World Water Week 2023 - Hope Spring Participation Starts on Monday

The 2023 edition of the annual World Water Week starts today, Monday, August 21st. The core of the event takes place in Stockholm, Sweden, with chapters taking place in other countries, with the option to participate in the discussions in Stockholm remotely. Hereford-based clean water advocacy charity, Hope Spring will be participating in the event remotely on the first day of the week-long event.

Each edition of World Water Week focuses on a topic that could help solve some of the challenges faced by parts of the world that have challenges accessing safe, clean water. The topic this year is centred around how to use technological innovation and new ideas effectively to solve the water crisis in most parts of the world, especially those with acute water shortages.

Hope Spring Water will be discussing the low-tech, affordable water borehole system it developed with its technology partner to make access to water cheaper and more widely available in the part of Africa where it works. The innovative collaboration was partly funded by a donation from the WhatsApp charity greetings ecards platform, which raises money exclusively for Hope Spring.

World Water Week 2023, as with previous events, was organised by SIWI. The venue for this year's event is the aptly named Waterfront Congress Centre in their home city of Stockholm. Participation is free. Water professionals from around the world are invited to participate free of charge.

To participate in person or remotely, you may register at the World Water Week website. Hope Spring trustee Temi Odurinde who is participating in the event remotely, said "I am delighted I will be joining other changemakers in some of the discussions that will take place at this year’s World Water Week." He added "A gathering such as this tends to energise our determination to help solve water access issues; it is also an excellent networking opportunity".  

You can read more about Hope Spring's participation in World Water Week and other water poverty alleviation events on their website.