Wishing you a summer of many sunny stories

NEWS Wishing you a summer of many sunny stories As the summer holidays are approaching in Sweden we can look back at a semester filled with ups and downs. Most of all the war on Ukraine has affected and is still affecting, us all on a personal, national and global level. Among the positive things, […]

Water and Wheat – the cost of conflict and its effects in Kenya

NEWS Water and Wheat – the cost of conflict and its effects in Kenya Ongoing climate change has affected large parts of East Africa and in particular, people who already lived on scarce resources. This in combination with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has devastating consequences for millions of people. The acute shortage faced today in […]

Quality approval for Solvatten Charitable Foundation Sweden

NEWS Quality approval for Solvatten Charitable Foundation Sweden Solvatten Charitable Foundation Sweden (Solvatten Insamlingsstiftelse) has been approved by the Swedish Fundraising Control as the holder of a 90-account. “Solvatten has now been around for 15 years and we are proud that we have reached many users around the world. The fact that the foundation is […]

It´s now or never if we want to avoid climate disaster

Marsabit, Kenya

NEWS It is now or never if we want to avoid climate disaster. “It’s now or never if we want to limit global warming to 1.5C,” said Jim Skea, co-chair of the working group on the launch of the latest IPCC report. “Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible.” […]

Initiatives are being taken to improve women’s rights

NEWS Initiatives are being taken to improve women’s rights All over the world, fetching water has been documented as primarily a women’s task. Anindita Sarkar, from the University of Delhi, explains that collecting safe water directly impacts women’s health, emotional well-being, and earnings. It is widely considered socially unacceptable for men to fetch water. Sarkar […]

Solvatten is looking for an intern in sales and logistics

INTERNSHIP Solvatten is looking for an intern in sales and logistics Solvatten is a combined portable water treatment and water heating system that has been designed for off-grid household use in the developing world. It is an easy, innovative solution that provides access to clean, hot water to people worldwide. We are now looking for […]

United Nations Day

PARTNERSHIPS United Nations day, October 24, 2021 “On Friday, October 8, the UN Human Rights Council, for the first time, adopted a resolution recognizing that everyone, everywhere, has the human right to live in a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment! This is the culmination of decades of effort by civil society, and now the challenge […]

Giving Tuesday – Join Solvatten in The Global Campaign

DONATION Giving Tuesday – Join Solvatten in The Global Campaign The widespread global movement “Giving Tuesday” is coming up on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Giving Tuesday is a popular international generosity movement that puts commitment at the center and focuses on the positive efforts put into improving our society. The campaign started as a response to […]

The Future is in our hands

IN DEPTH Reason For Renewable Water Once again, leading actors and heads of state have gathered to discuss the climate. Significant issues are being addressed during the UN Climate Week in New York, and some of these are the world’s need for renewable energy and technology that can accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. […]