IWHA founders are members of the International Water Association
Africa
Kenya
Collaborators:
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Friends of the Old (FOTO)
Dinah Chienjo, founder of FOTO
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Natural Resources and Waste Management Alliance (NAREWAMA)
Kenyan Faustine Odaba founded this organization that teaches people how to live with real-time sunlight with the use of simple solar cookers made of cardboard and aluminum foil to help meet their daily needs for cooking and water pasteurization. NAREWAMA (Natural Resources and Waste Management Alliance), promotes and encourages the use of renewable energy and environmental conservation. She is considered by many to be a pioneer in teaching people how to turn waste into profit through re-purposing plastics into woven hats, capes, bags, etc., and converting human waste into fertilizer for growing food.
Faustine Odaba, founder of NAREWAMA
Additional Collaborator:
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UN HABITAT
- The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT, is the United Nations agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing adequate shelter for all.
Grahman Alabaster; UN Habitat
IWHA President Robert Metcalf at World Water Week,
Stockholm, Sweden,August 21-26, 2011
Latin America
Honduras
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Familia y Medio Ambiente (FAMA)
Mission and Vision. “We help to provide equal opportunities, including financial support to men and women who wish to develop their micro or small commercial, agricultural or industrial business or service”
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Universidad Metropolitana
Mission: Contribute to social, economic, technological and political development through quality and competitive training of human resources. To train generations of professionals, with positive values and attitudes consistent with the demands of ethics and a moral society.
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Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNA) National Agriculture University
Catacamas, Honduras
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Juntas de Agua – Cayo Blanco/La Mina
Juntas de Agua are local water committees elected by the community to advise residents of water needs, collect payments for water services and maintain water systems that serve the communities.
In the case of the two communities of Cayo Blanco and La Mina, the water used by residents is gravity fed, channelled through a micro-cuenca (filtering concrete catchment), routed to a storage tank that delivers water through piping to additional tanks where chlorine is added and then piped to the homes of residents in these communities.
IWHA has trained the water committee in Cayo Blanco to test their water for E coli, and has also trained the joint water patronato representing both communities. IWHA has provided testing materials including the portable microbiology laboratory to both Cayo Blanco and the joint patronato. In August, 2011, IWHA also tested water samples from Cayo Blanco at the request of the community. Currently, the community is considering a modification to the water delivery system that will better meet the needs of the community.
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Ministerio de Salud (Ministry of Health)
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Cruz Roja (Red Cross) Juticalpa
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Servicio Autonomo Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (SANAA) National Autonomous Water and Sewerage Service
Nicaragua and Guatemala
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UN Food and Agriculture (FAO)
FAO’s mandate: Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO’s efforts-to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives. FAO’s mandate is to raise levels of nutrition, improve agricultural productivity, better the lives of rural populations and contribute to the growth of the world economy.
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CARE International
Proyecto Mi Cuenca: Honduras and Nicaragua
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