Essay: How clean water and faith go hand-in-hand
In an article first published on Religion News Service, SUSAN BARNETT, founder of Faiths for Safe Water, says clean water is a conduit of care and love…
A week after floods, Libyans haunted by fate of the missing
Derna, Libya Reuters Sabreen Blil was on her hands and knees atop the rubble of her brother’s house, the wind beating at her black robe as she clawed with her bare hands at the flattened masonry in hope of somehow digging to the family buried below. She recited their names as she wept. “Taym, Yazan, […]
Essay: Vatican water and hygiene initiative for healthcare facilities is an investment in life
Sister MARY LOUISE STUBBS, a member of the Vatican committee on water, sanitation and hygiene in healthcare facilities, looks at the church’s new initiative to provide better access to ‘WASH’…
Postcards: Sweet relief – Karachi public toilets aim to boost privy parity
As the world marked World Toilet Day on 19th November, ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a new project in Karachi is creating the country’s first privately managed public toilets made out of old shipping containers…
In slums and windowless apartments, Asia’s poor bear brunt of coronavirus
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of homeless people and those living in informal settlements across Asia are at heightened risk of contracting the coronavirus due to their dire living conditions, housing experts said on Tuesday. The coronavirus has infected about 180,000 people worldwide and killed more than 7,000, according to a Reuters tally. A woman […]
Singapore’s ‘Mr Toilet’ wants to make sanitation sexy in film
SingaporeThomson Reuters Foundation After travelling the world for more than two decades seeking to improve access to bathrooms, “Mr Toilet” Jack Sim is now ready to plunge into the cinematic world with a film about his unusual campaign. Armed with humour – and sometimes a plunger – the World Toilet Organisation’s founder is the subject […]
Lack of school toilets puts 620 million children in danger – report
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A lack of proper school toilets threatens the health, education and safety of at least 620 million children around the world, the charity WaterAid said in a new study published on Friday. Children at one in three schools lack access to proper toilets, putting them at risk of diarrhea and other infections […]
Half the world’s schools lack clean water, toilets and handwashing
Thomson Reuters Foundation Nearly half the world’s schools lack clean drinking water, toilets and handwashing facilities, putting millions of children at risk of disease, experts warned on Monday. Almost 900 million children have to contend with a lack of basic hygiene facilities during their education, putting their health at risk and meaning some have to […]
Aid prize winner spotlights water crisis in Kenya’s slums
Thomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of lives are at risk in Kenya’s slums as dirty water and poor sanitation fuel the spread of deadly diseases, said the winner of the world’s largest humanitarian prize on Wednesday. Kenyan charity Shining Hope For Communities – which provides clean water, sanitation and health services to more than 200,000 slum […]
Some 844 million people struggling to access clean water, says Water Aid
Some 844 million people are struggling to access clean water, according to revised figures from WaterAid. In its latest annual State of the World’s Water report, the organisation says the figure is 200 million higher than the previous number thanks to a change in the way the information is analysed with anything longer than a 30 […]