Default
Refine Search
Young Friends of the Earth Europe is a grassroots network of young people and youth organizations working collectively for social and environmental justice on a local, national, and European level. Their common understanding of the world unites us, and we take action on climate change, food, agriculture, and education for sustainability. They campaign on today's most urgent environmental and social issues.
VIVA CON AGUA de Sankt Pauli e.V. is a non-profit organization committed to ensuring that all people worldwide have access to clean drinking water. They promote water projects and actions at home and abroad. In Germany, their main goal is to activate the civil society and sensitize people for the global issues of clean drinking water and basic access to sanitation
A community finds its strength in its shared beliefs, traditions, practices, etc. and thus, disregarding it while striving towards disaster resilient sustainable development makes no sense at all. The objective of this project is to “incorporate the dimension of cultural heritage in the contemporary approaches of community-based disaster risk management (CBDRM) and establish that CBDRM is not merely limited to disaster response”. The envisaged outcome of the project is to foster capacity building by ‘designing a hand-book for the decision-makers in the government as well as the young professionals, focussing on the true potential of cultural heritage in CBDRM approaches which is not restricted to merely disaster response but overarchingly inculcates the idea of using cultural heritage for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation’. The project is based in Assam, India; where the impact of floods is huge and every year people have to suffer a lot due to the floods.
Initiative for implementing water and sanitation as a fundamental human right in the Constitution of Macedonia.
The Rights of water Campaign was launched by Alberto Tiraferri, Associate Professor at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). The main goal of the Campaign is to draft a Declaration of Water Rights to grant specific rights to water, and to consider it as a subject with ontological value, not as a mere object. Other than drafting the Declaration of Water rights, we hope to promote a new ecological and civil culture to discipline once again the relationship between water and human beings, thus deconstructing the idea that man is the owner of water, a belief that has long justified an abuse and improper use of the water element. Thanks to the work of Professor Alberto Tiraferri and of the philosopher Leonardo Caffo, a Preamble of the Declaration was already drafted in nine different languages. Except for the Preamble, the Declaration will be formulated thanks to the crucial contribution of the community: using the dedicated section available on the website, it is possible to share any proposals on what rights should be granted to water!
The objectives of this research are: (1) to improve access on safe and clean drinking water for the rural area, (2) to analyze water utility for every household, (3) to enhance women’s participation in water management, (4) to analyze women’s participation on water management system through operate water treatment system. The output of this research is developing a portable drinking water treatment system in the rural area, The study area of research was conducted in Sungai Rengas Village in West Borneo, Indonesia.
Community-based organization of civil society, working for the construction of peace through environmental conservation, decarbonization against climate change and sustainable development. Aims to support different innovative projects, involving local communities in a meaningful way, to develop the Action Campaign for the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Indonesian Green Action Forum (IGAF) is a national ecological platform which engages children, youths, and local communities to take actions for sustainable environment. This platform has engaged more than 3000 Indonesia people (children, youths, and local communities) for actualizing ecological initiatives into actions. This platform has executed more than 60 kinds of eco-projects financed by the United Nations agencies, and now is progressing on water and sanitation issues.
The Water Youth Network (WYN) and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), with support from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), FM Global, and NASA, organised the Interdisciplinary Pressure Cooker Event on Risk Communication during the 2018 Understanding Risk Forum in Mexico City on May 14th and 15th, 2018. Thirty-five young professionals and researchers, representing 13 countries and a range of disciplines, came together at this event to address risk communication challenges in the Mexican municipalities of Iztapalapa in Mexico City and Dzilam de Bravo in Yucatán. The challenges were prepared collaboratively by the organisers, local-level stakeholders, Mexican-based researchers, and a team of mentors composed of different topic-specific specialists. The event aimed to build the capacity of these young professionals and researchers to work across disciplines and co-develop innovative risk communication solutions.
We have worked on community approaches to survey the vast Argentine territory. Understanding each place, its culture, its language and work in an articulated way with local references to reach each corner. Providing solutions and tools to leave sustainable answers and transform the quality of life of entire communities. Today, together with Proyecto Agua Segura, we managed to materialize everything that I wanted so much, reaching more than 70,000 children in rural areas. Our interventions take place mostly in schools and community centers, where most of our direct beneficiaries are children from 3 to 12 years old. Also, women have strong participation in our educational exchanges learning new healthy habits and becoming active change agents in their families and communities.
