Posts Tagged ‘Water & Sanitation’

Microfinance Focus, Sep 3, 2010: Water For People, a non-profit international development organization, has received a $5.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support their Sanitation as a Business program. The grant represents an investment over four years in Water For People’s Sanitation as a Business work, testing possible sustainable sanitation services in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The program will combine ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, Aug 3, 2010: United Nations’ General Assembly has adopted a Resolution recognizing access to Clean Water and Sanitation as a Human Right. Getting 122 votes in favour with 41 abstentions, it has adopted the resolution calling on States and international organizations to provide financial resources, build capacity and transfer technology, particularly to developing countries, in scaling up efforts to provide safe, clean, accessible ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, July 31, 2010: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $6.85 million grant to expand access to better sanitation and water services in Uruguayan rural communities and schools. The grant for the “Small Rural Communities Water Supply Program” comes from the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean. The government of Uruguay will provide an additional ... Full story

Microfinance Focus, May 29, 2010: The World Bank Group’s Board of Directors has recently approved a US$40 million loan in support of the Metro Water and Sanitation Improvement Project in Panama. The Project will expand coverage of water supply for 100,000 people and sanitation services for 60,000; increase efficiency and support the National Water and Sewer Agency, IDAAAN, in its modernization in selected areas of ... Full story