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Description: The Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD) is a multi-discipline organization concerned with water resource management in communities located in South Africa’s Lowveld region. Since AWARD’s establishment in 1998, this organization has piloted a number of programmes on the rehabilitation of wetland environments in the Lowveld river systems, water security, and improved water management. These integrated programmes are designed to improve the environment’s resiliency for continued, sustainable use by underserved communities.
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Subject: Sustainable development, Environmental protection, Conservation, Water
Group: Africa
Creator: The Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD)
Publisher: The Association for Water and Rural Development (AWARD)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: River pollution, Research and technology, Africa, Water supply, Rural communities, Africa
Description: The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) is headquartered in the capital city Accra, but also has coordinators for Ghana’s northern, middle and southern zones in order to serve a nationwide constituency. CONIWAS is an umbrella organization of NGOs and CSOs in water and sanitation and a key player in the water and sanitation sector that acts to influence policies, promote access to portable water as well as sustainable programs in water supply, sanitation and hygiene in vulnerable, underserved communities.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS)
Publisher: Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Environmental policy, Africa, Water supply, Ghana
Description: Mission4Water is a small-scale Christian non- governmental organization committed to providing communities and institutions such as primary schools throughout Uganda with wells for clean drinking water to help alleviate the labor intensive task of traveling long distances to fetch water and stop the spread of illnesses caused by unsafe water such as waterborne diseases like cholera, dysentery, and typhoid. This organization, operating from Rukungiri in Southwest Uganda, was formed by Mr. Sunday Geoffrey Augustus, a native Ugandan inspired by the U.S.A based Water4 Foundation’s inexpensive and sustainable well drilling programs.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Mission4Water
Publisher: Mission4Water
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Religious-affiliated, Research & technology, Africa, Water supply
Description: The Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP) is a non-governmental organization in Zimbabwe that works in three targeted districts: Tsholotsho, Hwange and Gwanda for more than three decades on projects, programs, and workshops in areas such as food security as well as water and sanitation. Food Security project encompass rainwater harvesting technologies and water management techniques for local farmers. Water and sanitation workshops include participatory health and hygiene education, and water testing to ensure water used by beneficiaries are free from bacteria and chemicals.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Organisation of Rural Associations For Progress (ORAP)
Publisher: Organisation of Rural Associations For Progress (ORAP)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Rainwater harvesting, Microfinancing, Food supply, Africa, Water supply, Environmental education, Rural communities, Zimbabwe
Description: This Boston-based non-profit organization focuses on the effects of toxics and a deteriorating environment on the health and daily life of communities in South Africa, and aims to bridge communities in the US with their counterparts in South Africa around environmental justice.
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Subject: Environmental justice, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: The South African Exchange Program on Environmental Justice (SAEPE)
Publisher: The South African Exchange Program on Environmental Justice (SAEPE)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Corporate accountability, Environmental justice, North America, Africa, Water supply
Description: The principal objective of the Southern and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network (SEARNET) is to create and promote a movement for rainwater harvesting and management as a sustainable alternative source to domestic and irrigation water in the face of scarcity coupled with an emphasis on using water for agricultural production. Programs by SEARNET are meant to enact the creating of green rainwater harvesting among members of NGOs and CSOs, and policymakers alike.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Southern and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network (SEARNET)
Publisher: Southern and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network (SEARNET)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Rainwater harvesting, Research & technology, Africa, Water supply, Environmental education
Description: The Water Trust (TWT) is a non-profit organization tasked with decreasing preventable diseases and poverty in targeted East African communities such as Masindi Village in Uganda by investing in improved and sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure such as latrines, hand washing facilities, filters, and water collection systems.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: The Water Trust (TWT)
Publisher: The Water Trust (TWT)
Language: English
Tag: Youth & students, Africa, Water supply, Rural communities
Description: AfricaBio is an independent, non-profit biotechnology stakeholders association. Our key role is to provide accurate information and create awareness, understanding as well as knowledge on biotechnology and biosafety in South Africa and the African region.
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Subject: Biotechnology, Conservation, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: AfricaBio
Publisher: AfricaBio
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Corporate accountability, Agriculture, Research & technology, Africa, Environmental education
Description: Liberia Environmental Watch (LEW) is a nonprofit, non- governmental organization devoted to achieving maximum environmental soundness through educational awareness, ensuring the protection of the environment (water, air, forest, land, and wildlife), and preserving as well as conserving natural resources now on the brink of extinction. LEW provides education to Liberian residents and will collaborate with the nation's higher institutions of learning and community-based organizations, the business community, local and national governmental organizations, including International agencies and other NGOs for national projects
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Subject: Africa, Environmental protection, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Liberia Environmental Watch (LEW)
Publisher: Liberia Environmental Watch (LEW)
Language: English
Coverage: Liberia
Tag: Wildlife conservation, Networking and coordinating, Corporate accountability, Environmental advocacy, Africa, Environmental education, Animal rights & protection
Description: The African Union of Conservationists (AUC) promotes contemporary environmental conservation activities and facilitates joint work wbetween local, national, and international organisations. CBOs, CSOs, local authorities and governments are among its members. AUC was established to involve as many conservationists in Africa as possible to champion environmental conservation and developmental integration. The Union provides an essential framework and direction for Africa to arrest its current environmental changes and challenges. It helps governments, communities, groups, and individuals improve their environmental management systems for conservation; coordinates conservation activities in a systematic manner; communicates important information emerging from the conservation and development sectors; and acts as a multi-sectorial body with committees that drive conservation.
