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Lecture: Faith-Based Organisation in WASH

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During his visit to Switzerland, Rev. Kolade Fadahunsi, representative of the Ecumenical Water Network Africa EWNA and coordinator for the Blue Community Africa, gave a lecture at the Swiss Blue Commu...
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Nigeria: PPDF Call Against Oil Spill

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The Nigerian Blue Community Peace Point Development Foundation makes headlines again. Here today’s media coverage: The Mail: PPDF Seeks Senate Intervention on Oil Spill, Mining irregularities in...
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BLUE DIGEST 10-06-2025

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Every day the most important news on water and sanitation from around the world, compiled by the Blue Community Network, defending water as a common, public good and a human right. Alas...
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Tell Meaningful Water Stories

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From Blue Community Ambassador Fredrick Mugira: Water stories are crucial! Today, I’ll be part of the “How to Tell Meaningful Water Stories” panel at #WaterInCommunications2025. Let...
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Blue Community: JRP from Odisha, India

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Jeevan Rekha Parishad from Odisha, India, joins the Blue Community.  Jeevan Rekha Parishad (JRP), otherwise known as ‹Lifeline Council› is an independent, secular, non-governmental research and develo...
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Nigeria: PPDF Seeks Senate Intervention

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From the Blue Community Peace Point Development Foundation-PPDF Nigeria: Report on Advocacy to Senator Representing Akwa Ibom South in National Assembly by Peace Point Development Foundation-PPDF, Jun...
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Binational Water Cooperation

11/06/2025 BlueEvents, BlueNews

From Blue Community Ambassador Rosario Sánchez: Excited to join the US-Mexico Border Conference this June 11 at 9am ET — in DC & online!  I’ll speak on Panel 5: Transboundary Resource Sharing, di...
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BLUE DIGEST 09-06-2025

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Every day the most important news on water and sanitation from around the world, compiled by the Blue Community Network, defending water as a common, public good and a human right. Zero...
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Stop Plastics, Use Nadi Filters

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From the Blue Community AHD – Association for Humanitarian Development, Pakistan: Nadi Filter Technology: A Simple Clay Innovation Saving Families and the Planet from Plastic Pollution, Cholera ...
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Bangladesh: Protests against Japan’s SMBC

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From the Blue Community ISDE Bangladesh:  Japanese SMBC’s $1.86b fossil fuel investments draining Bangladesh’s public funds, civil society orgs claim.  Japanese megabank Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corpor...
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BLUE DIGEST 08-06-2025

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The most important news on water and sanitation from around the world, defending water as a common, public good and a human right. A river runs through us Robert Macfarlane asks: Is a r...
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Panama’s Churches For Climate Justice

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From the global Blue Community World Council of Churches (WCC): Faith communities across Latin America unite for climate action ahead of COP30. “We don’t want more words; we want concrete...
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Canada: The Fight is NOT Over!

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From the Canadian Blue Community Water Watchers:  ✊ The Fight Against Bill 5 is NOT Over! ✊  This week, Doug Ford and his Conservative majority pushed through Bill 5—the so-called “Protect O...
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BLUE DIGEST 07-06-2025

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Blue News from around the world. The most important news on water and sanitation from a human rights perspective. Over 13 million Colombians do not have access to clean drinking water. ...
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Italy: We need Blue Communities

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The Future Food Institute: Blue Community and the transition needed for territories. “The transition will never happen if large and small territories do not take concrete action together. We need Blu...
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UK: Inside Another Week of Peril

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From Cat Hobbs, director of the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’: Inside another week of peril for Thames Water while England drowns in raw sewage. If you’re banning bonuses for failing ...
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UK: Public Money for Private Pockets

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Have you ever wondered what happens to your money when you privatise your water services? Do you also know why the World Bank and other financial and political institutions are so in favour of what th...
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Landsberg, Germany: Blue Community, but

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The German city of Landsberg and even the whole “Landkreis” (regional district) joined the Blue Community in 2023. But not everybody is happy with the decision and wants to follow the pled...
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BLUE DIGEST 06-06-2025

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Blue News from around the world. The most important news on water and sanitation from a human rights perspective. For more information see here: BLUE NEWS – New Form of Publishing  ...
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Summer in Paris? Meet Eau de Paris

07/06/2025 BlueEvents, BlueNews

From the French Blue Community / Blue City of Paris: Eau de Paris welcomes you all summer long! With the sun shining and temperatures rising, it’s time to celebrate summer! The public water serv...
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UK: Letter to Steve Reed

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From the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’: Letter to Steve Reed: Thames Water is back in crisis, its time for public ownership. The Thames Water crisis is not going away. We’ve wri...
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World Churches For Grassroot Voices

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From the global Blue Community World Council of Churches (WCC) @Oikoumene :  WCC advocates for grassroots voices in UN “water tenure” framework development.  As climate change intensifies pressure on...
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Blue Environmental Day 2025

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Environmental Day, June 5, is this year focusing on ending plastic pollution. Pledge 3 of the Blue Community states: PROMOTE SAFE PUBLIC DRINKING WATER EVERYWHERE TO END THE NEED FOR BOTTLED WATER.  P...
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UK: Public Thames Water Looks Like This

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From the archive of the British Blue Community ‘We Own It’: What could Thames Water look like in public ownership?   1) A supervisory governing board with representatives from households, ...
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