Minister Hails Sanipath Study at NLLAP 32

Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources, Works & Housing

Source: RCN

Alhaji Collins Dauda, the Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing hailed the SaniPath project study, when he delivered a short address on the theme of the study, ‘Assessmentof Fecal Exposure Pathways in Low-Income Urban Settings’, at the 32nd edition of the National Level Learning Alliance Platform (NLLAP) forum in Accra.

Sanitation Court To Be Established In Kumasi

Residents of Kumasi who litter the environment especially the central business area could face prosecution as city authorities set up sanitation courts to deal with the canker.

Developing Nations Put Climate Change At Heart Of Plans

Source: IIED

Representatives from governments in Africa and Asia have formed a network to support their efforts to factor climate change into their development plans.

The group developed its plans at the 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change, which ended in Dhaka, Bangladesh, recently.

The Government Group Network on Climate Change Mainstreaming and Development includes members from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, The Gambia and Zanzibar – and will expand to include other countries.

Book Shows How Extractive Industries Can Address Conflict And Build Trust With Communities

Source: IIED

Giant mining, timber, and oil and gas projects provide lessons in how companies can act to address conflict and build trust in communities their activities affect, according to a new book from the International Institute for Environment and Development.

Invest in the future: Defeat Malaria - UN

Ban Ki Moon

Source: Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General

Since world leaders adopted the Millennium Development Goals in 2000, a broad partnership of governments, United Nations entities, philanthropies and businesses have combined to protect hundreds of millions of people from malaria.

World Bank Endorses Historic Goals to End Extreme Poverty

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim

Source: World Bank

The Development Committee have endorsed the World Bank Groups goal to end extreme poverty within a generation as ambitious, saying that this endeavour by the Bank was a historic opportunity to make a difference.

New MD for Ghana Water Company

Kwaku Godwin Dovlo, Ag. MD, GWCL

Source: GNA

The Board of Directors of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has in line with a directive from the Presidency, appointed Mr Kwaku Godwin Dovlo as the Acting Managing Director of the Company with effect from Friday 12th April 2013.