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Subject: Environmental conservation, Environmental education, Research
Group: Africa
Creator: African Union of Conservationists
Publisher: African Union of Conservationists
Language: English
Coverage: Uganda
Tag: Wildlife conservation, Networking and coordinating, Research & technology, Environmental advocacy, Africa, Capacity building, Climate change mitigation
Description: The Action for Rural Women’s Empowerment (ARUWE) is a non-profit organization that works to improve the conditions of marginalized groups in Uganda, especially children and rural women farmers. ARUWE is a member of the National Association of Women organizations in Uganda (NAWOU) and is tasked with improving the livelihoods and welfare of women in terms of providing assistance and education on achieving economic empowerment, avoiding the transmission of HIV/AIDS, and attaining food security. This organization has an integrated program on health, water, sanitation and HIV/AIDS that focuses on health, hygiene, and sanitation as well as reproductive health.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Action for Rural Women's Empowerment
Publisher: Action for Rural Women's Empowerment
Language: English
Tag: HIV/AIDS, Food supply, Africa, Women's issues, Water supply, Rural communities, Uganda
Description: The Koom Association for the Promotion of Women in Burkina Faso (AKAFEM/BF) is a Burkinabé non-profit organization that fights against the development challenges facing rural people, especially those in the most sensitive social fringe-women.
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Subject: Women, Africa, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Koom Association for the Promotion of Women in Burkina Faso (AKAFEM/BF)
Publisher: Koom Association for the Promotion of Women in Burkina Faso (AKAFEM/BF)
Language: French
Coverage: Burkina Faso
Tag: HIV/AIDS, Africa, Women's issues, Water supply, Rural communities
Description: CEEPA aims to enhance the capacity of African researchers to conduct environmental economics and policy inquiry of relevance to African problems. It also aims to increase awareness among environmental and economic managers and policy makers of the role environmental economics plays in sustainable development.
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Subject: Environmental economics, Sustainable development, Environmental policy
Group: Africa
Creator: Center for Environmental economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA)
Publisher: Center for Environmental economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Environmental economics, Environmental policy, Africa, Sustainable development
Description: Divine Waters Uganda (DWU) is a Christian charitable service organization and NGO that provides water and sanitation services, in tandem with spiritual instruction to impoverished, rural communities in Uganda. This organization aims to increase natural resource management, hygienic practices such as proper hand washing techniques, and sustainable water and sanitation facilities such as water pumps in Ugandan communities. One of Divine Waters Uganda’s primary visions is to emphasize a sustainable relationship with the environment.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: Divine Waters Uganda (DWU)
Publisher: Divine Waters Uganda (DWU)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Religious-affiliated, Africa, Water supply, Environmental education, Rural communities, Uganda
Description: Earthlife Africa is a volunteer activist organization working for environmental and social justice. Its activities include campaigning on gmos, toxic waste, dams, timberwatch, and clean energy, with a focus on capacity building and networking. The organization was in Johannesburg in 1998.
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Subject: Environmental justice, Clean energy, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: Earthlife Africa
Publisher: Earthlife Africa
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Environmental activism, Energy, Africa, Renewable energy, Climate change mitigation
Description: The Ethiopia Rainwater Harvesting Association (ERHA) was founded on December 17, 1999 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by citizens in order to mitigate the threat of water scarcity by harvesting rainwater. This organization’s vision is to see rainwater utilized as an alternative, sustainable source of water to improve the livelihoods of both rural and urban communities. The ERHA is a member of the Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership (GHARP) and five additional rainwater networks.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: Ethiopia Rainwater Harvesting Association (ERHA)
Publisher: Ethiopia Rainwater Harvesting Association (ERHA)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Rainwater harvesting, Environmental policy, Africa, Water supply, Environmental education, Ethiopia
Description: NewEnergy is a non-governmental organization founded in 1994 in the city of Tamale, and operates from four districts in the northern region of Ghana: the Tamale Municipality, Gushiegu Karaga, West Mamprusi, and Tolon Kumbungu. This organization’s main areas of focus include water and sanitation services and advocacy. NewEnergy is one of several partners working under the Ghaja Project, a five-year project with an integrated approach to improving access to income generating activities as well as affordable and sustainable energy options for rural, underserved communities in northern Ghana by utilizing the Jatropha plant, which is drought resistant with oils that can be used as fuel.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: Ghaja Project
Publisher: Ghaja Project
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: European Union, Africa, Woodlands, Women's issues, Water supply, Renewable energy, Rural communities, Ghana
Description: The Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership (GHARP) was established in March 2001 as a network of National Rainwater Associations and regional partnerships based in countries in the horn of Africa; the primary goal of this partnership is to promote research and sustainable technologies for achieving water supply, food security, and poverty reduction and promoting rainwater harvesting and management systems. The consortium of national associations under this umbrella organization include: the Ethiopia Rainwater Harvesting Association (ERHA), Kenya Rainwater Association (KRA), Rainwater Association of Somalia (RAAS), Rainwater Harvesting Association of Tanzania (RHAT), and Uganda Rainwater Association (URWA).
