The Siaya County water and sanitation project is a success in many ways. It provides around 109,000 people access to clean and safe water. This is 11% of the Siayan population....
About 48% of the water schemes in rural Kenya fail within 3 years after their start. This is mainly because the government manages the schemes themselves or hands over management...
Experts are helping to welcome refugees in Sudan and Ethiopia to safety. They do this through Dutch Surge Support (DSS). Several DSS experts explain how they are helping improve...
Pakistan is generally dry. But when it rains, it pours. After these heavy rains, water flows down the mountain ranges. For centuries, farmers in Balochistan (South-West Pakistan)...
An essential element of FDW projects is working in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). Over 10 years, FDW has developed a unique portfolio of 42 partnerships. But what exactly are...
Worldwide conflicts increase the need for deploying field experts. Refugees face many risks, but so do those who try to help. Placidia Vavirai is a Zimbabwean civil engineer who...
Groundwater is becoming more and more scarce. Climate change is causing many places on earth to dry up. Underground water buffers, lakes, ditches and ponds all have less and less...
Groundwater should be available in every country. But this is not the case in the province of Inhambane, in the east of Mozambique. There are very few rivers, and rainfall is...
It was about to become one of the most promising projects: adapting the floodplains of the Nyabarongo river in Rwanda. The project aimed to make the plains suitable for sugar cane...
Humanitarian aid often focuses on immediate relief, yet policies that offer long-term solutions are just as important. Better water management can help prevent problems with...
