ron denham, march 2012. imagine …. a world where women and girls dont have to trudge miles to...
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Ron Denham, March 2012
Imagine ….
A world where women and girls don’t have to trudge miles to fetch water :
Imagine ….
A world where this young girlwill be in school – not spendingcountless hours in thedrudgery of collecting water:
Imagine ….
A world where everyone has access toclean, safe water ….
Imagine ….
A world where basic sanitation is available to everyone:
As President Banerjee has challenged us,“Reach within to embrace humanity.”Be part of Wasrag’s dream to make clean water and adequate sanitation a reality for every man, woman and child.
BE PART OF ROTARY’S FUTURE VISION
The Background:• 900 million people (one in six) lack
access to safe water.
• 2.5 billion have no sanitation.
Less poverty
and hunger
Less disease, Better health
Better education
Lower child
mortality
Safe Water & Sanitation
Lack of access to safe water and sanitation has profound implications for human development:
Economic consequences are equally serious:• 40 billion hours spent, per year, in Africa
alone collecting and hauling water.
• Women and children (usually girls) spend up to six hour per day fetching water.
• Families often spend up to 25% of their income to purchase water.
Water access was the only Millennium Development Goal (MDG) agreed on by all countries
Goal #7: By 2015 reduce by 50% the proportion of people without access to sustainable safe water and sanitation
Water & Sanitation is an RI strategic “Area of Focus”. This implies:• Rotarians should be aware of world water
issues.
• Rotary clubs should implement a water and/or sanitation project or program.
Rotarians are striving to meet the challenge:
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11Nicaragua
55Mexico
51Honduras
27Haiti
25Guatemala
32Ecuador
17Dom. Rep.
12Bolivia
ProjectsCountry
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38Thailand
50Philippines
35Indonesia
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ProjectsCountry
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50Philippines
35Indonesia
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ProjectsCountry
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25Ghana
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They are responding to every imaginable need:
Dug wells
Bore holes
Rainwater harvesting
Household filters and purification
SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection)
Building earth and concrete dams
Installing pipelines/distribution systems
Toilet blocks
Latrines
But, too often service is not sustainable. It fails within a few years:• No funds for operation/maintenance.• Supply-driven technology is inappropriate.• No spare-parts supply chain. • Local people don’t know how to maintain.• No change in behaviour.• No local “ownership”.
And we’re not having the impact expected of Rotary:• Little leverage with other organizations.• Few opportunities to scale up.• Little use of Rotary Community Corps. • Too small to attract outside funding.• Isolated projects – little learning.• Minimal linkage with governments.
We can be much more effective:• Focus on sustainability. • Empower the local/host community.• Match technology to need. • Base decisions on life-cycle costing. • Set tariffs so users pay for service.• Implement monitoring and evaluation.
We can have a real impact on community development: • Create “programs” not “projects”.• Include software - training, team building etc. • Focus on humanitarian and economic outcomes.• Leverage other organizations: local authorities,
NGOs, government agencies, corporations.• Appoint and pay a professional team.• Ask for “big” money—$$$ millions.
Wasrag can help you realize that vision: • Expertise in all aspects of WaSH.• Find a project and get started.• Share information on best practices.• Attract outside funding.• Select appropriate technologies.• Match with clubs and NGOs.• Facilitate partnerships, attract sponsors, to match
club, district and TRF grants.
Wasrag is Rotary’s resource for WaSH, You can help Rotary clubs everywhere: • Volunteer your expertise.• Become a link in the Rotary-wide network.• Report your successes, share your experience.• Become a member of Wasrag.• Persuade your friends to support Wasrag.• Go to: www.wasrag.org.• Click on “Join Wasrag”.
Justimagine ….