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Welcome to Akvopedia, the a free, open -sourced water and , sanitation & hygiene resource (in addition to food security knowledge) that [[How to contribute|anyone can edit]]. We strive to improve water and sanitation projects through knowledge exchange on Here you will find smart and affordable technical solutions technologies and effective approachesin rural or urban settings. Project teams can learn more about financing, constructing, and maintaining a project in order to keep it functioning and stable for the long term. Some pages are translated in up to 9 languages (upper right of each page may have language flags), as we are increasing new translations continually. We also have the Google translator on each page. It will translate any English page into more than 90 languages. It cannot translate our hand-translated pages, only the English versions of those pages. Akvopedia now contains [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles primarily in English, including some in French and Spanish. Akvopedia is hosted and managed by [http://akvo.org/ Akvo Foundation].

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{|[[Image:celine_gest.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Céline Gest, our French translator of the month]]<font size="4">Our favorite translator of the month, Céline GestThe [[Survey Library]] is now live!</font><br><br>Since our translation program began last summer, we've had the honor The Survey library contains two "shelves" of information: standards and privilege of several new translating volunteers to help us transform Akvopedia into a truly global online WASH encyclopediasurveys. We now have SpanishStandards assist you in gathering, French, some Malayalam, Tamil & Hindi, and some Chinese and Korean pagesunderstanding, and more coming using high quality data for decision making in all the time. Céline joined us as a French translatorthings water, sanitation, and has been doing a beautiful job on our Water Portalhygiene (WASH) -related. Allowing our pages to reach and benefit French speakers from around Surveys are questionnaires that apply the worldstandards.

Céline has shared this about her work: "For a translator recently graduated, translating for Akvopedia gives Some of the supporting organizations who've created the chance of gaining knowledge and specializing on water and sanitation issuesstandards are WHO, two key themes in today’s worldUNICEF, and thus to acquire valuable experienceSIASAR. This For instance, the Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) is also an opportunity to participate fully in the activities of Akvopedia providing a useful work popular standard for a large community!"<br>(In French)<br>''"Pour une traductrice récemment diplôméesanitation, traduire pour Akvopedia offre la possibilité d’enrichir ses connaissances et de se spécialiser sur l’eau et les questions sanitairesdrinking water, des thèmes porteurs dans le monde actuel, et donc d’acquérir une expérience appréciable and others. C’est également l’occasion de participer pleinement aux activités d’Akvopedia en fournissant un travail utile à une large communauté!"'' If you are interested in Céline Gest's services as a French translator, make an inquiry to us at winona|[[Image:at symbolSurvey_library_promo.jpg|12pxthumb|right|400px|link=Survey Library|Photo: Care.org]]akvo.org. Thank you Céline!<br>|}{|-

||[[Image:eawag compendium coverTablet-Use-demo.pngjpg|right|100px200px|link=http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/sandec/publikationen/sesp/dl/Compendium_2nd_Ed_Lowres_1p.pdfHandbook on Data Collection]]* '''Updated!! Compendium of Sanitation Systems and Technologies, 2nd EditionNew guide''': The entire [[Sanitation PortalHandbook on Data Collection]] . The AfriAlliance Handbook provides guidance on how best to develop a data collection project to ensure high quality data is now updated with the most current information from the new compendium from [http://wwwcollected and maximum impact is achieved.sandec.ch/index_EN Sandec/EAWAG]. It contains several brand new topics such as Pre-treatment Technologies, SettlerThe Handbook covers vital elements to consider when designing and implementing a data collection project, focusing on the development sector and the Imhoff tank. Plus redefinitions including extra resources for many sanitation products. Biomass is now included a lot as well. Plus some newer versions of treatment systems that mention biogas and blackwater more frequently than the 1st editioninformation.

