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Letters to Canadian PM Trudeau

On National Indigenous Peoples Day (21 June), the Council of Canadians was marking the occasion by calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to finally resolve the remaining long term drinking...
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Redes del Agua conference in Mexico

Today, Redes del Agua holds a meeting with legislators and in presence of Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Water and Sanitation @SRWatSan to discuss the importance o...
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Jaime Morell appointed to APE

Jaime Morell is the Secretary General of the Blue Community AEOPAS, the Spanish Association of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Operators and the hub of the Blue Community in Spain. Today, at the Ge...
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Africa: Access to Clean Water for All

28/06/2024

Ensuring Access to Clean Water for All: Challenges and Solution. Online conference with Mohammed B. Abubakar (keynote speaker Nigeria), Dinesh Suna (guest speaker, WCC Switzerland), Rev. Kolade Fadahu...
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Spanish BC publishs drought monitor

aeopas, the Spanish Association of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Operators and hub for the Blue Community in Spain (see here), published its quarterly report on the drought situation in Spain. Th...
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RadioChico: appreciate our water!

Appreciate our water, the source of all life. A short video message from the Réseau Ecole RadioChico in Mali.https://blue-community.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WhatsApp-Video-2024-06-19-at-20.09....
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Youth Events in Neustrelitz

05/11/2024

The German Blue Community / Blue City Neustrelitz is organizing youth events about water. On Friday, 8 September, the Neustrelitz Youth Council and Strelitzer Kulturquartier invited to a lecture on ra...
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OTTAWA WATER DROP DELIVERY

21/06/2024

The Council of Canadians invites to the Ottawa Water Drop Delivery on 21 June, Indigenous Peoples Day: With the dedication of hundreds of teachers and Council supporters we’ve collected 700 “water dro...
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Blue Community in Africa Launch

The launch of the Blue Community Africa on 11 June (see our Blue News from 13 June) had an important media coverage. Dr. Alexander Ampaabeng, Ghana’s Deputy Finance Minister, outlined at the off...
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Blue School Büdingen (D)

Wolfgang-Ernst-Gymnasium in Büdingen, Germany, was the world’s first Blue School. This year, the school organised a wide range of events for World Water Day, involving hundreds of students and t...
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Swiss Blue Universities invite

At today’s video encounter, the Swiss Blue Universities discussed and decided among other topics to send an invite to all their partner universities in the global south, inviting them to join th...
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New publication by Eawag

The Swiss Blue Community Eawag, the Aquatic Research Institute, is announcing a new publication: «Biodiversity between Water and Land. Excursions to bodies of water, moors and floodplains in Switzerla...
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Cholera outbreak in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has alerted on increasing cholera cases nationwide, with 30 deaths, 1,141 suspected cases, and 65 confirmed cases reported, as The Vanguard...
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Webinar on supported water self-supply

18/06/2024

For 18 June, the Swiss Blue Community Skat Foundation co-invites to the fourth webinar of the Rural Water Supply Network RWSN with over 16,000 members in over 170 countries working to get safe water t...
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New factsheet from EWNA

The Ecumenical Water Network Africa (EWNA) published a new factsheet. The focus of this issue: Basic facts on the water situation in Ekiti State in Nigeria, and Freetown in Sierra Leone: Guma Dam Emba...
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Blue Community launch in Africa

The Ecumenical Water Network Africa EWNA is elated to be part of the official launch of the Blue Communities Africa initiative in Ghana on Tuesday 11 June 2024. This hybrid event (in presence and onli...
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Newari marked Menstural Hygiene Day

This year, the Nigerian Blue Community Network of Water Rights Initiative – NEWARI @WashNetwork , along with its member organizations (TownCrierAfrica, @washfid) & partners, marked the Menst...
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Honorary degree for Maude Barlow

Congratulations to Blue Community co-founder Maude Barlow on your honorary degree! From the Brock University, Niagara, Ontario, Canada@BrockUniversity. Her honorary degree no. 17! Amazing.«No matte...
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RERC working material from Mali

The Blue Community Réseau Ecole RadioChico RERC is developing simple basic working materials to work with children. They make them available here in French and in English. The first one is now online....
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New Eawag projects in Africa

The Swiss Blue Community Eawag is happy to announce a collaboration with the Faculty of Health Sciences and Tropical Medicine of #SomaliNationalUniversity, a comprehensive #WASH lecture and training p...
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Newari demands control over water prices

Statement of the Blue Community Newari from Nigeria: One of the integrity failures of water service delivery in Enugu State, which his Excellency Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, Governor of the Enugu State...
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Official Launch: Blue Community Africa

11/06/2024

We are happy to invite you to the launch of the Blue Communities Africa initiative, a pivotal step aimed at contributing to the promotion of water and environmental rights and justice in Africa. Event...
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A welcome from the Council of Canadians

The Council of Canadians is welcoming the first Blue Communities on the African Continent. They state: The global network of Blue Communities is growing day by day. Last month, three African organizat...
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Petition: Human Right to Water in Canada

Legally Recognize the Human Right to Water in Canada! Drinking water and sanitation are globally recognized human rights, yet they are not legally enshrined or universally accessed in Canada. Sign thi...
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