Archived news and events 2008
Sanitation declared a right in South Asia
22 November 2008
As campaigners from across South Asia gathered in Delhi to hold a silent vigil, sanitation was declared a right of all citizens of the region. 
Campaigners kick up a stink on World Toilet Day
19 November 2008
Actions across the world remind us all of the importance of toilets in enabling life, dignity and prosperity. 
116 million Stand Up and Take Action against poverty
22 October 2008
End Water Poverty campaigners joined others across the globe as nearly 2% of the world's population called on the Millennium Development Goals to be met. 
Small steps forward at UN, huge leap needed
26 September 2008
Campaign success as UK and Netherlands launch global framework for action - but much more needed to end sanitation and water crisis. 
UN High-Level Event on the MDGs: The Blog
19 September 2008
End Water Poverty Coordinator Steve Cockburn reports daily from New York where leaders are gathering to discuss ways of saving the Millennium Development Goals. 
New report highlights failures in funding and leadership
11 September 2008
Tearfund and WaterAid have launched a new report highlighting the critical failures in sanitation that are hampering efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals. 
Dutch doctors deliver message in a potty
9 September 2008
Simavi deliver a doctors' petition to Dutch Minister of International Cooperation, Bert Koenders, in advance of the UN High-Level Meeting on the MDGs. 
Make world leaders talk about toilets at the UN
13 August 2008
Take action with our campaign resources and briefings to ensure world leaders tackle water and sanitation when they meet at the United Nations, 22nd-25th September. 
G8 leave 2.5 billion people with no place to go
8 July 2008
Hopes of a breakthrough in the global sanitation and water crisis were today dashed as the G8 delivered a communiqué largely devoid of concrete actions on the issue. 
G8 blog
3 July 2008
End Water Poverty coordinator Steve Cockburn will be reporting daily from the G8 Summit on progress towards the campaign's demands. 
A queue for change
3 July 2008
Five days before the start of the G8 Summit in Japan, End Water Poverty staged a queue for the toilet outside the Japanese Embassy in London to deliver the 938,943 actions taken so far in support of the campaign. 
145 organisations unite in call to action
30 June 2008
Organisations from over 35 countries have signed a letter to Japanese Prime Minister calling for action to end the global sanitation and water crisis at the forthcoming G8 Summit. 
EU promise extra €2bn in aid for sector in Africa
26 June 2008
EU leaders promise to increased aid by 2bn each year for water and sanitation in Africa by 2010 to drive progress to meet the MDGs, yet fail to specify who will pay. 
End Water Poverty hits Kyoto and New York
30 May 2008
End Water Poverty takes its calls for action on water and sanitation to Japan, this year's G8 host country, as part of a dialogue between civil society and G8 governments. 
100,000 signatures for sanitation
26 March 2008
To mark World Water Day, more than 100,000 signatures collected from 35 districts of Nepal were handed over to the country's Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala. 
World Water Day letter published
22 March 2008
To mark World Water Day, End Water Poverty writes an open letter to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. 
March in Benin on World Water Day
6 March 2008
The Lambassa Institute of Cultural Affairs Benin will march on this year's World Water Day to call attention to water issues in the region. 
Japan puts water and sanitation on G8 agenda
27 February 2008
At the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Masahiko Koumura, delivered a speech committing his Government to putting sanitation and water firmly on the G8 agenda.
Campaign boost at AfricaSan '08
19 February 2008
At the AfricaSan conference in South Africa, a large group of West African organisations and civil society groups announce they are to join the global End Water Poverty campaign. 
End Water Poverty event welcomes the UN International Year of Sanitation
15 January 2008
On 15 January 2008, experts from the field of sanitation and hygiene gathered at the British Medical Association to raise the alarm on a global sanitation crisis.