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We are working hard on developing new business models and have been testing the try and buy approach in Ghana in a project with Via Water.

We are happy to announce that our Tulip water filters are now available in Angola!

During the WEDC conference we presented our case study from Kagera, Tanzania at the Loughborough University in the UK. This study is about the results so far of our ‘Safe Water for coffee farmers in Tanzania’ project, which project has exceeded expectations.

[two_third] Basic Water Needs B.V. is happy to announce that our Tulip water filters are now available in Tanzania. Water Filter Tanzania, led by Rephrin Kombe, is the official distributor of Tulip water filters in Tanzania. From the city of Arusha, she is able to deliver filters all over Tanzania. With a background in marketing,

[two_third] Basic Water Needs B.V. is happy to announce that our Tulip water filters are now available in the Philippines.

On 16 April 2016, a 7,8 magnitude earthquake destroyed around 7000 buildings on the Central Coast of Ecuador. Thousands of families were consequently challenged at a mass scale in their access to safe, if any, drinking water. Tap water systems collapsed in several towns. People were drinking rainwater from rooftops, hand dug wells and water

As of the 1st of June 2016 Basic Water Needs has a new Head Office. We have left our capital Amsterdam in search of more space. This led us to Wormerveer, a town in the shadow of Amsterdam, where we found a beautiful and spacious office.   Our desks will no longer be surrounded by

Curious to read how Basic Water Needs is secretely already working with the Sustainable Development Goals? Maria Besteman gave an interview to ‘Ondernemen in Ontwikkelingslanden’. Read all about the Sustainable Development Goals that Basic Water Needs is working on here.