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Water and sanitation for all

Aims of this talk

To inform you about:

• the difficulty for people in some poorer

countries to get clean, safe water

• the work of WaterAid
• a specific project that Rotary Clubs have

supported

The water crisis

Hawa Oumarou Dickou in Douentza, Mali (video)

The water crisis

Issues raised in the video:

• The need to carry water, often for a

considerable distance

• The source is a murky pond
• The supply is not reliable
• The time taken up by collecting water means

less time for her family

• Health issues

Some statistics

• 10% of the world’s population do not have

access to safe drinking water.

• 40% of the world’s population do not have

adequate sanitation. (ie a safe and hygienic place to go to the toilet)

• Globally, 1400 children die every day of

diarrhoeal diseases.

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WaterAid’s vision is a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation

Our vision

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WaterAid is an international non- governmental organisation focused exclusively on improving poor people’s access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation We work with partners and influence decision-makers to maximise our impact

Who we are

Where we work

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Our integrated approach

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Community involvement

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Sustainable technologies

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Samfya District project

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Thanks to the support of Rotary clubs last year:

• Over 8,000 people gained access to new facilities
• 10 new boreholes were drilled
• Over 870 latrines were built
• The proportion of the population with safe drinking

water increased from 9.8% to 23.3%

• The proportion with somewhere safe to go to the

toilet increased from 2.3% to 29.1% But, there is still great need across the district.

Samfya District progress so far

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• 6,400 more people with

access to a safe water supply

• 8,510 more will gain

access to improved hygiene

• 9,600 more with access

to safe toilets

Samfya District project – targets

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148 Rotary clubs have donated over £107,000

• 3,600 more people now have access to safe water
• 7,206 more people now have access to adequate

sanitation

• 915 households have adopted good hygiene practices
• “Tippy taps” are now used outside latrines in all target

communities

Samfya project update January 2014

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• Drill 7 new boreholes, benefiting 1,750 people
• Rehabilitate 4 traditional water sources, benefiting

1,600 people

• Rehabilitate 7 wells, benefiting 1,050
• Water point chlorination testing to ensure that water

is drinkable

Samfya District specific projects - water

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• Construct 1,535 household washing facilities
• Promote good hygiene across the 4 schools
• Buy 8 bicycles to help hygiene promoters travel to

towns to reach more people with hygiene messages

Samfya District specific projects - hygiene

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• Improve 160 household

latrines, for 960 people

• Build 4 school latrines,

benefiting 400 children

• Provide training &

equipment for latrine masons

Samfya District specific projects -sanitation

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• £75 for a bicycle for a hygiene promoter
• £125 to construct handwashing facilities for one

school

• £275 to restore a communal water point for 200

people

• £630 to build a school latrine
• £925 for the rehabilitation of a well serving 150

people

• £3,700 for machine drilling one borehole, serving

250 people

How your club can help

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• One-off donations
• Regular contributions
• Fundraising events
• Legacies

To get involved or to find out more

• Call

020 7793 4594

• Email

rotary@wateraid.org

• Visit

www.wateraid.org/rotary

How you can support WaterAid

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WaterAid/Suzanne Porter

Thank you