2SCALE is the largest incubator for agribusiness in Africa. Working with a range of companies and farmer groups, 2SCALE enables farmers to increase their income while reducing harm to the environment.

Solomon Islands is a nation of 900 mountainous and volcanic islands. Of the 600 inhabited islands, only 345 have health care facilities (HCFs). In total, 355 HCFs serve the country’s population of 620,000. In 2019, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) teamed up with UNICEF, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill […]

In Mali, SOMAGEP (SOciété MAlienne de GEstion de l’Eau Potable), World Waternet and Akvo teamed up to digitise water quality testing and improve the management of drinking water distribution systems.

Watershed (2016 – 2020) is a strategic partnership under the dialogue and dissent programme of the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs (DGIS), in which four Dutch NGOs work together with civil society organisations (CSOs) in six countries: Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, India, Ghana, and Mali.   In Uganda, the Watershed programme has been working to improve […]

Access to safe sanitation is a major challenge in Mauritania. According to JMP 2019, only 22 percent of the rural population and 67 percent of the urban population had access to an improved sanitation facility in 2015…

In 2018, together with the Ministry of Water Resources in Sierra Leone and UNICEF, we set out to implement a country-wide water quality testing system to identify the levels and root causes of water contamination, implement strategies to treat the cause, and monitor the success of the programme at large.

Since 2015, UNICEF Pacific and Akvo have supported the government of Solomon Islands in conducting multiple national baselines relating to different aspects of WASH coverage.

Together with UNICEF Pacific and the World Health Organisation (WHO), Akvo is supporting the government of Fiji to streamline their data processes and ensure targeted programmes and policies for the areas that need support so that they can achieve SDG 6.

In Puruna Chhatrapur, Watershed supports rural communities in generating evidence about the status of WASH services so that they can advocate for better representation of their needs in village planning.

A community based monitoring system has been established in the Kafa Biosphere Reserve in order to protect the ecosystem, preserve traditional cultivation methods, and improve the living conditions of the local citizens.

In Kenya, Akvo is involved in piloting a citizen science approach to water quality. Using Akvo’s data platform, citizens are monitoring the health of Nairobi’s rivers in order to gather critical information for evidence-based advocacy.

In collaboration with national governments and international NGOs, Akvo has mapped water points across West Africa and contributed to the creation of open data portals where this information is openly shared.

Indonesia’s government are aiming for food self-sufficiency by improving farm techniques, promoting climate-smart agriculture, improving efficient use of inputs, and increasing the knowledge of farmers on Good Agriculture Practices.

Universal access to safe and affordable drinking water is still a challenge. In remote areas of Bali, E. coli is a common contaminant, and timely, accurate and reliable water quality data is hard to come by.

Acacia is a groundwater consultancy firm with a mission to improve the access to clean and safe water worldwide using smart, sustainable and practical solutions. With projects around the globe, Acacia puts the owners and users of water, from governments and citizens to villagers and village elders, at the forefront.

ICCO cooperation is a global non-governmental organisation that provides financial support and advice to local organisations that work for better access to basic facilities, sustainable development, and peace and democracy.

UTZ work to create a world in which sustainable farming is the norm. In an effort to make the hazelnut sector sustainable, UTZ and Akvo teamed up to digitise the survey for hazelnut certification and set up a data collection process to monitor compliance.

Launched in November 2015, the European Union Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF) is an emergency fund set up by the European Union to address destabilisation, forced displacement and irregular migration in three regions of Africa: Sahel and Lake Chad, Horn of Africa and North of Africa.

In collaboration with national governments and international NGOs, Akvo has mapped water points across West Africa and contributed to the creation of open data portals where this information is openly shared.

Watershed is a strategic partnership under the dialogue and dissent programme of the Dutch ministry of foreign affairs (DGIS), in which four Dutch NGOs work together with civil society organisations (CSOs) in six countries: Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, India, Ghana, and Mali.

Watershed is a strategic partnership under the Dialogue and Dissent programme of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which four Dutch non-governmental organisations work together with civil society organisations in six countries: Uganda, Kenya, Bangladesh, India, Ghana and Mali.

The 9 country programme is part of the current regional programme with the UNICEF Western and Central Africa Regional Office. The programme aims to accelerate national and subnational WASH monitoring for the improved management and delivery of water and sanitation services in nine West and Central African countries.

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation initiates programmes to alleviate poverty across the globe. Their smart water for agriculture (SWA) programme aims to save water and energy in farming practices across selected counties in Kenya.

Tiipaalga, meaning ‘new tree’ in the local Moore language, is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Burkina Faso. Tiipaalga works with families in the arid Sahel region to improve their living conditions sustainably and independently, while promoting reforestation.

Since 2014, the International Water Stewardship Programme, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit on behalf of the UK’s Department for International Development and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development…

Enabel, formerly BTC, is the Belgian development agency. Implementing the development cooperation programmes of the Belgian government, they support development projects around the globe to eradicate poverty.

Funded by USAID, AECOM recently implemented a Livestock for Growth project, with the aim of increasing inclusive livestock sector growth by improving animal health and weight, expanding market access and including historically marginalised groups in value chain development.

During the prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa, in early 2017, Akvo and IRC were contracted by UNICEF Ethiopia to collect water point functionality data in the Somali region of Ethiopia.

The 2015 earthquake dealt a devastating blow to Nepal. Its rugged terrain made the relief and recovery work extremely challenging for the government and humanitarian sector.

The Pani programme, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is aimed at addressing the adverse effects of climate change and population growth in three river basins and 25 watersheds in Nepal.

One of the eight Millennium Development Goals was to halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.

The World Bank has contributed to the water and sanitation sector in India since 1991. It has also partnered with the government in order to ensure better delivery of water, sanitation and health (WASH) services to citizens.

Water For People is an international organization headquartered in the United States with operations in India, Africa, and Latin America.

The government of India embarked on an ambitious programme in 2014 with the goal of making India open defecation free by 2019. The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), part of a prominent development network in India, initiated an ambitious sanitation programme in order to contribute to the overall efforts of this mission.

Red TIC Bolivia, part of the Connect4Change consortium, is a network of 25 organizations from around Bolivia that use information and communications technology (ICT) for sustainable human development in the fields of education, governance, gender and agriculture.

Azim Premji Philanthropic Initiatives (APPI), founded by Azim Premji, focuses on improving local governance by strengthening community and civil society groups to implement holistic development plans.

In 2014, Global Water Challenge, a coalition of corporations and non-governmental organisations working to solve the world’s water challenges, established a working group of experts in the water sector to advance water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sustainability by improving water data point sharing.

The World Vegetable Center is an international nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development. This project sets out to reduce malnutrition in the target provinces in Cambodia, in particular of women and children.

The World Vegetable Center is an international nonprofit institute for vegetable research and development. This project sets out to reduce malnutrition in the target provinces in Cambodia, in particular of women and children.

The Empower Youth for Work programme, initiated by Oxfam, aims to reduce poverty in rural coastal areas by empowering youth, especially young women, to seek and obtain decent work.

GREENCoffee is a public private partnership of ten partners from the Netherlands and Vietnam, all working to ensure a sustainable future for coffee farmers in Vietnam.

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) mitigates environmental degradation and rural poverty by encouraging the adoption of regenerative farming practices.

The Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) is a multi-stakeholder platform established in 2011 to promote resource efficiency and sustainability in trade flows, production and consumption operations, and supply chains in the global rice sector.