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COP28 cannot end without financial commitments to reach the Global Goal on Adaptation

11.12.23 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Climate finance: time to get serious about money

05.12.23 Dubai
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Adoption of Loss and Damage Fund good news, but more is needed for climate justice

01.12.23 Dubai
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Live-blog COP28: Put climate and water justice first

From November 30 till December 12 world leaders gather at COP28 to tackle the climate crisis. Simavi will be present in Dubai, as an NGO delegate. In this liveblog we pub...
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Make Africa Strategy a real starting point for an equal relationship

03.10.23 Amsterdam
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Signing agreement Sarwacha by Simavi and Dopper

Sarwacha programme: Simavi and Dopper team up again for safe drinking water in Nepal

15.08.23 Nederland
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Nirmala Chaudhary chairperson of womens' group

Nirmala Chaudhary: “These reinforcements are better and last longer than other dykes."

Nirmala Chaudhary is fighting for the survival of her village in Nepal. Last year, a major flood knocked out the existing embankments alongside the river.
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I am Simavi - Kazooba Diana: ‘Simavi implementing partners know better than any of us what people need.’

26.07.23 Kampala, Uganda
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Two women of the women's group Bed ki Igen Dream Girls with reusable menstrual pads

Leveraging existing structures to promote and sustain WASH: The story of the Bed ki Gen Dream Girls

The Bed ki Gen Dream Girls in Uganda work on improving sanitation facilities, menstrual health and the income of its members.
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Jane Nyamwamu about the impact of the Water Justice Fund: 'Women can do magic'

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