Water Activists Across the African Continent: A View from the Field

1. The Africa Water Network As a senior policy advocate at Food & Water Watch, I am responsible for coordinating all of our work in Africa. Two years ago, we helped launch the Africa Water Network at the 2007 World Social Forum in Nairobi. While there are many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working in water and sanitation across the continent, the AWN is unique in that its work focuses on the question, "Who owns water?"