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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Working Group

The monthly Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Working Group meeting seeks to improve U.S. government policies related to WASH issues, increase sustainable access to these basic services in the developing world, improve the integration of WASH across development sectors, and prioritize service access to communities most in need.

January 10, 2024
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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Working Group

The monthly Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Working Group meeting seeks to improve U.S. government policies related to WASH issues, increase sustainable access to these basic services in the developing world, improve the integration of WASH across development sectors, and prioritize service access to communities most in need.

January 23, 2024
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World Water Day 2019: Leaving No One Behind

This year’s World Water Day theme is "No One Left Behind." But according to a UNICEF and World Health Organization report, nearly a billion people today live without access to clean drinking water.

March 22, 2019
Blog Post

World Water Week Opens Amidst World Water Woes

Water, water every where, Nor any drop to drink. -Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime…

August 29, 2022
Blog Post

The Top 9 Causes of Global Poverty

11% of the world’s population is living in extreme poverty, which is defined as surviving on only $1.90 a day.

October 17, 2018
Blog Post

10 Ways to Fight Climate Change At Home

Ten things you can do at home to make a difference on climate change.

September 24, 2018
A farmer applying seed of Arabica coffee in Gayo highland, Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Arabica coffee from Aceh is the best coffee in the world.
Blog Post

InterAction, NGO Leaders Join Congress in Launching WASH Caucus

Every day that the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on underscores that access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) has never…

September 16, 2020
Blog Post

Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa

Africa remains disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change despite producing only 2–3% of the world’s global emissions.

August 29, 2022
Blog Post

Gender Equality and WASH: Empowering Women and Girls Through Access and Agency

The connection between gender and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) management is undeniable, yet this intersectionality remains poorly accounted for…

August 29, 2022
Blog Post

#HerImpact: Women Leaders and the Battle Against Hunger and Poverty

In 2007, droughts in grain-producing nations, rising fuel prices, global unemployment, and famine sent shockwaves through the international community and…

September 18, 2019
Young women sits under her stand where she sells a large number of watermelons.