Water Champions
Water Champions initiate or implement water reforms in their chosen field, and are directly involved in improving the water situation in their respective countries.
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Water Champion Antonella Vagliente on Youth Participation in the Water Community
The Vice President of the World Youth Parliament for Water Antonella Vagliente shares her insights on the role of youth in the water community. -
Water Champion Badra Kamaladasa on Nurturing Irrigation in Sri Lanka
Badra Kamaladasa, former Director-General of Sri Lanka’s Irrigation Department, talks about her role as a woman and as a leader in Sri Lanka’s irrigation sector. -
Sue Murphy: Water is Women’s Business
Sue Murphy, CEO of the Water Corporation of Western Australia, talks about her experience as a woman in charge of a world class water utility. -
Prabin Rokaya: Giving the Youth a Voice in Nepal’s Water Future
Prabin Rokaya, cofounder of youth-led NGO Jagaran Nepal, talks about the critical role that young people can play in solving the country’s water problems. -
Roshan Raj Shrestha: Promoting Sanitation in Asia
Gates Foundation’s sanitation expert Roshan Raj Shrestha talks about how the new trust fund will finance non-sewered sanitation and septage management solutions to help speed up sanitation in the Asia and Pacific region. -
Zoran Vojinović: Managing Floods in Asia and the Pacific
Zoran Vojinović, urban water practitioner and academic, talks about a new outlook in managing urban flood risks and its applications in the Asia and Pacific region. -
Ravi Narayanan: Water Security in Asia
Ravi Narayanan, Chair of the Asia-Pacific Water Forum Governing Council, provides invaluable insights on the region’s progress on key water security fronts and into some of the pressure points for action. -
Aabid Surti: Helping to Fix Mumbai's Water Supply
Author, cartoonist and painter Aabid Surti champions water conservation by fixing leaks in Mumbai’s poor households, one tap at a time. -
Auke Idzenga: Water Pumps for the Rural Poor in the Philippines
Engineer Auke Idzenga, Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc., talks about how he developed and promoted a ram pump technology that provides clean water to many upland communities in Negros, Philippines and across Asia. -
Tushaar Shah: Water Management and Improving Irrigation in India
Irrigation expert Tushaar Shah, a Senior Fellow at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), introduces conjunctive management as an opportunity for increasing irrigation efficiency in India.