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Close to a billion people lack access to clean drinking water. We can help to lower that number this week by asking the U.S. Congress to pass the Water for the World Act.
The bipartisan legislation would make water and sanitation important pillars of America’s foreign policy in developing countries, with the target of providing 100 million people with first-time access to safe and sustainable drinking water and sanitation by 2015.
But with only five cosponsors, the bill isn’t receiving the attention needed for further congressional action. Please click here and sign the petition!
In March, Global Water Challenge visited schools in Africa to see the progress of ongoing clean water projects and visit with students and families. Watch this great video and read the first-hand account below.
Close to a billion people lack access to clean drinking water. 2.5 billion people lack access to safe sanitation. What do these numbers mean? In the developing world, the average person needs to walk 6km (3.73 miles) every day to fetch water that might not even be of good quality. Fetching water is also no easy task: each 5 gallon jerrycan weighs 40 pounds.
When women and girls can’t find a safe toilet, they are forced to go in the open, which exposes them to potential violence and disease. All of this means that hundreds of millions of people have to make a “choice” from among a series of bad options.
But the good news is, we have the solutions to solve this crisis. Global Water Challenge is a coalition made of 24 leading organizations who are working to get universal access to clean water and safe sanitation. We know that no one organization, one group, one idea, one well will solve it—we all need to work together, with your help.
GWC focuses on two areas—innovative financing and schools. We believe that by investing in local social entrepreneurs who can work within their communities to find the best solutions we can achieve sustainable results. Our other programmatic focus is increasing access to clean water and safe sanitation in schools in the developing world. Over half the world’s schools lack access to these basic necessities—imagine sitting through school all day without a place to use the bathroom.
In March, GWC visited some of our schools projects in Africa.
We were excited to see the progress that had been made, and to hear from students and teachers about the impact that GWC and partners were having. One of the schools we visited was Regan Elementary School. We were able to talk to the students who were members of the health club there, and ask them what their thoughts were and what they were doing to make sure they had access to clean water.
What they said really surprised and inspired us. With the support of their teachers and parents, the students had taken it upon themselves to make sure they had the ability to buy enough WaterGuard for the school. They started a vegetable garden where they grow cabbages to sell to the community to raise money to keep their water clean, and their lives healthy.
We also realized that it takes only $16 to provide Regan with enough WaterGuard for the year. You can learn more about Regan and how to help at www.globalwaterchallenge.org. Or help us reach out to Congress, and ask them to support the Water for the World Act, which asks for funding for these types of projects around the world.
-Sweta Daga, Director of Communications, Global Water Challenge, originally posted at ONE.org
Sign the petition for the Water for the World Act at ONE.org
Click here to read the Water for the World Act. Visit Global Water Challenge.
The work in Kimilili Clean Water Project is as follows:
- Identifying locations of a new water sources, either spring or well (they must serve more than ten families)
- If spring water, reconstruct or reroute water to enable sufficient drainage of water
- Build reservoir
- If well water, drill down to the water source
- Install a water pumping engine
- Install pipes so the water can flow freely
The community is very much willing to provide any kind of labor that will be required. Hopefully, the community will also provide some of materials that are needed and which are locally available. The rest of the materials will have to be procured through funding (see step 1). The expertise is available from the government’s water department-the district water officer. The organization and supervision of the work is done by the Nabuur neigbours.
We are in need of the following help from the Nabuur neighbours, someone to:
It is our hope that if we can new water sources that benefit the Kimilili community as a whole, people from the community will be more willing to help the 250 OVC children in our school who are in need of much spiritual, emotional, and material care.
Please do consider participating with us on this project.
To provide fresh running water to each home in the small African village of Dixie.
Category: Social & Philanthropic
Tags: Africa, dixie, south, water, wildearth
Language: Array
March 22nd is a very important day - World Water Day. It is an international day of observance and action to draw attention to the plight of the more than 1 billion people around the world that lack access to clean, safe drinking water.
