LibGuides: G6 Development: Clean Water & Sanitation

NGO's and Solution Focused Thinking

The fog catcher who brings water to the poor
In the slums of Lima, he's found a way to turn fog into water.
WaterAid
Adis Ababa, Ethiopia: Mobile toilets
World Toilet Organization
Practical Action: Importance of educating communities and building sanitation structures
World Toilet Organisation.
Why do so many people still lack access to a toilet?
SurfAid
Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.
Mother and child health centres.
Global Soap Project
Recycling soap and providing health and hygiene education.
Global Soap Locations
Hope Soap - South Africa
To encourage children to wash their hands properly, toys are encased in soap, so children want to wash their hands and find the toy to play with.
Jakarta City Authorities
Jakarta, Indonesia: Management of water usage.
Case Study - Peru
Innovative approach to providing potable water.
Tabitha
Cambodia: Water programmes - The importance of Water
Centre for Community Initiatives
Provides technical and financial assistance to the community living in informal settlements and the Tanzania Urban Poor Federation.
Water.org
Facts about women and the water crisis.
Water.org
Facts about children, women & the safe water crisis.
UNICEF
Collecting water is often a colossal waste of time for women and girls.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
At start of World Water Week, UNICEF highlights how girls lose time collecting water.
Deccan Chronicle
Women, girls spend 200 million hours collecting water.

BBC In Pictures: My Toilet
Poor sanitation breeds disease and exploitation in Kenya's slums
The chronic lack of clean water and proper sanitation leads to social as well as health problems, adding to residents' misery.
Life without toilets: the photographer tackling a global taboo
The Guardian
More than 800m people need to travel 30 mins for safe water, report finds
The Guardian
Death-trap toilets: the hidden dangers of Mumbai's poorest slums
The Guardian
Clean water finally flows to transform lives of tea pickers in Bangladesh

EDS Clean Water and Sanitation
Link to our Discovery Layer for clean water and sanitation. Limit 'Source Types' to 'News" for news articles.

UNICEF USA. "Access to Clean Water in Rwanda | UNICEF USA." YouTube, 16 Aug. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=isJNqosfX6w. Accessed 23 Feb. 2017.

FCCTVonline. "When Passion Meets Vision: The Ryan Hreljac Story." YouTube, 13 Mar. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvPftkOfmFY. Accessed 3 Mar. 2017.

RyansWellFoundation. "Ryan's Appearances on Oprah." YouTube, 7 Oct. 2011, www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzxpES35o8Q. Accessed 3 Mar. 2017.

This is a list of library books about water management and sanitation.