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REPORT ON PARTICIPATION AND FOLLOW-UP AT THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM 2026

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  Cotonou, Republic of Benin | 4–8 August 2026 Executive Summary The Ecumenical Water Network Africa (EWNA) participated in the World Social Forum (WSF) 2026 in Cotonou, Republic of Benin, as part of a wider ecumenical and civil-society engagement around social, economic and ecological justice. The participation provided a strategic platform to advance water justice […]

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WCC mission returns from World Social Forum pledging faith into action

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The World Social Forum – a global gathering of civil-society and social-movement groups – returned to Africa for the first time since 2015. Its 17th gathering ran in Cotonou, Benin, from 4-8 August, under the slogan “Another World is Possible.” A World Council of Churches (WCC) mission of around 20 West African church leaders and

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WCC joins interfaith call for water as human right at Bern gathering

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  Some 2.1 billion people – one in four on earth – lack safe access to drinking water, and 3.4 billion lack safe sanitation at home, according to the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme report published in August 2025. With those figures as backdrop, Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Bahá’ís, and others gathered at the House of

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Public-Public Partnerships: A Better Alternative to Water Privatization in Nigeria

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The water crisis in Nigeria is worsening. Many public water utilities are failing due to poor funding and management, leading some policymakers to consider privatization as the solution. EWNA believes there is a better way — Public-Public Partnerships (PuP). In February 2026, EWNA hosted a major stakeholder awareness camp in Ibadan, bringing together church leaders,

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