Ad of the Day: Water Is Life Steals Art from Kenya, So It Can Give Something More Back.A review is offered of an advertising campaign "Art Heist for Good" created by the Deutsch advertising agency.EBSCO_bspAdweek
for an entire year. Since its inception in 2014, the LifeStraw Give Back program has provided over 6 million kids with a year of safe water. What makes this program unique is the long term investment in local communities. The program is run by 40 local staff, primarily in western Kenya....
My name is Vivianne Kiriinya. I work in the World Water Quality Alliance (WWQA). And I've been a UN Volunteer for the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) since May 2024.In my home country, Kenya, we live in a beautiful place with many rivers and lakes,but sometimes the water ...
In considering an RO system, it pays well to enquire right at the beginning the cost of maintaining RO systems and the lifespan of the machinery. Water quality test for contaminants is recommended along with regular system maintenance. There also has to be caution on how the concentrated wastew...
Kenya requires robust policies and regulations to facilitate investments in sustainable water management to achieve economic growth. Jackline Ndiiri, a Nairobi-based environmentalist, said homegrown innovations are required to address water scarcity that is to blame for mounting poverty, disease outbreaks ...
"I have never seen something like this in my 48 years' life," Collins Mukadi, a resident of Budalang'i in Busia County, western Kenya, said on Saturday. "I have lived all my life here and this is the first time the lake has broken its banks and the water invaded our villages. ...
Abu TZ, Elliott SJ (2020) When it is not measured, how then will it be planned for? WASH a critical indicator for universal health coverage in Kenya. Int J Environ Res Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17165746 Abu TZ, Elliott SJ, Karanja D (2021) When you preach water ...
Kenya is characterised by bimodal rainfall distribution (March–May and October–December), except in the Lake Victoria basin region where there is a third subdued rainfall peak in August. The country’s rainfall and surface water are highly variable in time and space, and drought is common. Fi...
functioning of about 2000 of them in 10 years107. Exacerbated by water scarcity, pastoralists’ mobility increased, thereby influencing and often intensifying inter-group conflicts and displacement109, especially between different districts and at the border with the Turkana pastoral region of Kenya72...
Swiss-basedVestergaard Frandsen–makers of mosquito nets and theLifeStraw–has figured out a solution to turning a profit while saving the world. The company is launching a campaign today that could change the plight of water-borne illnesses in Kenya, while making the company a tidy sum of mon...