Project Categories
Water Quality
Safe & Affordable Drinking Water
Sanitation & Hygiene
Water-Use Efficiency
Integrated Water Resources Management
Protect & Restore Water Related Ecosystems
Expand International Cooperation & Capacity-Building
Disaster Risk Reduction
About
YouKnoW! is a virtual space for collaboration founded on collective wisdom towards today’s water challenges. It’s an online centralized dynamic database where youth-led organizations are able to connect with a vibrant community. Just with the click of a mouse on our interactive world map, you will have access to knowledge from projects aimed at solving water issue & sharing of successful and innovative water practices.
If you want to learn more about YouKnoW! please read our Community Guide.
34
PROJECTS
27
ORGANISATIONS
39
USERS
Partners
Here are some of our main partners
Projects
Check out our projects, filter by category and get inspired to submit your own project!
-
Lombok floods: living with and managing flood...James cook University2017/01/01Recently startedThis project aims to train local youth to interview various stakeholders involved in flood disasters in East Lombok to understand flood response behavior and...
-
Young Peacebuilders for Climate Action (YPCA)ASEAN Peace Project2017/07FinishedThis project aims to strengthen the role of young people in promoting sustainable environmental development in peace-building processes, enhance awareness and develop the potentials... -
Water SatelliteWater satellite Africa2016/02/10OngoingWater Satellite program is carried out in the following ways: An interactive participatory software application that helps our target group to study about WASH...
-
Biopori Holes ProjectIGAF-Indonesia green action2016/07/01Finishedn Indonesia, flooding and drought are mostly an interlinked anthrophogenic disasters, resulting from resettlement expansion of human beings so that limited spaces of water... -
Love The Tucunduba: Expedition on the Tucundu...AME2017/04OngoingIs a social project with the objective of reconnecting the young people who live in the favela Belém with the Tucunduba urban hydrographic basins.... -
ECO-Enterprises Project in Hoima, UgandaUmoja East Africa Fund Uganda2017/06/01FinishedUmoja East Africa Fund (UEAF) is currently promoting an Eco-enterprise Project. The project is promoting energy saving cooking technology to facilitate energy efficiency and...
-
Enhancing Women’s Participation in Portable W...Pontianak State of Polytechnic (Polnep2014/09/01FinishedThe role of Indonesia’s women in the management of water resources is very low due to lack of knowledge, skills, education, capital, and health... -
River Detective ProgramECO-Enterprises Project in Hoima,Not givenFinishedThis project involves youth to participate in water pollution monitoring and give pressure to government to strengthen industrial water pollution control in Brantas River...
-
Conscientious and responsible consumption of ...Gaia Pacha Foundation2016/11/01OngoingThis project aims to strengthen conscientious and responsible consumption of resources. It works in the universities of the city to be able to work...
-
Safe Water EnterpriseSiemens Stiftung2010/01/30OngoingWith Safe Water Enterprises, Siemens Stiftung is committed to a sustainable supply of safe drinking water in rural regions in Kenya. Small kiosks are...
-
WASH Map and CampaignIGAF- Indonesian Green Action Forum2016/10/17OngoingEducation of university students to be more aware about the importance of water, sanitation, and hygiene by means of mapping and campaigning.
-
Rwanda: Water For AllZam Zam Water2017/06/01CompletedProviding a clean, sustainable water source by constructing a 15,000L underground water tank utilizing rainwater from a rain-catchment system. Furthermore, planting dozens of vegetable... -
Flash flood early warning system for EgyptNile Forecast Center2017/08/01OngoingEgypt is one of the vulnerable countries which is affected by the changing of the climate due to global warming. Various effects including seawater... -
School of FarmersSchool of Farmers2016/01/01OngoingIlliteracy is the curse of any country. If it's sustained in a large part of a country’s population, for example farmers who simultaneously are... -
Multifuctionality of Constructed wetlandsUNU2017/01/01OngoingThis project seeks to develop a methodology for optimal design and criteria of constructed wetlands. By analysing a properly designed and operated constructed wetlands,... -
Sustainable Water Sector Capacity Development...SHUKALB2015/07/01CompletedThe project contributes to SHUKALB’s complete inventory of training courses that are maintained and delivered by SHUKALB for the benefit of the staff of...
