News and events
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.
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 2007
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.
UN announces International Year of Sanitation
21 November 2007
On 21 November, the UN announces 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation.
Malawi: save money, invest in sanitation
21 November 2007
As part of the campaign to tackle the global crisis in sanitation, the WES NGO is lobbying the Government of Malawi to support the promote sanitation in the country's national development process.
A big World Toilet Day in Mali
19 November 2007
End Water Poverty has been getting a big push in Mali, just in time for World Toilet Day, 19 November.
Words must be matched with action
31 August 2007
The End Water Poverty coalition will be keeping up the pressure on the international community, following Stockholm World Water Week, to turn their words into real action.
Breakthrough in Bangladesh
23 August 2007
End Water Poverty campaigners in Dhaka have now collected more than 500,000 signatures, demonstrating the strength of support for the campaign in Bangladesh.
End Water Poverty emerges from the Glastonbury mud...
28 June 2007
After days of unforgiving mud, torrential rain and fantastic music, End Water Poverty enjoyed a great weekend of camping and campaigning at the Glastonbury Festival.
Building momentum in Bangladesh
17 June 2007
End Water Poverty campaigners from 45 different organisations in Bangladesh have been actively promoting the End Water Poverty call: sanitation and water for all!
The Alternative G8
13 June 2007
While the G8 leaders met in Heiligendemm, End Water Poverty campaigners were in Rostock, attending the alternative G8 summit.
End Water Poverty looks to Japan
8 June 2007
Following the disappointing G8 summit in Germany, End Water Poverty is now looking to the Japanese government to set a 2008 agenda which responds to the world's needs.
Access to water in a warmer world
7 June 2007
As world leaders gather for the G8, End Water Poverty campaigners warn that poor people's access to water will be one of the first casualties of climate change.
March to End Water Poverty
14 May 2007
On 12 May, hundreds of campaigners from all over the UK marched to Westminster with a huge knitted petition in support of the End Water Poverty campaign.
Going global on World Water Day
16 April 2007
Taking place all over the world, to reach the widest possible range of people, End Water Poverty celebrations on World Water Day were truly far reaching.
High impact launch in Burkina Faso
25 March 2007
Oudraogo Aline, head of advocacy and public relations at WaterAid Burkina Faso, describes the successful launch of End Water Poverty in Burkina Faso...
End Water Poverty launches on World Water Day
22 March 2007
On World Water Day, End Water Poverty was officially launched with organisations from all over the world pledging to do their bit to end water poverty.
Lobbying the German embassy in the UK
22 March 2007
On World Water Day (22 March) End Water Poverty in the UK launched by queueing for water outside the German embassy to demand water and sanitation for all.
A global move towards ending water poverty
08 March 2007
Only recently formed, the End Water Poverty campaign has already spurned significant action in many countries around the world.
Early Day Motion 1113
19 March 2007
Act now! If you are a UK resident contact your MP to encourage them to sign the Early Day Motion 1113.
Germany can tackle the global water and sanitation crisis
8 Mar 2007
Members of the End Water Poverty coalition met with German officials, urging the country to use its G8 leadership to address the water and sanitation crisis.
The silent sanitation scandal
10 Feb 2007
Sanitation has just been voted the greatest medical milestone of the last 150 years in a poll carried out by the British Medical Journal.
Right to water recognised by UK Government
9 Nov 2006
In response to the launch of the UN's latest Human Development Report, the UK Government has announced that it recognises the human right to water.
World water crisis exposed
8 Nov 2006
The UN's latest Human Development Report, launched in South Africa, rings a global alarm bell on the international water crisis.