Posts Tagged ‘Sub-Saharan Africa’
GWWI Women and Water:Dining for Women Raises over $60,000 for GWWIs Women-Led Water Service Center Program
Women’s Earth Alliance is so thrilled to be the recipient of a program grant from Dining For Women to expand and deepen the work of Global Women’s Water Initiative in East Africa this Fall. In April, WEA was honored to be selected to be the DFW featured organization to support our Global Women’s Water Initiative…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water: Congrats to GWWI Grad Elected Board Chairperson for her Water District!
The Global Women’s Water Initiative is so excited to announce that Catherine Wanjohi, GWWI 2011 Graduate has been elected as the Chairperson for the Water Company Board for Naivasha District in Kenya! Catherine is the Director of Life Bloom, an incredible organization that uplifts ex-commercial sex-workers by offering training and support so they can generate income through…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water: GWWI Graduate Wins Top Prize from Ministry of Water and Irrigation
Congratulations to GWWI Graduates Lindah Wameya and Jane Wanjiko Joseph of Kilili Self-Help Program (KSHP) who won the Top Prize in the “Water For CIties” Ministry of Water and Irrigation National Competition! Lindah and Jane won for their essay promoting what they learned at Global Women’s Water Initiative Training in Uganda last summer – Water, Sanitation and…
Read MoreGWWI Women and Water: GWWI Collaboration Celebrates 4th Anniversary
It’s time to celebrate! Four years ago today the Global Women’s Water Initiative welcomed 50 grassroots women leaders from all over Sub-Saharan Africa and the United States to launch our first Women and Water Training in Nairobi, Kenya. We gathered together at the Green Belt Movement Training Center hosted by GROOTS Kenya to share stories of…
Read MoreGWWI: Women and Water on Wednesdays: Kenya to Enact Rainwater Harvesting Act – Great Opportunity for GWWI Grads
Posted by Gemma Bulos Follow Gemma, GWWI Director/HuffPost Blogger on Twitter Great news for GWWI Kenya Grads! According to the Kenyan Ministry of Water Deputy Director of Water Resources Juma Omondi, the Kenya Rainwater Harvesting Act will be enacted by the end of 2012. The law will advocate for the integration of household and industrial rainwater harvesting (RWH)…
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