WaterCube.tv documents people working to tackle the problems people face getting access to clean water and proper sanitation around the world. Our unique video cube lands at key events focused on water, and is staffed by an independent, constantly-changing team of video reporters. WaterCube puts digital video into the hands of everyone - not a few TV people. We want to help those working in water learn how to use online video to begin documenting their own work to global audiences, sharing knowledge and creating unexpected partnerships and opportunities. WaterCube partners include SIWI, IRC, Akvo, India Water Portal and UN Habitat. For editorial enquiries, please contact Mark Charmer - mark@akvo.org
Micheal Fields Director of Social Investment and Community Engagement at ITT describes the partnership they have with SIWI and MercyCorps which have been highlighted at the World Water Week. This includes work to support the Stockholm Junior Water Prize and the finalists from last year which can also be found on the WaterCube. Interview by Nick Dickinson, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Thursday, 25 August 2011 at World Water Week in Ghana
Babatope Babalopi has many hats and is as the chairman of a network of West African journalists. We explains the work they do and the benefits of a West African network. Interview by Nick Dickinson, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Thursday, 25 August 2011 at World Water Week in Ghana.
Akvo’s Mark Charmer talks with John Sauer and Erin Wright of Water for People. They discuss the need for the water and sanitation sector to really get to grips with monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects. Erin emphases the need for a shift of accountability from donors to being to the people whose lives the projects are affecting. Stockholm World Water Cube. Friday 26 August 2011.
Akvo’s Mark Charmer talks with William Dougan of the University of Wisconisn, Whitewater about his work as professor of entrepreneurship and professor of management. He describes an upcoming water entrepreneurs workshop called Water Summit V in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - http://www.cvent.com/events/water-summit-v-achieving-harmony-with-water/invitation-76f14bcd181f467eab418179e8116b1b.aspx - being held on September 18th 2011. It’s designed to help water entrepreneurs advance their ideas - especial...
“I honestly believe in African solutions. I think that solutions should be provided by Africans and should be pursued by Africans and we should move at the pace that will make us achieve what we need to achieve as Africans.” Mr. Emmanuel Gaze, Director for Technical services, Community Water & Sanitation Agency of Ghana explains the 20,000 borehole programme and how to achieve accessibility AND sustainability. A key challenge is resources to run the programme which need to be made available. I...
Clement Bugase, Executive Director of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency, explains how people have been interested in how Ghana gets small town systems going. The local government system is evolving in Ghana and CWSA has been able to work ahead of that. He explains exactly how CWSA does this and how they engage with local areas. Interview by Nick Dickinson, IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, Thursday, 25 August 2011 at World Water Week in Ghana
John Matthews of Conservation International asks Akvo's Mark Charmer how we can rethink communications in the water and sanitation development sector. Stockholm World Water Cube. Friday 26 August 2011.
Bai-Mass Taal, from the African Minister’s Council on Water (AMCOW) works as executive secretary for this council trying to coordinate and have the ministers of water of different countries collaborate to be able to solve the current problems in water and sanitation in the continent. Video shot at the World Water Week 2011 in Stockholm on the 26th of August by Isabel Ordonez.
Nandita Singh, PhD is an associate professor at KTH and does research on land and water resources. She supports O. P. Singh’s visual work because she thinks it is easy to make research about these topics but we haven’t seen that knowledge put into action. It is times to get our hands dirty. Video shot at the World Water Week 2011 in Stockholm on the 26th of August by Isabel Ordonez.
Akvo's Mark Charmer talks to Conservation International. Stockholm World Water Cube. Friday 26 August 2011.