World Water Day grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Coming out of the conference, The United Nations designated March 22nd of each year as World Day for Water to hopefully come to a resolution through awareness. Each year World Water Day has a different, very important theme. The focus this year will be on transboundary waters: sharing water, sharing opportunities.
Each year the observance has grown larger and stronger. But in many ways World Water Day is still a relatively unknown event to the general public. Even with the support of the UN and efforts by leading NGOs and committed individuals, World Water Day is today at a similar stage as Earth Day was in the early 1970’s – important, but relatively unknown.
There are so many ways you can help bring this day to the forefront of the world’s attention! By donating your time and money. You can join a Water Walk with WaterAid, attend one of the planned UN-sponsored events, or attend one of UNICEF’s sponsored Tap Project restaurants in your city and pay $1 for tap water that you would normally get for free. Every dollar raised through the Tap Project supports UNICEF water, sanitation and hygiene programs.
More information is available on the official UN World Water Day website.
COMASA has been working with Nakyerongosa community to increase access among the people to safe water, latrines and good hygiene practices. Some success has been achieved and there has been increased awareness among the people of the need for good hygiene practices and a reduction in the incidences of diseases associated with drinking unsafe water and poor sanitation and hygiene practices. A lot has been done and we are very grateful to all the partners that have continued to give us advice and support.
Although a lot is being done for individual households especially for the elderly, disabled and HIV/AIDS affected households, we have also added a component on general community projects. However, we do hope to begin a project to improve sanitation for the community through a micro-credit/revolving fund for the women. We are trying to get ideas on how to implement the project and have asked for support from the Wordschool.
Focus on the community projects has become necessary due to most of the water sources being open, sharing of water with animals and water sources being contaminated with dirt like runoff water. The water in most instances is brown in color and not good for consumption. Community members complain that it makes their white clothes dirty.
As a result, ten (10) water sources have been protected, four (4)hand dug wells have been constructed and one (1) 2000 litre capacity storage tank has been constructed at a school. In addition, four (4)pump attendants have been trained to ensure that water continues to flow long into the future.
Raise money for clean drinking water and raise awareness.
Category: Social & Philanthropic
Tags: charity water, clean water, drinking water, water
Language: English
We like to come in contact with neighbours who have experience in constructing water harvest and storage facilitities.
We have two warehouses of ca 200 square meter each, roofed with corrugated iron sheets.
We plan to place gutters and collect rain water. Rain period is november-april, may-october is long dry spell.
For water storage we plan several ferrocement tanks.
If we find out the rainwater is not enough, we also need to think of a well/borehole to add water in the dry spell.
Any neighbours interested to work on us on the details of the design?
please let me know and i can post more information as we move along
update 24/07/09
We have purchased a small plastic watertank of 1000 liters to help us with the most immediate need during construction of our processing unit.
We might purchase some bigger plastic tanks (5000 or 10,000 liters) although these are rather expensive. Ferrocement are estimated to be 30% of the cost, although we are still looking for the information on durability and maintenance cost.
The water storage tanks will be filled with roof water during the rainy season, while a ringed well will add during the dry season. A good location for a well has been identified on 500 meters from the warehouses.
The students at the school in Gamauli presently have no access to clean drinking water while at school. For this task, we are looking for volunteers to help research different options for making clean water available at the school on a sustainable basis. The "Water and Sanitation Group" here at Nabuur may be a good place to start.
The next phase of the project after working on the household pit latrines through casting of sanplats is to address the problem of water shortage through a domestic rainwater harvesting project. The technology that is to be used is the rain water jar construction for households (see attached photo). We want to assist 12 households of elderly members in Nakyerongosa village to construct rain water jars. Each jar will be for a capacity of 2000 liters.
