Transcript Slide 1

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 girl
will be in school – not spending
countless hours in the
drudgery of collecting
water:
Imagine ….
A world where everyone has access to
clean, 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:
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900 million people (one in six) lack
access to safe water.
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2.5 billion have no sanitation.
Lack of access to safe water and sanitation has
profound implications for human development:
Less
poverty
and
hunger
Lower
child
mortality
Safe Water
& Sanitation
Less
disease,
Better
health
Better
education
Economic consequences are
equally serious:
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40 billion hours spent, per year, in Africa
alone collecting and hauling water.
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Women and children (usually girls) spend
up to six hour per day fetching water.
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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:
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Rotarians should be aware of world water
issues.
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Rotary clubs should implement a water
and/or sanitation project or program.
Rotarians are striving to meet the challenge:
Country
India
212
Indonesia
35
Philippines
50
Thailand
38
Other
90
Country
Country
Projects
Projects
Projects
Burkina Faso
5
Bolivia
12
Cameroun
9
Dom. Rep.
17
Ghana
25
Ecuador
32
Kenya
55
Guatemala
25
Malawi
10
Haiti
27
Nigeria
21
Honduras
51
South Africa
27
Mexico
55
Nicaragua
11
Tanzania
15
Peru
18
Uganda
58
Other
57
Zambia
29
Other
100
They are responding to every imaginable need:
Bore holes
Dug wells
Rainwater harvesting
Household filters and
purification
SODIS
(Solar Water Disinfection)
Building earth and
concrete dams
Installing pipelines/
distribution systems
But, too often service is not sustainable.
It fails within a few years:
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No funds for operation/maintenance.
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Supply-driven technology is inappropriate.
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No spare-parts supply chain.
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Local people don’t know how to maintain.
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No change in behaviour.
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No local “ownership”.
And we’re not having the impact expected
of Rotary:
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Little leverage with other organizations.
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Few opportunities to scale up.
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Little use of Rotary Community Corps.
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Too small to attract outside funding.
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Isolated projects – little learning.
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Minimal linkage with governments.
We can be much more effective:
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Focus on sustainability.
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Empower the local/host community.
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Match technology to need.
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Base decisions on life-cycle costing.
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Set tariffs so users pay for service.
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Implement monitoring and evaluation.
We can have a real impact on
community development:
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Create “programs” not “projects”.
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Include software - training, team building etc.
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Focus on humanitarian and economic outcomes.
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Leverage other organizations: local authorities,
NGOs, government agencies, corporations.
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Appoint and pay a professional team.
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Ask for “big” money—$$$ millions.
Wasrag can help you realize that vision:
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Expertise in all aspects of WaSH.
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Find a project and get started.
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Share information on best practices.
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Attract outside funding.
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Select appropriate technologies.
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Match with clubs and NGOs.
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Facilitate partnerships, attract sponsors, to
match club, district and TRF grants.
Wasrag is Rotary’s resource for WaSH,
You can help Rotary clubs everywhere:
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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”.
Just
imagine ….