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A young woman is crouching within the basin of a community tap stand in a rural village of Timor-Leste. A slow stream of water is flowing from the tap above her and she is smiling at the camera as she cleans the surface with a white cloth.

Advocating to enshrine equality and climate resilience in Timor-Leste laws

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 07:19 PM

A young woman conscientiously cleans a central water tap in her village in Timor-Leste (WaterAid Timor-Leste / Jerry Galea)

In Timor-Leste, public water systems and supply are...

A woman is sitting at a table with a bright and colourful tablecloth making notes on paper while interviewing a man. The woman is an Environmental Health Division Officer and the man is the Village Chief of a rural village in Solomon Islands.

Water is everyone's business: Strengthening community-based water management in Solomon Islands

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 06:11 PM

Merilyn Vana from the Environmental Health Department interviews a community member in Labulabu, Solomon Islands  (International WaterCentre / Mark Love)

The unique geographic...

Children gathered in front of a river in rural Papua New Guinea facing the camera and smiling while holding their thumbs up. Some older children at the rear are wearing palm leaf adornments on their heads.

WAVE of change: Du’ug Village’s WASH transformation

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 05:17 PM

 Children from Du'ug Village give the thumbs up to their clean and safe water supply (World Vision PNG / Abbegail Wafi)

Situated along the Pahoturi River in South Fly District...

At a rural outdoor location in Nepal, a woman is presenting menstrual health and hygiene management products to a group of mothers who are sitting cross-legged in a circle on the ground around her.

Allies accelerating sustainable WASH solutions in Nepal

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 03:04 PM

In Dungeshwor Rural Municipality, in Dailekh, a sanitation entrepreneur presents menstrual health and hygiene products during an information session for mothers groups (SNV /...

Members of the Sumbawa Integrated Water Management Forum and Disabilitas Sarea standing knee deep in the sea on Kaung Island holding mangrove seedlings and smiling at the camera.

Planting seeds for sustainable water solutions in Sumbawa

Posted on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 02:23 PM

Members of  the Integrated Water Management Forum plant mangrove seedling on Kaung Island (Yayasan Plan International Indonesia / Irwansyah)

In Sumbawa, Indonesia, climate...

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