The project is based on a cost sharing mechanism whereby beneficiaries will provide unskilled labour for construction of the water and sanitation devices, clay bricks, river sand for construction, aggregate and lake sand. However, the project will provide the cement, taps and accessories, binding wire, over flow pipes and wash out, guttering and leak proof cement.
We do look forward to the support of the neighbours as we embark on the next phase of the project. We received a lot of guidance, advice and suggestions while we were implementing the project on household pit latrines and we are very grateful to you all.
To raise 7000 CHF by April 10th to help get our project started
Category: Altruism & Charity
Tags: water & health care to needy and underprivileged people in developing African Nations, We are a nonprofit start-up organization which provides food
Language: English
Location: vorerst Schweiz
We are aware and greatly honor the tremendous contribution nabuur.com community has put in supporting other events of goodwill. By presenting this proposal, we wish to make visible a working draft document which can be improved further here at nabuur.com and probably linkages attained for implementation.
At Jikaze community, there exists a borehole which is able to supply the water but lacks a water pump.
Our proposal requests solutions for the following purposes:
a) Construct to completion 81 houses for Internally Displaced Persons at Jikaze, Mahi-mahiu.
b) Construct to completion at least One classroom for the children
c) To Install and commission a water supply system to the community
d) To Start an income generating activity for the youth group e.g car wash and tree planting
e) To improve an existing economic activity for the senior citizens i.e goat keeping (older men) and poultry farming( older women) and brick making for the unemployed youth
f) To provide education material for the teachers/ children
g) To launch a block making factory: The stabilized soil blocks machine will utilize the soil from the site to make blocks for house construction. This will lower building costs and create employment sustainably. The machine is manual and does not require electricity to use.
The proposed Initial budget is divided into Six Bills as per the priorities of Jikaze IDP returnees. The six bills add up to KShs. 2,557,300.00 but alternative solutions can be found here at nabuur to bring own the cost. This initiative will serve the entire Rift-Valley region as a model creative sustainable community where excellence, hard work and co-existence are thriving.
It shall remain a lasting solution towards Peace and Empowerment in the middle of ethnically tense communities that fought during Post-election Violence in 2007.
It shall remain a lasting solution towards Peace and Empowerment in the middle of ethnically tense communities that fought during Post-election Violence in 2007.
We submit a sustainable community model which is creative in promoting a culture of Initiative, Co-existence and tolerance for community life. This was proposed after a detailed reconnaissance survey was carried out together with community leadership and 9 representatives from Goshen-Kuna Vijana. (See uploaded info here at my Nabuur for report)
The lack of these three issues was the root causes of Violence and Displacement in the region in 2007which resulted in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Creation of Employment opportunities supports the objective and vision of your esteemed organization.
We as the organizers shall provide the professional services of a Building Economist, Architect and Engineer from amongst our membership pro-borno. We shall provide any other technical or professional input needed from our membership. We shall assist in the labor of constructing the houses. We shall also offer positive publicity of your sponsorship amongst the more than 2,500 youths in our Facebook membership.
On 28th and 29th August 2009, the membership of Goshen-Kuna Vijana donated clothing, shoes, books, whiteboard and pens to the 153 families under the Jikaze Self Help IDP centers in Naivasha as the first phase of our Initiative. We shall also offer a helping hand in the coming days to construct the houses and setting up tree nurseries and the car wash at the Jikaze IDP Returnees camp.
We shall also build a poultry unit for the older women as part of our contribution. Kuna Vijana shall provide C-4-C (Communication for Conflict) counseling , HIV/AIDS counseling and Counseling on Drugs
We have been consistent and vigilant on our mission as Kenyan youth as is demonstrable from our list of successful events. Your investment in our programs and projects will enable us to continue to effectively serve our impoverished community, and the talented youth.
Together, with your support, we have the power to lift this community from the mire of poverty to the edge of sustainable prosperity.
Thank you for your interest in Goshen-Kuna Vijana IDP Relief. We envision building upon our collaborative success by developing a creative community, sustainable livelihoods and Leadership.