-
Point-of-use arsenic removal using sand-based...RISE (Rural International Student Exchange)2014/01/11OngoingRISE is a student-run organization empowering students to rise up and apply their knowledge in solving environmental problems in Rural China. Through the collaboration... -
International Student Conference of Civil Eng...Polytechnic University of Tirana2018/05/01CompletedThe International Student Conference of Civil Engineering ISCCE 2018 was the first student conference in Faculty of Civil Engineering, organized by the student council.... -
YouthNet for Climate Justice - Phases 1 to 3Barisal division, Bangladesh2017/06/01CompletedGoal: Develop people oriented early warning system to save lives in affected communities. Such improvements in communication to the key actors in the field... -
Water for LifeCWS2008/01/08CompletedThe CWS Water for Life program has had transformative impacts in East Africa. Water for Life has benefitted 182 communities across the drylands of... -
Umoja East Africa Fund UgandaUmoja East Africa Fund UgandaN/AN/AUmoja East Africa Fund (UEAF) is currently promoting an Eco-enterprise Project. The project is promoting energy saving cooking technology to facilitate energy efficiency and... -
Gaia Pacha FoundationGaia Pacha FoundationN/AN/AGaia Pacha is a Non-Profit Organization that reflects the conviction and life philosophy of qualified women and men who are committed to the care... -
Réseau Béninois du Parlement Mondial de la Je...(RB/PMJE)2015/01/11CompletedOur mission is to coordinate the actions of youth and water advocacy in Benin, guarantee the recognition of young people as a key player...
-
Red Agua ECRed Agua ECN/AOngoingWe are a young professionals alliance and we promote the access to information related with water and work to success the integrated water resources...
-
Global Water Partnership ArmeniaGlobal Water Partnership ArmeniaN/AN/AThe Country Water Partnership was established as the partner of Global Water Partnership (GWP) in Armenia. The World Bank, the United Nations Development Program...
-
WASH Webinar SeriesWater Youth Network2018/09/01OngoingThe Wash and Technologies working group within the water youth network has, for the past 6 months, been focused on capacity building as their...
-
WASH4SchoolsWASH4Schools2018/07/01OngoingThe WASH4Shools project is intended to educate students in the basic schools, Junior and Senior high schools on the proper management of water, good... -
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Youth Club - Th...Water, Sanitation & Hygiene YC- The WASH Club2016OngoingThe WASH Club is a youth club in Ghana, Cape Coast to be precise which provides voluntary services in the Water and Sanitation sector...
-
Elemental Water MakersElemental Water Makers2012OngoingAlready today, two thirds of the world population face water shortages. This means 4 billion people that are affected by the shortage of water....
-
Efficient off-grid desalination on the remote...Elemental Water Makers2017/04/01CompletedGladden Island is one of the world's most private islands and is situated in the Caribbean. This private get-away implemented an efficient desalination solution...
-
Moving from water scarcity to abundance throu...Elemental Water Makers2017/07/01CompletedFresh water is a prerequisite for sustainable development anywhere across the globe, making it a fundamental challenge that deserves global attention. While certain regions...
-
Off-grid desalination using only the sea, sun...Elemental Water Makers2015/02/01CompletedSmall Island Developing States such as the British Virgin Islands face a challenge to secure sufficient fresh water supplies due to a limited number...
-
Proyecto Agua SeguraProyecto Agua Segura-OngoingWe have worked on community approaches to survey the vast Argentine territory. Understanding each place, its culture, its language and work in an articulated...
-
Interdisciplinary Risk Communication Pressure...Water Youth Network2018/05/17CompletedThe Water Youth Network (WYN) and Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), with support from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), FM...
-
Extreme Rainfall Detection System (ERDS)ITHACA2017/06/19OngoingThe Extreme Rainfall Detection System (ERDS), developed and implemented by ITHACA, is a service for the monitoring and forecasting of exceptional rainfall events, with...
-
Ekomuro H2O + in peri urban areas of povertyEko Group H2O+2015/01/10OngoingDid you know that by the year 2050 more than 5,000 million people will live in areas with water shortages? And also that 1...
