Winter newsletter 2011-2012
In our summer newsletter, we focused on the trip David (CEO) had just made to India. In this latest newsletter we explain a little more fully what we are doing in Africa based on Richard’s (Director of African Development) most recent visit. He managed to combine a trip ...
Emergency Cyclone Appeal
India Cyclone - Emergency Appeal You may have heard on the news about the cyclone that recently devastated south-east India. Tamil Nadu, the region in which many of Wherever the Need's projects are based, has been badly hit ...
A message from India
Following a recent visit to some of our projects in India, Hardeep Sandher writes of her experiences during her time there. Read the full Property Week article here (PDF 2.1mb) <strong>or click to enlarge:</strong>
2011 Summer Newsletter
Read our Summer Newsletter for a run-down on our recent work in India. Click the newsletter to enlarge Read the full newsletter here (PDF 1.4mb)
Poor sanitation gulping more children’s lives than ever
Guest blogger Amanda Kidd expresses the real need for improving sanitation facilities if chid mortality is to be reduced. According to demographic and health surveys, water and sanitation woes have plagued the developing nations and children are the worst sufferers of this. Lack of essential healthcare facilities has led to an ...
The Big Garden Give
Thanks to the Big Give, for one day only, Sir Alec Reed will open his award winning Manor House gardens to the public. Join them for a chance to see these magnificent gardens, and even enjoy a picnic or cream tea in the grounds. Tickets are £5 each, and can ...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation expands its sanitation programme
"The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced on Tuesday it is to invest millions of dollars in improving sanitation services in poor countries over the next few years. The foundation is to significantly expand its sanitation programme with a $42m grant scheme to spur innovation in this area and a ...
Urine fertilising crops and saving money in India
"Consider these facts about urine: Adults produce about four to eight cups (one to two liters) per day, it's a reservoir of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, the same elements that nourish crops; and it's cheap to make. That's the kind of information that Sridevi Govindaraj, an Indian agriculture expert, had in ...
Gates Foundation: Innovation and the waterless toilet
Eco-sanitation, the main focus of our work at Wherever the Need, is being researched by the Bill Gates Foundation..... Scientists working for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are researching the many different ways human waste can be put to good use — such as powering electrical current with human excrement, ...
Private sector has potential to aid development, but beware the pitfalls
The Department for International Development (DFiD) wants to focus on the private sector but it must look closely at the risks. The private sector is not accountable to the public in the way the public sector is. Sanitation and water systems are often not available for the poorest people – ...