Sincerely,
David Nahinga
For| Kuna Vijana & Naivasha Jikaze Community
The Iganga District is located in eastern Uganda, just north of the equator at latitudes 1o 00' S-1o 06' N and longitudes 33o 57' E-33o 12' E. Mean annual rainfall is approximately 1 250 mm occurring on 100-130 days per annum and is mainly associated with the equatorial troughs in April-May and September-November.
The rapidly growing rural population has expanded the frontiers of agriculture into natural forest and wetland ecosystems. The District now experiences more frequent local droughts, faster drying up of water springs during the dry season
Women are responsible for sourcing water and they suffer greatly. We need to discuss and research water tanks, rain water harvesting etc:
It may seem silly to ask your parents where the house water main is, but if a pipe bursts and your house is flooding, you'll know how to shut the water line off!
Its also a good idea to shut the water main off when you go on vacation!
Turn off the water while you wash your face, shave, or brush your teeth. If you're not going to use the water for a few seconds, take just a second to just shut it off!
Does your faucet leak? Tell your parent and ask for it to be fixed!
Dripping faucets can leak 2,000 gallons of water a year! That's the equivalent of 5.5 gallons of water each day!
Tell a teacher if a faucet leaks in school or tell maintenance at your place of work!
Hi friends,
Greetings to you in HIS precious name.
Tomorrow is Good Friday and there is a big procession taking place in our town. After the procession, the participants will gather in RCM church compound. Some people have come forward to distribute food packets and I was asked to contribute some money for distribution of mineral water packets which I have readily accepted. We are distributing 500 mineral water packets tomorrow. Please pray.
Regards,
Anurag.
Save ENERGY and WATER! It's so simple: Shorten your shower!!
If you don't think you can, try to shorten your showers on Mondays and Wednesdays!
Tell your family, too!
In the long run, it will pay for itself! You'll save money and help the environment by using less water! Check your home appliance store!
UNICEF is running an internet radio station to raise awareness, support and donations for the Tap Project – an annual effort to help the 1 billion people around the world that don’t have access to clean drinking water.
TapProject Radio launched today — World Water Day — and broadcasts for the duration of World Water Week - March 22-28. An amazing list of guest DJ’s including OK GO, Rilo Kiley, Duran Duran as well as celebrity DJ’s like Elijah Wood and Rosanne Arquette will be featured on the station.
The Tap Project began in 2007, based on a simple concept: during World Water Week, participating restaurants would ask their patrons to donate $1 or more for the tap water they usually enjoy for free. All funds raised would support UNICEF’s efforts to bring clean and accessible water to millions of children around the world. To find out more info and how you can find a participating restaurant in your city, visit www.tapproject.org.
And be sure to tune in next week for some good music for an amazing cause at www.tapprojectradio.org.
PLEASE HELP MILGIS TRUST PROTECT ME AND MY ENVIRONMENT……..
The Milgis Trust has now been operating in the Samburu District for over five years. It has built a wonderful rapport with the tribal communities, chiefs and elders and it works hand in hand with the communities in regards to all its operations…
BACKGROUND…
In just five short years the success of the Trust is visible in all our conservation objectives….
We now manage 22 full time scouts all employed from the local communities as well as 2 radio operators all of who work around the clock 365 days a year creating and sustaining an invaluable security network not only for the people but for the beautiful African wildlife that lives in the Milgis ecosystem.
Along with our scouts and manager we have gathered a Community Conservation Committee made up of chiefs and elders from all the surrounding villages,
as well as an Eco-Screen Awareness Team that coordinates conservation screenings each month.
None of the projects we do would be possible without the stable structure of the Milgis Trust Headquarters and the team that keep it running. Without our loyal team we would not be able to support the unforeseen situations that regularly arise in this remote and tough land, from emergency hospital transfers to elephant rescues.