-
IGAF - Indonesian Green Action ForumThe Indonesian Green Action Forum (IGAF) is a national ecological platform which engages children, youths, and local communities to take actions for sustainable environment.... -
GuaravitoGuaravito2015/01/10OngoingCommunity-based organization of civil society, working for the construction of peace through environmental conservation, decarbonization against climate change and sustainable development. Aims to support different... -
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting ForumLanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum1997OngoingLanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum was officially launched in 1997 by a small group of interested people from government and non-government institutions. Its vision...
-
Enhancing Women’s Participation in Portable W...Pontianak State of Polytechnic (Polnep)2014/09/01CompletedThe objectives of this research are: (1) to improve access on safe and clean drinking water for the rural area, (2) to analyze water...
-
Water4changesGlobal Shapers Skopje Hub2020/01/02OngoingInitiative for implementing water and sanitation as a fundamental human right in the Constitution of Macedonia.
-
REVOLVING WATER FUND - PART I MORILLOSed Cero2019/02/02CompletedThe project created a revolving fund with the contributions from Fundación Danone and the Deutsch Bank, to finance drilling for water extraction and construct...
-
Re-inventing the spirit of community based di...Risk and Resilience Institute (RRI) with Confederation of Risk Reduction Professionals (CRRP India)2020/07/24OngoingA community finds its strength in its shared beliefs, traditions, practices, etc. and thus, disregarding it while striving towards disaster resilient sustainable development makes...
Organisations
Check out our organisations, filter by category and get inspired to submit your own organisation!
-
Water Youth NetworkThe Water Youth Network is a global connector in the water sector, made up of a vibrant community of students and young professionals and...
-
United Nations University (UNU)The United Nations University (UNU) is a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organisation headquartered in Japan. The mission of the UN University is...
-
Nile Forecast Center
The Nile Forecast Center NFC was established as part of the planning Sector of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation in 1992.
The... -
School of Farmers
To give the light of education to farmers so that they can contribute in the agriculture sector to a country’s development and keep pace...
-
Zam Zam Water
Zam Zam is a humanitarian organization devoted to playing a vital role in eradicating poverty by providing clean, sustainable water, access to quality education,...
-
Red Peruana de Jóvenes por el Água
The vision of the “Red Peruana de Jóvenes por el Água” is to be the leading youth network that promotes Integrated Water Resources Management...
-
Parlamento Nacional da Juventude pela Água
The main idea is to engage young people with regard to water resources, conducting training and actions involving young people.
-
YESS (Young Earth System Scientists)
YESS, the Young Earth System Scientists community, unifies international and multidisciplinary early career researchers in a powerful network, providing a voice and leverage for...
-
Civil Engineering Program (PEC)
The main objective of the Civil Engineering Program (PEC)/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro is to develop high level research, graduating masters and doctors...
-
Waterlution
For over 14 years, Waterlution’s dedication to promoting water awareness and opportunities for collaboration has been a catalyst in creating sustainable and innovative water...
-
RISE (Rural International Student Exchange)
RISE is a student-run organization empowering students to rise up and apply their knowledge in solving environmental problems in Rural China. Through the collaboration...
-
Preparing our Home
“Preparing our Home” is a community-based resilience planning program. The program enables Indigenous youth to reach their potential in becoming emergency preparedness leaders in...
-
Pontianak State of Polytechnic (Polnep)
Pontianak State of Polytechnic (Polnep) is one of higher education institutions in West Borneo, Indonesia to employ a professional learning system with emphasizes on...
-
James Cook University
James Cook University is an educational institution which also engages in research in tropical environments and societies in Australia and in the region.
-
SHUKALB
Advocates the collective interests of professionals in the water sector in Albania. Serves as a leading resource for knowledge, professional development, and networking. Invests...
-
Church World Service is a faith-based organization transforming communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.
-
Umoja East Africa Fund Uganda
Umoja East Africa Fund (UEAF) is currently promoting an Eco-enterprise Project. The project is promoting energy saving cooking technology to facilitate energy efficiency and...
-
A membership based largest youth led organization patronized by Barisal Division commissioner office, Department of Environment & UNICEF Bangladesh office. Considering the vulnerable situation...
