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A global movement to save lives and livelihoods when floods strike is to enter a second phase.
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The change we want to see for urban slum dwellers
Last week the World Bank released an update of its ‘What a Waste’ report. It highlights how over 90% of waste in low-income countrie...
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My kind of Heroes … the unsung WASHeroes of Gulariya
“An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.”
- Ernst F. Schumacher, Small Is Beau...
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World Water Week 2018: highlights from an urban WASH fanatic
Practical Action Publishing was in the forefront for us this year at World Water Week in Stockholm. The event is a key point in the ...
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