #WASH
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#watersupply #sanitation
Take a 👀 at inspiring resources from @PracticalAction, many of them free! Whether you're a development professional, researcher, policy maker, or community member, use them to shape your ingenious ideas!
First to highlight: #agriculture👇🏽
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@PA_PublishingUK
Are you a #sanitation changemaker in an #urban setting? Download your copy of this ground-breaking resource on the @PA_PublishingUK website, in your chosen language!
Guidance that will help stop public health & environmental crises before they begin and allow so many people to live with the dignity & convenience they need.
THE go-to manual for engineers is #OpenAccess in English, French & now Spanish!
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#WorldWaterDay
This working paper by @IRCWASH Centre sets out the thinking behind of learning alliances, offers practical guidance on how 2 adopt the approach and build a change hub to support it, & discusses examples from #Ghana and #Uganda bit.ly/2WILws2
#sanitation
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If you didn't have to worry about basic services, what would your priority be for the world? This #WorldToiletDay2020, remember a fundamental truth.
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Access to toilets are often taken for granted.
Women are disproportionately affected by the lack of basic sanitation.
This undermines their dignity and safety from sexual and gender-based violence.
#WorldToiletDay
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More people in the world have phones 📱 than toilets 🚽 , but access to safely managed sanitation is crucial for healthy lives.
On Thursday's #WorldToiletDay, see how the #GlobalGoals aim to ensure access to sanitation for all. un.org/sustainabledevelopmen…
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It’s #WorldToiletDay🚽!
Stop for a second & imagine what life would be like without a toilet. That is the daily reality of over half a billion people.
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On #WorldToiletDay2020 Read our Training Manual for Eco San Toilet Construction answers.practicalaction.org/…
@UN_Water
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This is the photos of the before and after intervention of school toilets. @PracticalAction India Foundation with the support from @SBILife renovated the school toilets of Prashanti Vihar Project UP School, Bhubaneswar!!
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#SustainableSanitation
#Climatechange magnifies the existing risks & #vulnerabilities associated with #disasters. Read the case study on demonstrating evidence on Ecosystem-based Adaptation in #LatinAmerica and the #Caribbean.
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"Covid-19 and #climatechange have made it harder than ever for farmers in #Zimbabwe to survive, but Melody Makumbe is encouraging a return to traditional, local crop varieties to safeguard their future." Read how 'lost' seeds are helping to feed a nation: fal.cn/3artI
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#CBA14 is finally here! Bold collaboration is needed more than ever, as we face a turning point. #Climatechange poses an ever greater threat to vulnerable communities around the world but global responses to covid-19 show that radical change is possible. #AdaptOurWorld
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We want to give your library, NGO, or business a 60 day FREE trial to our whole collection!
Make sure you have everything you need for virtual or in-person learning.
Find out more here 👇
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People in #Bangladesh, especially those living in poverty, have been hit hard by #COVID19, #floods, and unemployment. We're inviting you to be part of the solution. Join us and @floodalliance partners @Concern and @mercycorps_uk on 9 Sep. Find out more: fal.cn/3aaie
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Today in #Uganda: Ministry of Water and Environment with support of IRC will launch the new National Framework for Operation and Maintenance of Rural Water Infrastructure in the Rwenzori region. Publication aims to guide, inform, harmonise rural water O&M at all levels.
