Notícias

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.

  Na quinta-feira, 27 de agosto, Maria Besteman, gestora do programa Basic Water Needs, fez parte do painel de especialistas sobre 'Uma abordagem sustentável para aumentar a água potável'.

[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

A parceria entre a Basic Water Needs e a Plan Nederland foi selecionada como uma das cinco nomeadas para o “Prémio de Melhor Parceria Existente” de 2014.

O diretor administrativo Jens Groot, da Basic Water Needs, deu uma entrevista sobre o negócio de água potável segura na Business News Radio (rádio BNR).