Our radio station is always alive with communication and activities that need the assistance of one of our scouts who are always ready at hand 24/7.
This warthog was found down a deep well, it jumped down too thirsty to think how it was going to get out… The scouts rescued it but it was too late.. It died after it had spent the whole night and most of the day down there…
There are five distinct areas to our core operations:
1. The Milgis Trust Radio Hill
This is where our two radio operators live and work manning the radio waves and coordinating activities;
CORE OPERATIONS
2. Our 22 Scouts and local Manager…..
Each of whom works full time in their allocated conservation range equipped with radio, GPS and binoculars ; as well as patrolling which they all do on foot, they create monthly records and reports on communities, livestock, wildlife and land degradation, whilst actively promoting and conserving the areas they patrol.
logging important data..
3. Project Coordination…. The trust now always has a conservation project on the go and heavily relies on the team at the headquarters to manage and coordinate all activities on site, be it the building of the school or the opening of an elephant kisima (water
hole). 
When the water table goes too deep for the Elephants to dig then the scouts help out, and open the wells for them so that they can get in and out safely…
4. Awareness meetings & Campaigns… The Trust holds several monthly and quarterly meetings with the scouts, the Community Conservation Committee as well as with the KWS and other conservation conservancies in the area. On top of this we regularly integrate the surrounding communities and believe it important to incorporate them in all our plans by holding village meetings.
5. Contingency Operations… Every day we receive emergency calls or visitors, be it for illness, wildlife emergencies, poaching, deforestation or fires. We always need to have the resources available to be able to deal with the situation quickly and effectively. In the last five years alone we have had to coordinate five baby elephant rescues to the DSWT orphanage in Nairobi;
The Milgis Trust Core Operations Team in just five years has built 1 primary, and 2 Nursery schools and provided drinking water to 3 schools and 2 centres. We have refurbished the local clinic, and employed a nurse…Amoungst many other small projects..
PROJECT IMPACT…
With the Milgis Trust’s gentle support the ecosystem is now regaining its balance. Already elephants are responding to the security presence provided by our scouts, which is exhibited by their increasingly relaxed behaviour and their expansion into parts of their former range . Our habitat which supports other key species including the Greater and Lesser kudu, Grevy’s Zebra, DeBrazza’s Monkey and many of the large predators including the endangered African Wild Dog, are rebuilding in numbers and thriving. A harmonious relationship is slowly being created between the wildlife and people of this area, and the communities are becoming excited and more accommodating to the creatures they once used to live in harmony with; thus reducing issues of habitat loss, competition for resources and human wildlife conflicts which was the main cause of wildlife deaths in the area.
All patrols are done by foot…
following and monitoring tracks..
On patrol in the mountains..
Our Core Operational costs are kept to a minimum, with all the scouts doing all there patrols by foot…
Our aprox Core ops budget per year is only $ 54400.. This includes the Scouts, radio operators and managers salary, plus vehicle costs…
EACH OF OUR SCOUTS PLAYS A BENEFICIAL ROLE IN THE SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION OF THIS ECOSYSTEM….
The average scouts salaries, rations with insurance and contingencies is $ 133.. per month..
To equip a first time Scout and this means Radio, spare battery and charger, GPS, binoculars, Uniform, boots, rucksack, it costs $1293, so for the first year it is $ 2893 followed by $1600 there after…
WILDLIFE HAS NO BORDERS, AND THE MILGIS TRUST NEEDS TO KEEP UP WITH ITS SUCCESS… WE CAN’T LET THE WILDLIFE DOWN! If there is any one who can help support just the core ops, or even better to support a new scout, you would be helping conserve one of the most AMAZINGLY SPECIAL PARTS OF THE WORLD… We need to increase our scouts by at least 12, that means… 4 Mount Nyiru, 3 Mount Kulal, 3 in the lower Milgis, this would be bringing in the Rendille, plus 2 in the gaps…