Gender equality in water governance: 10 stories of multi-stakeholder partnerships

Source: UN Water - A new multimedia publication by the Global Water Partnership (GWP), released on International Women's Day, 8 March 2022, celebrates the way women in all corners of the globe are continuing to fight for inclusion in water resources management. The publication, called Gender Eq...

Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment

The Compendium is a comprehensive collection of available World Health Organization (WHO) and other UN guidance for improving health by creating healthier environments. It covers a broad range of areas such as air pollution, water, sanitation and hygiene, climate change, chemicals, radiation, or foo...

State of the world’s sanitation: An urgent call to transform sanitation for better health, environments, economies and societies

Safe sanitation is one of the foundations of a healthy, comfortable and dignified life. Yet, the reality for billions of people is one of polluted environments, in which one or many of the links in the chain that makes up safe sanitation – toilets, waste treatment, disposal and safe re-use – is miss...

The Sphere Handbook (Eng/Bur) - Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response

The principal users of The Sphere Handbook are practitioners involved in planning, managing or implementing a humanitarian response. This includes staff and volunteers of local, national and international humanitarian organisations responding to a crisis, as well as affected people themselves. The H...

Rural Water Supply Activities

 Presented by U Khant Zaw, DG. Dr. Win Min Oo, Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Department of Rural Development on World Water Day 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw. It shows  ​Department of Rural Development's Vision and MissionWASH Strategy Develo...

Water and Health in Myanmar

 Presented by Dr. Khaing Khaing Soe, Deputy Director of Occupational and Environmental Health Division on World Water Day in Nay Pyi Taw. It includes  ​Burden of Diseases relating to water pollution in MyanmarNational Drinking Water Quality StandardWater Quality Surveillance GuidelineMonit...

Lien AID plans more clean water projects in remote rural Myanmar

Source: The Myanmar Times Date: 23 March 2018 ​Singapore's Lien AID has been improving the health and well-being of remote communities in Asia by providing potable water and sanitation since 2006. The charity has been able to mobilise funds and technical skills to be able to deliver drinking water a...

WASH Training Program: Thirst-Aid Regular Activities

We had the opportunity to meet with Thirst Aid program director, Thin Nwe Soe for an interview at her office. In the interview, we talked about training and education programs that have been granted by Thirst Aid. Thirst-Aid encourages education and knowledge as the principal tools fo...

Water Supply Activities of Rural and Urban in Myanmar

​This presentation is presented by Dr. Win Min Oo, WASH, DRD, MoALI at MyanmarWater 2017. It includes the key highlights of WASH(Water, Sanitation and Hyginene) Sector Situation Analysis and the goal and objectives of Strategy. Dropbox - WS in Rural and Urban in Myanmarx.pdf Enter some description h...

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