|[[Image:sustainable sanitationWHO_Guidelines_2018.png|100pxright|right200px|Source: [link=http://wwwapps.pseauwho.orgint/iris/bitstream/handle/outils10665/biblio274939/index9789241514705-eng.php?vue_pgm_o_tout=1&tri1=titre&pgmpseau_id=37&l=fr&langue=en&operateur_titre_contenant=%2B&motclef%5B%5D=129&vuepp=3&autosubmit=1 www.pseau.org]pdf]]* '''70 Sustainable Sanitation Documents from Guide''': [http://pseauapps.org Pseauwho.org] '''int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/274939/9789241514705-eng.pdf WHO: We now have links in our [[Sustainability Portal]Guidelines on Health and Sanitation, 2018]. Safe sanitation is essential for health, column 5 (Social Sustainability) for 70 new documents in both French from preventing infection to improving and maintaining mental and Englishsocial well-being. These colorfully illustrate The lack of safe sanitation contributes to diarrhea, a variety major public health concern and a leading cause of handwashing disease and death among children under five years in low- and middle- income countries; poor sanitation methods that include topics also contributes to several neglected tropical diseases, as well as broader adverse outcomes such as schools under-nutrition. Lack of access to suitable sanitation facilities is also a major cause of risks and gender. Great anxiety, especially for teaching kids! All links go to the [http://www.pseau.org/outils/biblio/index.php?vue_pgm_o_tout=1&tri1=titre&pgmpseau_id=37&l=fr&langue=en&operateur_titre_contenant=%2B&motclef%5B%5D=129&vuepp=3&autosubmit=1 pseauwomen and girls.org] site where you can search by topicFor all these reasons, country, or target audiencesanitation that prevents disease and ensures privacy and dignity has been recognized as a basic human right.

|[[Image:Rainwater_harvesting_mapfinancing papers2.png|right|100px200px|link=http://akvopedia.org/wiki/Rainwater_Harvesting_GIS_MapFinancing Sanitation, Paper Series I-4]]* '''NEW RWH TOOLS: [[Rainwater Harvesting GIS Map | Make a personalized GIS rainwater harvesting map]]Featured article''' - We have teamed up with [http://www.rainfoundation.org/ RAIN] to create three new rainwater harvesting (RWH) tools in Akvopedia. One of these is called the The [[Rainwater Harvesting GIS MapFinancing Sanitation, Paper Series I-4]]. You can follow three steps to create is a RWH map to see optimal places unique collection of six articles about different aspects of sustainable financing of rainwater collection sanitation (in your areaemerging markets) - from financial inclusion to private funding and from micro insurance to climate financing. The other toolspapers are very close to daily practices, written purely on the basis of experience, [[Rain is Gain Tool]] insights and [[WASH Environmental Sustainability Assessment]], help you to both assess your water needs/supply materials developed within sanitation programmes in India and make sure your WASH project is environmentally sustainable, respectivelyKenya.

|[[Image:national flags.png|right|200px250px|]]We are proud to announce our new Akvopedia [[Translations]] program! We have started our language program with translators for French, Spanish, 3 three Indian languages (Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil), Korean, Chinese, Indonesian, and Japanese, with many more to come. See the upper right of our each English page for the different language flags.Not all pages have been translated yet. Our most popular translations are: <br>* '''New TranslationThe entire [[Water Portal / Rainwater Harvesting | Rainwater harvesting]] section in Hindi:''' Our [[Multiple Use Services (MUS)वाटर पोर्टल / वर्षाजल संचयन]] page is in English, French, Spanish, Malayalam, Korean, and Chinese. <br>* '''New Translation:''' Our The entire [[Surface water - generalWater Portal / Rainwater Harvesting | Rainwater harvesting]] page is now section in English, French, Spanish, and Malayalam: [[La collecte des eaux de pluie]].<br>* '''New TranslationMost of the [[Water Portal / Rainwater Harvesting | Rainwater harvesting]] section in Spanish:''' Our [[Groundwater recharge - general)Captación de Agua de Lluvia]] page is now in English and French with more coming soon.

|[[Image:Winona akvo2Jon.jpg|right|120px]]Do you have quality content that you would like to contribute to Akvopedia, but lack the time or resources to upload it? Akvopedia offers free limited editorial services and always appreciates suggestions and links to expand our WASH wiki. Please contact our editor Winona Azure Jon at winonajon[[Image:at symbol.jpg|12px]]akvo.org. Thank you for visiting!