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The India WASH Forum (IWF), a coalition of individuals representing an independent credible voice in the water and sanitation sector that is aligned to the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC), supported the launch of the Global Sanitation Fund (GSF) in India, to assist the people of the country, who do not have adequate access to clean water and sanitation.

A launch workshop of the Global Sanitation Fund was organised on 4th August 2009 in New Delhi, by the India WASH Forum, to discuss GSF programme priorities and its implementation structure for India. Representatives of national and international organisations, Government of India, as well as sector experts participated in the workshop.

The next issue of "Water Moves",the quarterly newsletter on Water Governance from SPWD (Society For Promotion of Wastelands Development), with assistance from Sir Dorabji Tata Trust under the Water Governance project is out.

Articles include:

The newsletter explores the ways in which national laws, court pronouncements and judgements and international commitments can be interpreted to imply a right to water and sanitation.

Specific articles cover:

-Individual court cases and Supreme Court pronouncements

Greenpeace is looking for a campaigner

If you believe that India's agricultural sector needs a paradigm shift to ecological practices and if you want to influence agricultural policy using the power of the people to make this shift and do so NOW; please read on. <--break->

About Greenpeace

1. Vigyan Vijay Foundation (VVF) is looking for a Programme Coordinator
Location: North Delhi
Last Date: December 15, 2009
Email: asha.kumar@vigyanvijay.org

Water is the primary medium through which climate change impacts will be felt by human populations and the environment.  Adapting to climate change will require adapting to changes in water availability and distribution.

DHAN Foundation promoted an exclusive thematic collective for water and allied themes namely, “DHAN Vayalagam (Tank) Foundation {DV(T)F}”. Thus, the DV(T)F became operational with effect from October 2, 2006 to rigorously carry forward the rehabilitation of traditional water bodies in addition to expanding the development interventions connected with water.

Location: Andhra Pradesh
Last Date: December 16, 2009
Email: vfhyderabadro@dhan.org (Reference: DevNetJobsIndia.org)

                                                                               India Development Coalition of America

Guest post by Stalin K

I’m writing to tell you about VIVIDH, a new program Video Volunteers (VV) is launching. I hope you can be part of it!

Imagine a journalist, activist or government official receiving a press release and a video in her inbox and it reads, “The practice of Untouchability in schools in India is a problem many people assume no longer happens. Well, last month, 60 community journalists investigated the issue in every state in India, and found troubling visual evidence of the practice across the country. These activist-journalists are rallying their communities to address this issue. Will you join them in speaking out? See the proof, realize the scale of the problem and take action!”