• Our Annual Report 2017 is out!

  June 14, 2018

  Innovative finance characterized much of our work in 2017. Sometimes this means complex financial engineering – clever ways of meeting investors’ criteria in order to fund scalable WASH initiatives. However, it can also be as simple as introducing a new way for the end customer to be able to afford safe water. Much is going…

  Read More

• WASTE, Amref Health Africa and Aqua for All sign partnership to make safe sanitation a reality for all by 2030

  May 28, 2018

  New Delhi, May 25 2018 – During the Dutch trade mission to India, headed by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a FINISH Mondial partnership agreement between the NGOs WASTE, Amref Health Africa and Aqua for All was signed. The partnership aims to scale safe sanitation for the poor through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), thereby contributing…

  Read More

• Water quality in Mali: Underwater drones for water testing

  April 19, 2018

  Launching a drone into the waters of the Niger – not something you do everyday. Yet a few weeks ago, VIA Water Program Manager Titia Wouters visited Mali and did just that. The project which launched the drone is focused on water quality of the river Niger, and it will monitor the quality through the…

  Read More

• Household Water Treatment & Safe Storage program in Ethiopia very promising!

  April 13, 2018

  Aqua for All, several commercial suppliers of household water filters and the Finote Selam Water Utility in the Amhara region of Ethiopia are engaged in a Public Private Partnership to provide Safe Water at Point of Use. All local decision makers have been involved from the start of the program (July 2016) in designing the…

  Read More

• WorldWaterDay 2018: our advice to the financial world

  March 22, 2018

      Aqua for All and VIA Water bring the financial world and innovative programs together. We are a ‘matchmaker’ in the field of sustainable, innovative water- & sanitation projects. Managing Director Sjef Ernes and Program Manager Titia Wouters (VIA Water) explain how and why in this article in the WorldWaterDay special edition ‘Kennisdossier Water’ of…

  Read More

• Making every drop count

  March 20, 2018

  In April 2016 the United Nations Secretary-General and President of the World Bank Group convened a High Level Panel on Water (HLPW), consisting of 11 sitting Heads of State and Government and one Special Adviser, to provide the leadership required to champion a comprehensive, inclusive and collaborative way of developing and managing water resources, and…

  Read More

• WORLD WATER DAY 2018 – ‘THE ANSWER IS IN NATURE’

  March 12, 2018

      Netherlands Water Partnership & Aqua for All organize an inspiring networkevent on the 22nd of March in relation to the theme of World Water Day 2018: ‘Nature for Water.’ This theme fits perfectly into the Dutch ‘Building with Nature’ approach & Sustainable Development Goal 6.6 (protection and reinstatement of water related ecosystems). The…

  Read More

• New foreign trade & development cooperation policy the Netherlands

  March 2, 2018

  Development cooperation needs to become more effective and efficient. The Netherlands has therefore undertaken a fundamental review of development policy: It has decided to assist fewer partner countries while focusing on 4 spearhead areas in which the Netherlands can add special value. In a new policy document for foreign trade and development cooperation Minister for…

  Read More

• Unique opportunity for initiators and entrepreneurial personalities!

  February 26, 2018

  International Course “Market-led SMARTechs for water and agriculture” in Mzuzu, Malawi from the 19th to the 23rd of March 2018. Apply now! The SMART Centre Group, SNV and Aqua for All are organizing a course to provide policy makers and practitioners in water and agricultural management with a holistic set of knowledge and skills to…

  Read More