Posts Tagged ‘Impact Stories’
Angella and Martha Win an Award and Buy a Brick Machine!
Angella and Martha have two big reasons to celebrate and are one step closer to reaching their goal of providing their community with access to water! First, they were able to raise funds from their local supporters and community members to buy an ISSB brick-making machine to build strong water tanks and rainwater harvesting systems!…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water on Wednesdays: UCOBAC Receives the Gift of Hygiene from CNN Hero, Derek Kayonga!
The Global Women’s Water Initiative is thrilled to share this video featuring CNN Hero Derek Kayonga of the Global Soap Project (GSP) providing UCOBAC with recycled soap thanks to GWWI Fellow, Lily Dimling! A primary goal of GWWI is to create an international network of women leaders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector providing a platform…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water on Wednesdays: Eye on iCON
When the Global Women’s Water Initiative organizes a training in a region, we identify a strong partner who will be our local host. They are GWWIs most important lens into the intricacies of the regional issues that women face. They also offer their expertise into the appropriate design of the program and ensure that we…
Read MoreUBUNTU
n: an Nguni word from South Africa that addresses the notion of our interconnectedness as human beings. Sentence: “Umuntu ngumuntu ngamuntu:” “I am a person through other people.” I have been contemplating the implications of ubuntu in my journey to finding my life’s purpose. One February afternoon, I met with Phil Hutchings, founding member…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water on Wednesdays: The Future of Women and Water – Meet GWWIs Youngest Participants
Martha and Irene were the ‘baby sisters’ of the GWWI 2011 Training! At 18 and 19 years old, they hail as the youngest participants to ever attend a GWWI training. But they are far from ‘babies”! Their vibrant spirit, fresh perspective and youthful curiosity was only overshadowed by their incredible leadership! Martha and Irene came…
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