Water and sanitation resources
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Recent news of interest
See Jenna’s blog [coming soon] for the latest news.
World Toilet Day, November 19th
November 19th of every year has been declared World Toilet Day - a day to celebrate the importance of sanitation and raise awareness for the 2.5 billion people (nearly half of the world's population) who don't have access to toilets and proper sanitation. To help raise awareness for the 2.5 billion people who don't have access to sanitation, thousands of people are going to squat for one minute. Participating in the Big Squat is simple. Simply squat for one minute in a highly visible location, and then have a plan to explain to anyone who notices WHY you're all squatting.
For more information, visit:
http://www.worldtoilet.org
Information on W&S-related training opportunities and careers
W&S news: Jenna runs a small listserv through which she distributes information about
current events, employment and funding opportunities, conferences, and interesting
publications related to the W&S sector. Usually 2 or 3 digests are sent
out per month. If you’d like to subscribe and/or to view a few
archived digests, visit https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/watsan_news.
What are some water & sanitation career paths?
Professional opportunities with organizations working in the W&S
sector
Development banks
- The World Bank
- International Monetary Fund
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Asian Development Bank
- African Development Bank
- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
UN agencies
International NGOs
- Water & Sanitation Program
- World Resources Institute
- CARE
- IUCN
- Save the Children
- Oxfam
- WaterAid
- World Vision
- International Water Management Institute
US NGOs
- International Relief and Development
- Associates for Rural Development
- Population Services International
- Catholic Relief Services
- Water for People
- WaterPartners International
- Nuru International
Bilateral development agencies
- United States Agency for International Development
- Danish Agency for International Development
- GTZ (Germany)
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
- Department for International Development (UK)
- Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
- Canadian International Development Association
- Australian Agency for International Development
- Japanese International Cooperation Agency
- Millennium Challenge Corporation
Consulting firms
- Chemonics
- Abt Associates
- Camp, Dresser, & McKee
- Research Triangle Institute
- ARCADIS
- Hub Consulting
- DAI
- Tetra Tech, Inc
- International Resources Group
- Winrock International
- CORE International
- ARD
Listservs/web resources
- W&S news (subscribe via https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/watsan_news)
- Water Jobs
- My Water Career
- Jobs Reservoir
- University of Wisconsin - Madison Water Research Guide
- International Water Resources Association
- World Water Council jobs page
- IRC jobs page
- Water Environment Federation
- Devnet Jobs
- Devex
- DevJobs
- CORE Group
- UN Jobs
- OneWorld
- ReliefWeb
- RedR
- Work, Travel, Eat Sleep: International Health and Development Jobs
- Idealist.org
- Net Impact
- The Microfinance Gateway
- Microfinance Jobs
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Just Means
- Ethical Corporation
- Social Edge
- The Economist
- Dot.Org.Jobs
- Philanthropy Careers
- Philanthropy New Digest
- ExecSearches
- Nonprofit Career Network
- Opportunity Knocks
- AfricaJobs.com
- FindAJobInAfrica.com
- AlertNet
- Eldis
- Webexp@t
- Vacatureblad
- International Jobs Center
- InterAction
- InsideNGO