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This year Basic Water Needs celebrated International Women’s Day in a very special way: we were invited to speak at an ‘inspiration session’ at RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency), which is part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Together with our partner Plan the Netherlands, we were invited to speak about Gender and Business.   […]

[one_fourth] [/one_fourth] [three_fourth_last] We are very proud to announce that the Tulip Technology has been selected as one of the 100 best innovations from the Netherlands.

[three_fourth] We are proud to announce that Basic Water Needs is the youngest member of the UNDP’s Business Call to Action initiative (BCtA). The Business Call to Action is challenging companies to advance core business activities that are inclusive of poor populations and contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals.

  El jueves 27 de agosto, María Besteman, directora de programas de Basic Water Needs, formó parte del panel de expertos sobre 'Un enfoque sostenible para ampliar el agua segura'.

[two_third] In emergency situations, getting safe drinking water to the victims is often one of the main challenges. Like in Nepal this year, where we have already delivered over 3,500 filters, enabling 15,000 people access to safe drinking for at least one year.

5 June 2015, Jens Groot, managing director of Basic Water Needs, was invited to present before Prime Minister Rutte, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lilianne Ploumen and Minister for Agriculture Sharon Dijkstra at the ‘Entrepreneurial Minds’ event in Delhi, India. Basic Water Needs was one of the 15 companies selected as a prime example of Dutch-Indian

In March 2015 the Huffington Post published this article on how to use climate finance to promote clean water. One of the featured projects is the ‘Carbon Credits for Safe Water’ project that Basic Water Needs is executing in Tanzania.

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

La asociación entre Basic Water Needs y Plan Nederland ha sido seleccionada como una de las cinco nominadas al 'Premio a la Mejor Asociación Existente' 2014.

Jens Groot, director general de Basic Water Needs, concedió una entrevista sobre el negocio del agua potable en Business News Radio (radio BNR).