Community Supply

WaterAid Announces Plans to Support 29 West African Communities in Managing Local Water Resources Against Drought

Airtel Kenya has partnered with Rotary Club of Nairobi East for a safe water harvesting project that will provide clean drinking and cooking water in Kajiado County and the neighbouring community

Fines for Wasting Water in California

California water regulators have voted to approve unprecedented fines of up to $500 a day for residents who waste water as the state burns through its third year of record-breaking drought.

Could it be possible that if women in Africa had access to water, it could save them from undergoing the harmful practice of female genital mutilation (FGM)? It seems that according to yet-to-be released research by Ugandan Gwada Okot Tao, FGM and other forms of circumcision in Africa could be linked to water.

Gwada, who conducted research among 20 ethnic groups across Africa, including Kenya, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana, and South Africa, says that ethnic communities that practice FGM in Africa can be found in areas where the water supply is problematic.