-
Gaia Pacha Foundation
Gaia Pacha is a Non-Profit Organization that reflects the conviction and life philosophy of qualified women and men who are committed to the care...
-
(RB/PMJE)
Our mission is to coordinate the actions of youth and water advocacy in Benin, guarantee the recognition of young people as a key player...
-
Red Agua EC
We are a young professionals alliance and we promote the access to information related with water and work to success the integrated water resources...
-
Global Water Partnership Armenia
The Country Water Partnership was established as the partner of Global Water Partnership (GWP) in Armenia. The World Bank, the United Nations Development Program...
-
Water Youth Network
The Wash and Technologies working group within the water youth network has, for the past 6 months, been focused on capacity building as their...
-
WASH4Schools
The WASH4Shools project is intended to educate students in the basic schools, Junior and Senior high schools on the proper management of water, good...
-
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene YC- The WASH Club
The WASH Club is a youth club in Ghana, Cape Coast to be precise which provides voluntary services in the Water and Sanitation sector...
-
Elemental Water Makers
Already today, two thirds of the world population face water shortages. This means 4 billion people that are affected by the shortage of water....
-
Proyecto Agua Segura
We have worked on community approaches to survey the vast Argentine territory. Understanding each place, its culture, its language and work in an articulated...
-
Eko Group H2O+
Did you know that by the year 2050 more than 5,000 million people will live in areas with water shortages? And also that 1...
-
The Indonesian Green Action Forum (IGAF) is a national ecological platform which engages children, youths, and local communities to take actions for sustainable environment....
-
Guaravito
Community-based organization of civil society, working for the construction of peace through environmental conservation, decarbonization against climate change and sustainable development. Aims to support different...
-
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum
Lanka Rain Water Harvesting Forum was officially launched in 1997 by a small group of interested people from government and non-government institutions. Its vision...
-
Rights of Water Campaign
The Rights of water Campaign was launched by Alberto Tiraferri, Associate Professor at Politecnico di Torino (Italy).
The main goal of the Campaign is... -
The NGO Projeto Água emerged 15 years ago with the slogan: “Water the Greatest Good on Earth. Preserve! ” Today its headquarters is at...
-
Viva con Agua
VIVA CON AGUA de Sankt Pauli e.V. is a non-profit organization committed to ensuring that all people worldwide have access to clean drinking water....
-
Young Friends of the Earth Europe
Young Friends of the Earth Europe is a grassroots network of young people and youth organizations working collectively for social and environmental justice on...
News
ArtSci Competition Winners
What do art, water and science have in common? They are all connected in one purpose: human development. The YouKnoW! platform launched its first Art+Science competition during the months of February and March. The YouKnoW! team wanted to celebrate World Water Day...
read more
Are you organizing a Conference on Water Topics? Watch Dajana and Andi advice
There is no doubt that we all face challenges when organizing events related to any topic. Dajana and Andi were part of the team which organized the International Student Conference of Civil Engineering 2018 in Tirana, Albania. Guess what? They faced challenges which...
read more
Challenges to communicate water topics? Learn from Ame o Tucunduba!
Through the effort and passion of young women Ame o Tucunduba was born as an organization in 2016. We do educational practices aimed at youth, to increase the participatory management of the Tucunduba river basin. We believe that young people can and should be a...
read more
Youth look to the future in Albania
From total oppression to student organizing international conferences in one generation: How Albania youth are more international than ever. By: Hector Nava (h.nava@wateryouthnetwork.org) In the small and not so well-known country of Albania, engineering students...
read more
The Magic of a water pump
GOING TO SCHOOL IS EASIER FOR LETICIA “I had to go every morning and fetch water before going to school..." That is what Leticia, Eleventh grade student at ‘’College Aquaben” a school located in Libreville town, Gabon, told us and went on "...My parents noticed that...
read more
Relaunch in Stockholm
What you see above is the new design of the YouKnoW! map - which we are incredibly proud of! The YouKnoW! platform in it's new and shiny format has been relaunched at Stockholm World Water Week 2018. For that we started with an introductory talk by Philip Kruse about...
read moreUnable to display Facebook posts.
Show error
Type: OAuthException
Code: 190
Subcode: 460
Please refer to our Error Message Reference.
Contact Us