Posts Tagged ‘sanitation’

Damon brings water to the bottom of the pyramid

December 7th, 2011
Posted by Senior Director, Juliette Terzieff:

Matt Damon may be most well-known for tackling serious roles in blockbusters like Good Will Hunting, Saving Private Ryan and The Departed but this Hollywood leading man has also emerged in recent years as a thought leader within the water sphere. Working with stakeholders across the spectrum Damon is helping to ensure people around the world have access to safe water and sanitation—setting a prime example of the power of multi-stakeholder efforts to provide systemic solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

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Today World Water Day, Tomorrow What?

March 22nd, 2010
From Matt Turner, Director, Global Stakeholder Initiative, Water Program:

Today, we commemorate World Water Day, the annual day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness to the severe global freshwater access and quality challenges. Here in North America and abroad there are a number of events taking place in support of this year’s global theme to promote “support for safe, affordable and sustainable drinking water, sanitation and hygiene worldwide.”

It’s a day when there appears to be coordination and agreement among many of the key players on the need to advance awareness to what may very well be the dominant environmental and social issue of the 21st Century.

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