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Water, Sanitation, Hygiene
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Leading Organisations & Foundations specialised in Water The Practica Foundation aims to facilitate research, development and commercial application of technology in the field of water and energy in developing countries. The choice for water and energy-related technology comes from an assessment that these are often prime movers in rural livelihoods and the conviction that there is still considerable scope to reduce cost and improve the quality of technologies in use. For Practica the commercial promotion is as important, if not more important, as the development of technology. Towards this end Practica works with a network of partner organisations that produce, promote and sell improved rural products. Practica receives requests from developing countries and looks at their implementing ability, financial aspects, and their relevance in terms of market potential, social and environmental desirability. Practica then helps develop the initiatives further; with technical assistance, linking proposals with financial resources and marketing opportunities and making sure that there is clear agreement on the rights to the technology. It functions as a clearinghouse for funding the dissemination and commercial application of promising technologies. AT@Work is a Dutch network of professionals from government, academia, NGOs and the private sector who are interested in the large-scale market introduction of appropriate water and sanitation technologies. The objective of the network is to help reduce the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation, in accordance with the Millennium Development Goals. As the largest internationally-focused association of water professionals, IWA has a significant opportunity to contribute to the policy and practice debate concerning adequate and affordable water and sanitation services in low and middle income countries. News and information, advice, research and training, on low-cost water supply and sanitation in developing countries. WEDC - Water Education & Development Centre - London WEDC is one of the world's leading institutions concerned with education, training, research, and consultancy relating to the planning, provision, and management of infrastructure for development. A partnership of learning organisations, working together in targeted water and sanitations programmes with the poor for a better future for all.  WaterAid is an international charity dedicated to helping people escape the stranglehold of poverty and disease caused by living without safe water and sanitation. WaterAid's vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and effective sanitation. We aim to help one million people gain access to water and one million gain access to sanitation every year by 2010. Their . Their approach to achieve the Millennium goals on water & sanitation is called ' WaterAid has developed Some facts about bottled water: |