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For general media enquiries, please contact:

Mark Charmer (London)
t: +44 7976 960739
email: mark [at] akvo.org

Akvo in the press

Huffington Post, 22 September 2009, Bigger Than Africa, "There are some intriguing glimpses of what might be possible - charity:water, Akvo, water.org, and The Tap Project all come to mind."

Financial Times, 28 May 2009, Donor programmes: Sponsors can now view benefits online

World Bank, 23 October 2008 Forget RSS: is Real Simple Reporting the killer Development 2.0 application?
“Real-time, paper-free, straight from the trenches reporting. If RSR takes off, it could be the killer application of Development 2.0."

Wired, 25 June 2008, Akvo’s Bollywood Angle
"It’s an open-source sanitation project, and if that isn’t weird enough, they’ve got a Bollywood-parody promotional angle."

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Logos

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Photography

Use our photographs wherever you like, provided you follow their Creative Commons license. A wide selection of images are available on Flickr here. Or click the collage below.

Many people ask for links to our poster artwork, so here they are:
MISSION ROPE PUMP, PART TWO
THE WOMAN WHO BUILT HERSELF A TOILET
WATER! THE MUSICAL
WIND AND WATER

Again these are Creative Commons images, so can be republished freely.