Category Archives: The Global Water Crisis

Salamatu’s Story: One Woman’s Journey to Becoming a CWS Water Entrepreneur

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Community Water Solutions has some EXCITING NEWS…. This morning we launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in an effort to raise funds for our expansion in Ghana! For more details, check out our beautiful new video featuring Salamatu, one of … Continue reading →

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World Toilet Day!

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Today is World Toilet Day! This meant nothing to me about a year and half ago. “World Toilet Day? Why on earth would we celebrate this? Wahoo! I have a toilet?” Now that I frequent Ghana, it takes a whole … Continue reading →

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Rain Dance

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

Its that time of year again. The time where the storm clouds start rollingggg in, the nights cool off, and everything begins to go from brown to green. Of course the rains won’t begin in earnest for a couple months, … Continue reading →

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World Water Day

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Happy World Water Day Everybody! World Water Day was last Thursday, and around the world people concerned with the global water crisis gathered together to celebrate all the positive water-y work that’s being done! To see some examples and learn … Continue reading →

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Baseline Data

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

You can’t solve a problem if you don’t know what exactly your problem is. For this reason ‘baseline data’, or information about your problem before you start fixing it, is key. In our reality of limited financial and human resources, … Continue reading →

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Occupy the Developing World

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

2011 Winter Fellow Nate Bernard was recently published on MicoDINERO.com, an online news source for all things micro-finance. We thought his article was so great we wanted to share it with all of you! Great job Nate! -Kate   Occupy … Continue reading →

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Going Viral

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

When I think of the equipment CWS and partners use to deal with water-borne diseases, I think of those charismatic blue buckets, the polytanks and aquatabs and alum balls that we use to clean water and keep it that way. … Continue reading →

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From the Field: IDDS Reflections

Posted on August 7, 2011 by

This week I got the chance to head down to Kumasi and check out the International Development Design Summit (IDDS) – a really cool month long program that helps would be/soon to be inventors come up with marketable solutions to … Continue reading →

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CWS Article Posted on MTV Act

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

Check out CWS on the MTV Act Blog!

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Happy World Water Day!

Posted on March 21, 2011 by
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