Help power the movement against water privatization!

Dear Friend,

Last week was the third annual Africa Week of Action Against Water Privatization, organized in partnership with our allies in the Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition.

The week of action took place as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund held their annual meetings, which for the first time in fifty years, were held on the African continent in Marrakech, Morocco. The continent-wide actions pushed back against those institutions’ and Global North governments’ support of water privatization through community power-building actions, press conferences, meetings with decision-makers, and more.

And you were part of making it all happen. That’s because many of the actions and activities that happened throughout the week were made possible by Corporate Accountability’s Movement Solidarity Fund. The fund was established just a few years ago to share and move financial resources to organizations and liberatory social movements that are dismantling corporate power and reclaiming people’s sovereignty in the U.S. and around the world.

Will you donate right now so that we can continue to fund critical activism and movement action like this in the future? It truly will make a huge difference in so many communities where our allies are building people-power.

Support the campaign for the human right to water across Africa and beyond!

This year’s week of action theme “Holding Hands to Protect Africa’s Water Against Corporate Capture” -- allowed us to strengthen our partnership and build solidarity in our continued campaign for the human right to water across Africa.

Here are just a few examples of the actions that happened last week across several countries in Africa:

The coalition sent petitions, signed by fifteen organizations across nearly a dozen countries, to intergovernmental bodies throughout the sub-Saharan region, spelling out our shared demands to reject water privatization and protect democratic control of water. Our partners at Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) also organized a regional press briefing to ensure these issues were top-of-mind among government decision-makers and the public.

In Kenya, our partners at the Biodiversity and Biosafety Association of Kenya (BIBA) coordinated with a grassroots community in Tharaka-Nithi County to educate young people about what it takes to resist privatization and protect public control of water.

In Cameroon: Our partners SYNATEEC and the African Center for Advocacy (ACA) spoke with the media about the importance of public ownership and control of water.

The Water Citizens Network (WCN/RMA) in Ghana held a community durbar in Dodowa, which provided a platform for the community to discuss development policies around public ownership and control of water resources and systems.

The Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC) continues to raise its profile as a continent-wide movement taking a stand against water privatization among communities, decision-makers, and corporations alike.

And I hope you’ll support this critical movement as Corporate Accountability continues to collaborate with the coalition to deepen its impact through solidarity and partnership. Donate now to power this growing force, and much more!

Onward,

Neil Gupta
Pronouns: he/him/his
Water Campaign Director
Corporate Accountability

Photo credit: Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa

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