Astrid van Agthoven

Water & Sanitation Expert | Currently @ Aqua for All | Tweets are personal views

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

How can I not like this, as a lover of biking and sanitation! 😊

[Caritas Fort Portal - Hewasa @CHewasa]

Gravelling for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene. Enjoy the exciting experience of @FINISHMondial Uganda team creating awareness of WASH through cycling 🚲 togather with Mr. Antoon Blokland water reporter from Netherlands.

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

@minaguli How do I do that? Do I need to sign up again? Changing my registration to the total 35k or only for the additional 5k?

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Completed #sweat4soap with the below run yesterday. Overshot my pledged 30 km by 5 km. Ran 19k & walked 16k. 5 more soaps??

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

@minaguli So does that mean I need to register again? For the full 35k or only for the additional 5?

[Aqua for All @AquaforAll]

We are looking for an Innovative Finance Manager Water & Sanitation Kenya!

Do you have a passion for making #finance work to create positive impact on #water and #sanitation services for low-income communities?

More details 👉 https://t.co/r36JLuqNXY
The deadline is 24 October

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Yess, first run of the week for #Sweat4Soap is done! Hope @AquaforAll team will manage to contribute many more km's = soaps for Cox's Bazar. Happy birthday @minaguli !

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Yes, that's probably the sad truth here in Bangladesh as well. That's why we @AquaforAll are supporting local water entrepreneurs that address the challenge

[Sanitation and Water for All @sanwatforall]

Due to #ClimateChange, women and girls around the world turn to safe water sources farther and farther from their homes, collectively wasting more than 200 million hours every day on this task.

#SWAinAction

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

It was great to be speaking at this event. Lots of opportunities to increase access to finance in the water and sanitation sector. And lots of work to be done to overcome the hurdles that WASH entrepreneurs face!

[FINISH Mondial @FINISHMondial]

The FM Bangladesh Team with the support of the Dutch Embassy organized a Virtual Roundtable on "Increasing Access to Finance for Water & Sanitation".

Special gratitude goes out to the Team with Ms. Wahida, Gert, Astrid, and Stand for making the conference a roaring success.

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

It was great to be speaking at this event. Lots of opportunities to increase access to finance in the water and sanitation sector. And lots of work to be done to overcome the hurdles that WASH entrepreneurs face!

[Aqua for All @AquaforAll]

On November 24, the Embassy of 🇳🇱 in Dhaka, in partnership with the @FINISHMondial Bangladesh programme and Aqua for All, is holding the virtual roundtable ‘Increasing access to finance for water & sanitation (#WASH) in #Bangladesh’.

More: https://t.co/N2OJcGfSRS

[FINISH Mondial @FINISHMondial]

There will be no sustainable future without toilets! We must work faster and come together as a community to work towards SDG 6.

FINISH Mondial envisions a world in which everyone has access to sustainable sanitation

#WorldToiletDay #sustainabledevelopment #valuingtoilets

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Nicely done @yyventures #MakingWaterCount Looking forward to taking it further together with @BoPInc

[YY Ventures @yyventures]

YY Ventures in partnership with @AquaforAll, @BoPInc, and @GSMA hosted the WASH Innovation Challenge Networking Meet at @ImpactHubDHK on September 02, 2021.

Check out the highlights from this Networking Meet!

#WASH #SDG06 #WASHmatters

[Aqua for All @AquaforAll]

The call for applications for the Young Water Fellowship Bangladesh is now officially open!⏲️

Apply until 10 October to receive training, funding, incubation to kick-start a social business that improves #WASH in your community. 👇

#youngentrepreneurs #fellowship #bangladesh

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Thanks for your active engagement, Mr van Leeuwen

[NL in BD @NLinBD1]

Such a pleasure to meet the participants of the first #WASH innovation challenge in #Bangladesh and announce the winner!
#SDG06 #WASHEntrepreneurs #WaterForAll #WaterForLife #CleanWater #FeminineHygiene #WaterSecurity #YY @yyventures @impacthubdhk @AquaforAll @GSMA @BoPlnc

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Congrats to Uttaran and best wishes to all the teams that particpated and improved their impactful solutions for WASH Challenges. Was a great pleasure working with you on this @yyventures @BoPInc @GSMAm4d #MakingWaterCount

[Aqua for All @AquaforAll]

Congratulations to @OrgUttaran, the winner of the first WASH innovation Challenge in Bangladesh. Thanks to our partners @BoPInc, @yyventures, @GSMA and all teams participating for taking the Challenge. Read more: https://t.co/CYTjOu5SVu

[Aqua for All @AquaforAll]

Today is the WASH Innovation Challenge Pitch Day and we are looking forward to see the 12 teams pitch their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas to solve #WASH challenges in #Bangladesh!

This all contributes to #MakingWaterCount!

#Entrepreneurship #innovation #Pitch

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Looking forward to the pitches tomorrow! 12 teams with innovative & entrepreneurial ideas to solve WASH challenges in Bangladesh. That's what we need #MakingWaterCount

[YY Ventures @yyventures]

The innovators of the WASH Innovation Challenge are all set to pitch their ideas on 3rd August, 2021, after receiving intensive training and mentoring.

We are excited to witness our promising entrepreneurs present their innovative ideas!

@BoPInc @AquaforAll @GSMA

[FINISH Mondial @FINISHMondial]

How can result-based financing scale household sanitation financing and attract commercial parties?
Attend our session: “Result-based Financing: Addressing bottlenecks & unlocking finance for WASH” to find out the answer to this question. ✍️ Sign up now: https://t.co/lEZC84RCAh

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Great that the report is published now!

[Aqua for All @AquaforAll]

How can #water and #sanitation small and medium #enterprises generate a potential source of income through carbon credits? Read our latest publication to find the answer and learn more about our experience in mobilising investments through carbon credits.
https://t.co/pivGESUJZT

[Astrid van Agthoven @avanagthoven]

Great to see the innovations triggered by the #SanTechHackaton

[FINISH Mondial @FINISHMondial]

This year we challenged you to come up with #innovative sanitation solutions for the crucial issue of flood-prone & high-water table areas. #SanTechHackathon winners will be announced on July 21st, 10.00-11.00 CEST. Join us for this live #webinar event https://t.co/ZOi9hQ6t5F

[FINISH Mondial @FINISHMondial]

This year we challenged you to come up with #innovative sanitation solutions for the crucial issue of flood-prone & high-water table areas. #SanTechHackathon winners will be announced on July 21st, 10.00-11.00 CEST. Join us for this live #webinar event https://t.co/ZOi9hQ6t5F