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IAS celebrated world water day
April 16, 2014 | Posted in Press release | By Rebecka Woods
IAS field offices in South Kordofan and South Darfur celebrated world water day with great success. The Celebration was attended by the government officials from both states and they were impressed of IAS solar panels.
World water day was held 30th of March and the theme this year was Water and Energy and the link between it.
– Our team did a great job reflecting that through using a number of solar panels in our gallery during the celebration, says Sahnon Abass, program support manager at IAS and Water Specialist/IWRM Focal Point
The commissioner of the Rashad locality was impressed of IAS solar panels and has therefore promised to offer IAS one of the government premises to accommodate all teams if IAS is going to make any intervention in the locality. IAS also participated with a gallery consisting of hand pumps, water lab and Geophysical surveys equipments, in addition to some relevant materials.
The minister of Physical planning & Water Resources and his General Director, WES project Manager and Humanitarian Aid Commission in addition to the sector partners, representatives from the UN agencies, INGOs, NNGOs, Key stockholders, local communities and CBOs also participated.
IAS is one of the Founding members of the CHS Alliance. The CHS Alliance leads and facilitates the development, promotion and maintenance of the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability CHS). The CHS sets out Nine Commitments that organisations and individuals involved in humanitarian response can use to improve the quality and effectiveness of the assistance they provide. More information can be found on www.chsalliance.org
