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View of Irrigation tank
Children in Qirimbas Park, Mozambique
ECOSAN toilet construction
Elephant Pump
Construction of AgaClara water treatment plant
View of Irrigation tank
water filter production in Ghana

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Most recent Akvo Blog article

How to give money to Akvo projects

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:00:07 +0000 by Mark Tiele Westra

At Akvo, we have a host of fantastic projects all deserving of your money, but what’s the most effective way to actually donate? In an ideal world, every cent of a donation would go directly to the project, but in the real world, this is ...

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The rope pump

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:46:15 +0000 by Mark Tiele Westra

A rope pump mounted on a well in Zambia. Using the rope pump allows the well to be covered, which vastly improves the water quality. Photo Henk Holtslag In the water sector, as elsewhere, good ideas can be surprisingly old. One such old idea is ...

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Akvo at a glance

Projects in Akvo

Active 23
Need funding 78
Complete 12
Cancelled 1
Total projects 115

People who get...

  Upcoming Delivered
Water 305,460 11,235
Sanitation 87,215 5,128

Project Partners

Total organisations 157
Field partners 105  
Support partners 30  
Funding partners 83  
Funding
111 projects in Euros
Raised € 1,224,678
Still needed € 1,590,360
3 projects in US Dollars
Raised $ 140
Still needed $ 358,859