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THE VISION Our vision is a world where all people have access to safe drinking water and sanitation; a world where no one suffers or dies from a water or sanitation related disease 2

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THE CHALLENGE 884 million people do not have access to safe drinking water 2.6 billion are without adequate sanitation facilities Every day, nearly 6,000 people (mostly children) die from water-related illnesses 3

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WATER FOR PEOPLE WFP supports sustainable water and sanitation solutions in 11 Countries, from Asia and Africa to Central and South America Founded in the early 1990s by the AWWA, WFP is the organizations charity of choice. WFP Canada was founded in 1995 and coordinates fundraising in Canada and the direction of Canadian funds 4

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WHERE WFP WORKS 5

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THE GOALS 100% sustainable coverage of water and sanitation in an entire Region Communities never have to ask another external agency to fix or replace their system Service is continuous, down time is limited to operations and maintenance and systems are replaced with local resources Our model becomes sector policy, others follow our model at a grander scale Water For People closes country programs because model is adopted, applied or considered irrelevant 6

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THE DIFFERENCE Water For People doesnt walk into a community, drill a well and then leave: Solutions are developed with the local community Construction is done by the community with the support of WFP in-country staff Locals are trained to maintain the system WFP volunteers perform on-going monitoring of the systems, suggesting improvement and reporting on sustainability 7

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THE IMPACT - 2010 Total number of beneficiaries (2009): Water: 209,336 Sanitation: 118,055 WFP-Canada donated $281,619 Total of $12,317,196 raised An additional $1,659,195 was leveraged from local governments, communities and other partners and donated to specific projects directly, not WFP 10

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OWWA WFPC COMMITTEE 11 The OWWA has a Water For People Committee whos mandate is focused on fundraising and awareness Committee reps are OWWA members from around the province In 2011 weve raised (so far) approximately $19,000 100% of the funds raised by the committee go directly to WFPC Watch for the 2011 Events including: Annual Ski Day (Jan/Feb) London area curling funspiel (March) Equipment Associations annual golf tourney (May) Silent Auction at the Annual Conf. (May) KW Area Slo-pitch tourney (Oct)

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GET INVOLVED 12 Give Generously: WFPC supports individual donors, workplace giving, donations through OWWA events Join the OWWA-WFP Committee: Were always looking for energized people who want to have fun for a good cause. Were hoping to expand the number of events in 2012 and are looking for event organizers World Water Corps: The in-country arm of WFP, WWC volunteers conduct baseline assessments, monitor implementation and report on sustainability. Footer

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www.waterforpeople.org or Visit our Committee page at: www.owwa.comwww.owwa.com