CARE - Bringing Water and Sanitation to Ethiopian Children

• May 17, 2012 - Johnson & Johnson is partnering with CARE to bring adequate latrines and hand washing stations to 48 schools in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Thirty new wells will be dug and 15 others will be rehabilitated. Eighteen schools will receive new latrines and hand washing stations and most others will see general improvements. Read it here.

IDEO.org - New Cookstoves Report

• April 13, 2012 - Cookstoves in Tanzania: User Insights and Opportunities, 2012. Read it here.

BPD Occasional Paper

• Since the 2010 UN resolution on the Right to Water and Sanitation, Building Partnerships for Development has been asking how it will impact the roles, responsibilities, and relationships among different stakeholders for the effective delivery of water services in poor communities. This think-piece highlights the potential of the UN resolution to act as a catalyst for greater cooperation in the water sector. Read it here.

Envirofit Receives Award

• Feb 2012 - Colorado State University, its spinoff Envirofit International and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been honored by the Federal Laboratory Consortium for designing and disseminating a cleaner burning cookstove that is helping households throughout the developing world. Read more.