2007 Flood in Gash River (Photo Credit: MOHAMED NURELDIN ABDALLAH/REUTERS) Taking a long sigh, Mr Mohammed from Kassala said, “Flooding is not a problem, living in flood plain is but we can not abandon this place”. I was surprised to see he knew this clear distinction when most of us are stereotype considering flooding only […]

Author: Brigitte Urzaiz Palau The death of Nelson Mandela, Nobel Laureate and South Africa ex-president has encouraged us to follow our mission on water sector. He was not only a freedom fighter but also a great advocate of human rights and basic amenities like water and sanitation. Mandela once famously said, “Water is central in […]

Biography Michele Okala is a young Cameroonian water professional. She holds a master degree in International Communication and Public Action from the International Relation Institute of Cameroon. Her expertise are on the field of human resources management and project management. She serves as member to several youths initiatives. In the domain of water, she actively works […]

  Many exciting events and activities for young water professionals took place at International Water Week in Amsterdam this year. Lots of innovative ideas, projects, and pitches were shared. Here is a brief overview for anyone who couldn’t be there: The ‘student challenge’ provided an opportunity for young people to collaborate and come up with […]

A reminder that today is World Toilet Day from Marie Sagen, the new young ambassador for International Water Week! Today is World Toilet Day!! Yes, seriously, it’s even an official UN thing Understand why by reading this poster. And please share it! Or perhaps you could print one out and hang up at a local toilet […]

Floating life overcomes the major challenges we see for the future. Challenges like depletion of nutrients and land becoming scarce because water recovers land, population is growing and the need of more agricultural land to feed the growing population. In order to be ready for the future, we need to make progressive decisions to innovate […]

  Biography Born and raised in West Flanders (Belgium), I got involved in water issues at a young age. It all started with my participation in the World Water Youth Forum in Istanbul in 2009. This motivated me to be involved in local youth initiatives on water and environment. In 2012, I was elected president […]

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The Budapest Water Summit ended last Friday. For the youth, the summit it ended in applause. For three days, we have been working hard to share our thoughts and get our joint visions on paper. Five sessions were organised by youth organisations involved in the Water Sector: UNCSD Major group of children and youth, IWA […]

By Prabin Rokaya, Director, Jagaran Nepal (a youth-led NGO from Nepal) Most of the conferences are only focussed on identifying problems and recommending solutions without adequate discourse on legal, institutional and financial mechanisms to implement those recommendations. Budapest Water Summit Youth Forum was different in a way that it had separate sessions on Water Governance, […]