• Staying Afloat
    Blog
    How Cambodia’s erratic water conditions make it the perfect pilot for SWP
  • Why the Mara River Basin?
    Blog
    A combination of risk and receptivity fuel a promising SWP activity in Kenya and Tanzania.
  • Solutions for Pollution
    Blog
    SWP’s panel of experts discusses how best to address challenges of poor water quality.
  • Local Investment, Lasting Impact
    Blog
    Cambodian local leaders pledge to lead SWP’s Water Security Improvement Process.
  • Towards More Resilient Solutions
    Blog
    SWP’s Liz Kendall looks back on World Water Week.
  • The River Belongs to the People
    Blog
    Team Leader Gordon Mumbo brings a lifetime of experience to the Mara River Basin.
  • Sustainable Water Partnership
    Central Program
    The Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) is a five-year, Leader with Associates cooperative agreement that supports U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) thought leadership, innovation and action in global water security by integrating water security issues into Mission programming through relevant, Mission-specific initiatives. Together with its partners Tetra Tech, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), World Resources Institute (WRI), Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and its resource partners CEO Water Mandate and mWater, and Winrock International will develop comprehensive water security intervention strategies using locally owned solutions at the water basin, sub-basin and local catchment scales.
  • Hope is Not a Strategy
    Blog
    “Water variability has always existed,” said USAID Climate Change Adaptation Specialist Jonathan Cook, opening the fourth and final “Sustainable Water, Resilient Communities” event. At the event on May 30, co-hosted by the USAID-funded Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) and the Wilson Center, panelists came together to discuss challenges of water variability–challenges which are, at first glance, staggering.
  • Safeguarding Sustainability: At the Launch of a Groundbreaking New Effort in the Mara River Basin, Cooperation is Key
    Blog
    In the Maasai language, “Mara” means “spotted,” and as you look out over the plains of the Mara River Basin, you can see how the region got its name. The savanna is dotted with plants and animals alike: thorn trees and shrubs, lions, giraffes, migrating wildebeests. One of the most biodiverse regions in the world, the Mara is kept alive by the river flowing through it.