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Poverty: what are the causes, the effects and the consequences
Poverty is one of the most complex challenges facing humanity. According to Simavi, tackling poverty requires addressing its root causes and interconnections with other g...
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UN Climate Summit: time for the Global North to put their money where their mouth is
As the second and final week of the UN Climate Summit COP29 starts today, we look back to the first week with Simavi's Policy and Advocacy officer Esin Erdoğan. She is in...
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Earth Pan gives Kalioki women new courage: 'Now we can help other women solve water problems.'
Walking for hours every day in the heat on a road where dangerous animals such as snakes lurk: In Kalioki, a village in Kajiado County in Kenya, having water close to hom...
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‘Locally led adaptation is critical to achieve water justice in the face of the climate crisis’
For Simavi Director Dieneke van der Wijk there is no doubt: empowering communities to take ownership of the process of adapting to the impacts of climate change is crucia...
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How to make locally led adaptation truly locally led? Looking back on one year Water Justice Fund
In Kailali, Nepal, a village is fighting against the floods that are threatening their homes and their land. They have the knowledge, they have natural resources availabl...
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Hearing the Unheard: Simavi's focus during the 10th World Water Forum
07.05.24 Amsterdam
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WASH SDG: looking back with Simavi’s country coordinators of Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda
The WASH SDG Programme is closing after 7 years. Simavi has led the WAI sub-programmes in Nepal, Bangladesh and Uganda. Navigating the systems strengthening approach towa...
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Prashanna Pradhan (ENPHO): ‘Lasting change in the WASH sector starts with system strengthening’
Prashanna Pradhan, from Simavi’s partner ENPHO in Nepal, works on two important programmes: the WASH SDG sub-programme in Nepal and the Sarwacha programme. While the firs...
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Newest member of the supervisory board Olutayo Bankole-Bolawole: ‘I represent the people on the ground’
28.03.24 Rwanda
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Jane Nyamwamu about the impact of the Water Justice Fund: 'Women can do magic'
