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Comics for safe drinking water

Our partner Plan India in Delhi has developed a very special method to get the message of safe drinking water across to children: a ‘Safe water and Sanitation’ comic. In 17 pages you can read the story of Sooraj and his mother Sudha and how they improved their lives through the ‘Healthy Future for Delhi’s…

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Basic Water Needs in the Telegraaf

27th of November 2014. The leading Dutch newspaper, Telegraaf, published an article on Basic Water Needs ‘World filled with water filters’. Telling the story of how Basic Water Needs was founded and developed itself into a company which has already provided 2 million people with safe drinking water.

Best Existing Partnership nomination

The partnership between Basic Water Needs and Plan Nederland has been selected as one of the five nominees for the ‘Best Existing Partnership Award’ 2014.

BWN on BNR radio

Managing director Jens Groot of Basic Water Needs gave an interview about the business of safe drinking water on Business News Radio (BNR radio).

BWN signed ARENA Declaration

On the 9th of October 2014, Basic Water Needs was one of the 8 companies signing the ARENA Declaration.

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Carbon credits for safe water

The Swiss company South Pole and Basic Water Needs have decided to join forces to make safe drinking water available to coffee farmers in Tanzania. Together with local partner organization KADERES they are setting up a pilot project for safe water and CO 2 reduction in the Kagera region, Tanzania. The project partners want to…

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Tulip filter running for the Tulip award

‘Tulip water filters’ has a shot at the Tulip awards of the Accenture Innovation Awards. To us this seems like an appropriate award for our appropriate technology. Next to the blue and green Tulip award BWN is also running for the People’s Choice Award.

Watch: Tulip water filter distribution in Kenya

In May 2014 the Hardcore Help Foundation went to Kenya and handed out Tulip Siphon water filters. During the water filter distribution Carlo Oppermann from Ambitious Films shot a short movie. This is the first episode of the new documentary “We don’t need a reason to help people”.

Safe drinking water for the Kagera region, Tanzania

For 2 weeks Maria Besteman of Basic Water Needs is in the Kagera region in Tanzania to investigate the water situation of poor farmers and how – together with South Pole and local organization Kaderes – we can improve their access to safe drinking water.

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