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership (GHARP)
Publisher: Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership (GHARP)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Rainwater harvesting, Food supply, Research & technology, Africa, Water supply
Description: The Kenya Water for Health Organisation (KWAHO) was registered as an indigenous non-governmental organization in 1983. KWAHO’s mission is to provide programs and services in environmental management training, hygiene educational materials, sanitation facilities, and safe, sanitary, and sustainable water to underserved communities in Kenya. The KWAHO’s objectives include building the capacities of communities to promote income generating activities, improve gender equality, and manage natural resources, in part by utilizing cost- effective technologies and mobilizing resources.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: Kenya Water for Health Organisation (KWAHO)
Publisher: Kenya Water for Health Organisation (KWAHO)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Africa, Women's issues, Water supply, Environmental education, Kenya, Gender equality
Description: The Mvula Trust is South Africa’s largest water and sanitation non-governmental organization. It was established in 1993, six months before the fall of apartheid and first democratic elections in South Africa, with the goal to initiate and fund community-driven and sustained water and sanitation services in underserved rural and peri-urban areas. The Mvula Trust has ten focus areas, including rural water supply, sanitation, water quality, and rainwater harvesting. This organization seeks to alleviate poverty through influencing sustainable water provision policy development, encourage community-based resource management, and advocating for cost effective and sustainable water management.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development, Environmental protection
Group: Africa
Creator: The Mvula Trust
Publisher: The Mvula Trust
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Environmental policy, Africa, Water supply, Rural communities
Description: The Sustainable Sanitation and Water Renewal System (SSWARS) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization registered in 2005 and operating in Uganda. SSWARS’s mission is to help advance the Millennium Development Goals by improving targeted communities’ standard of living through the implementation of improved sanitation practices and water supply systems. This integrated approach helps reduce the spread of waterborne diseases and illnesses that are preventable with better hygienic practices. Projects based in Uganda include constructing a Community Sanitation Center, sustainable water supply systems, and latrines in Kampala.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Sustainable Sanitation and Water Renewal Systems (SSWARS)
Publisher: Sustainable Sanitation and Water Renewal Systems (SSWARS)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Africa, Water supply, Rural communities
Description: The Safe Water and AIDS Project (SWAP) is a non- governmental organization based in Kisumu Kenya with the following objectives: improving the quality of life for people living with HIV/AIDS, preventing the leading causes of illnesses and mortality in children such as diarrhea and malaria, and helping to generate income for HIV positive women. SWAP, officially registered as an NGO in 2006, trains HIV positive groups of women to sell and market public health goods to their communities: such as hand soaps, diapers, detergents, drinking water, water purification tablets, feminine hygiene products, mosquito nets, as well as water treatment and storage products. The provision of capacity building and training programs is meant to provide vulnerable HIV positive women, who are many times ostracized for their illness, with income generating activities that ultimately empower communities with improved water sanitation and hygiene standards.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Safe Water and AIDS Project
Publisher: Safe Water and AIDS Project (SWAP)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: HIV/AIDS, Youth & students, Research & technology, Africa, Women's issues, Water supply
Description: The Uganda Rainwater Association (URWA) is a national non-governmental organization (NGO) that works closely with the Ugandan government under the ministry of Water and Environment. URWA as a member of both the Southern and Eastern Africa Rainwater Network (SEARNET) and the Great Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership (GHARP), URWA connects to other national associations to promote rainwater harvesting to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods in targeted regions. Organizational projects include developing, documenting, and promoting Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) technologies.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Uganda Rainwater Association (URWA)
Publisher: Uganda Rainwater Association (URWA)
Language: English
Coverage: Uganda
Tag: Rainwater harvesting, Environmental policy, Research & technology, Africa, Water supply, Uganda
Description: The Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET) is a national umbrella organization of NGOs and CSOs focused on Water, Environment, Sanitation and Hygiene sectors. This network’s target goals include alleviating poverty by increasing universal access to safe drinking water, conducting research and development in appropriate WASH technologies and implementing service delivery in improved sanitation.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET)
Publisher: Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network (UWASNET)
Language: English
Coverage: Uganda
Tag: Networking and coordinating, Environmental policy, Research & technology, Africa, Water supply, Uganda
Description: The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) is headquartered in the capital city Accra, but also has coordinators for Ghana’s northern, middle and southern zones in order to serve a nationwide constituency. CONIWAS is an umbrella organization of NGOs and CSOs in water and sanitation and a key player in the water and sanitation sector that acts to influence policies, promote access to portable water as well as sustainable programs in water supply, sanitation and hygiene in vulnerable, underserved communities.
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Subject: Water, Sustainable development
Group: Africa
Creator: Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS)
Publisher: Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS)
Language: English
Coverage: Africa
Tag: Environmental policy, Africa, Water supply, Ghana
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