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Christian Holmes

Christian Holmes was designated USAID's Global Water Coordinator in February 2011. He is the first USAID executive to serve in this position. Holmes is the senior representative within USAID responsible for advising the USAID Administrator on water matters and for coordinating the implementation of key water program and policy initiatives, including USAID’s water strategy.

Homepage: http://www.usaid.gov/who-we-are/organization/christian-holmes

Water, Food and Extreme Poverty

Posted by  on Friday, September 19th 2014     
A farmer ploughs his field in a village in West Bengal, India. The Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge for Development is helping harness ideas that have the potential to enable developing world farmers to grow more food with less water, or to make more water available for agriculture.

USAID is harnessing the power of innovation to address one of the most pressing challenges in the developing world — securing water for food. Learn more about the most exciting ideas we’ve received!

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World Water Day

Posted by  on Friday, March 28th 2014     

Last week, millions of people globally celebrated World Water Day and one of life’s most basic requirements – water. A building block of life, water is also at the core of sustainable development and is linked to every major development challenge. The focus of this year’s World Water Day was the nexus between water and energy, underscoring the crosscutting nature of this issue.

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Meeting Water, Food and Health Needs in Kenya

Posted by  on Friday, March 21st 2014     

On this World Water Day 2014, I am encouraged by how USAID’s water programs around the world contribute to integrated approaches that meet the objectives of the Agency’s Water and Development Strategy, as well as the Feed the Future and the Global Health Presidential Initiatives. During my recent work in Kenya with the USAID team […]

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Water and International Cooperation

Posted by  on Friday, March 22nd 2013     

Only if we cooperate effectively, can we sustain the supplies of quality water necessary for human life. Read more >>

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Partnering for Development in Water

Posted by  on Thursday, January 3rd 2013     

Water availability, or lack thereof, is an issue familiar to Coloradans, and their state faces many of the same challenges that countries around the world face

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Notes from the World Water Week Conference

Posted by  on Monday, August 29th 2011     

Note from World Water Week Conference on the critical role women play in securing access to WASH services- Christian Holmes, USAID Global Water Coordinator

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