Children's Safe Drinking Water

A Decision Too Tough To Make Because Everyone Should Have Clean Water: Save the Children in the Horn of Africa

“Water is the issue here.  It’s number one, number two, and number 3.”  I listen intently as Mohammed Mamu, the manager of Save the Children’s Moyale office in Ethiopia, explains the situation here in the epicenter of the Horn of Africa famine.  He’s been here for 8 months and will be here for several more to oversee the response to the drought and subsequent famine.

Making A Difference: Responding to the Horn of Africa Famine with PSI and CARE in Ethiopia

I’m eager to get into the field this morning.  I’m a bit groggy after being woken up early for the call to prayer in this predominately Muslim part of Ethiopia.  But what has really tired me out is the 3 days of grueling travel to get to this border of Ethiopia and Kenya near the border of the Somalia region of Ethiopia.

SAFE is new CSDW partner Using World-Class Touring Theater to Educate Communities in Kenya

I’m in coastal rural Kenya with Nick Redding of SAFE which stands for Sponsored Arts For Education (www.sponsoredarts.org).  I met Sophie Bray and Nick Redding of SAFE through an introduction by Leigh Blake of Keep a Child Alive (KCA), another of our P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) partners.  In fact, we agreed to work with both KCA and SAFE at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) a couple of years ago.  It’s one of our many CSDW partners that we’ve met at CGI.

HOT in Coastal Kenya with Aga Khan Foundation

I’m in rural coastal Kenya with Aga Khan Foundation and their developmental effort called Coastal Rural Support Program (CRSP).  I first visited them in 2003 and we’ve been working with them consistently since 2007 to provide clean drinking water.  This Aga Khan Foundation’s development effort reaches deep into the rural areas of the Kalifi and Kwale Districts of coastal Kenya not far from Mombasa.