Water Works Toolkit [English]

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Water WorksCampaign toolkit

www.wateraid.org/waterworks


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What is Water Works?Governments can do so much more to tackle the global water and sanitation crisis. We will

never eradicate poverty in places where people have only dirty water to drink and nowhere

to go to the toilet.

Our politicians know that taps and toilets save lives and are cheap, simple and effective.Yet hundreds of millions of people live without these basic human rights, trapped in a life

of poverty, disease and wasted opportunity.

In April 2012 world leaders are meeting in Washington DC to discuss action on water

and sanitation.

WaterAid has launched the Water Works campaign to urge governments across the world to do

more to tackle the water and sanitation crisis. We will show world leaders that investing in taps

and toilets is an investment in basic human needs and an urgent priority.

To make Water Works a success, we need thousands of people to take action and show how

important water and sanitation are to peoples lives. We will show world leaders that investing

in taps and toilets is an investment in basic human needs and an urgent priority.

You can join the campaign by contacting your politicians or by contributing with your own

creative actions. Together, your contributions will increase public pressure on politicians ahead

of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting.

What are we calling for?We want governments to be represented at the SWA meeting at the highest level and to commit to:

Increasing resources for water and sanitation to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Spending money in the most effective way, by targeting resources at the countries and the

people who have the least access to water and sanitation.

Please read our report Off-track, off-targetwhich explores which resources are not reaching

those who need them most and why progress is slow, uneven and unjust:

www.wateraid.org/documents/Off-track-off-target.pdf.

Also, watch our video on Water Works at www.wateraid/waterworks.

Make sure that world leaders know Water Works.

Take action now at www.wateraid.org/waterworks.


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What is Sanitation and Water for All?Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) is a global partnership between developing country

governments, donor governments, multi-lateral agencies, civil society and other development

partners working together to achieve universal and sustainable access to sanitation and

drinking water. So far the SWA partnership has resulted in new commitments for water and

sanitation financing, improved dialogue between water and finance ministries at country leveland strengthened co-ordination and monitoring of the sanitation and water sector. To find out

more visit the SWA website at www.sanitationandwaterforall.org.

What is the High Level Meeting?The SWA High Level Meeting is scheduled to take place on 20 April 2012 in Washington DC.

This meeting will be attended by development, water and finance ministers from donor and

developing countries and is the best opportunity in a generation to drive political will,determination and leadership forward and to end the water and sanitation crisis.

What are SWAs objectives and approaches?The SWA partnership believes that the key barriers to providing access to basic sanitation and

safe drinking water are:

Lack of political prioritisation.

Insufficient sector capacity to develop and implement effective plans and strategies.

Uncoordinated and inadequate investments.

To address these barriers, SWA partners work to:

Increase political prioritisation for sustainable sanitation and drinking water.

Support strong national planning, investment and accountability frameworks.

Improve targeting and impact of resources.

Support effective decision-making by providing detailed information and evidence.

Strengthen mutual accountability of governments and development partners.

What is the role of civil society within SWA?Civil society organisations need to be actively engaged

in order to ensure a successful SWA partnership that will

end the water and sanitation crisis once and for all. Civil

society organisations not only have a role to ensure that

governments adopt firm, bold and ambitious commitments

but also to monitor and evaluate progress to ensure that

commitments are being met. Civil society organisations

can also help to make the SWA partnership effective by

organising campaigns, such asWater Works, at country

level in the run-up to the High Level Meeting in April. African Union 2008


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How you can get involved

Take action

Wed love to see your creative ideas for telling world leaders thatWater Works! Whether you

draw a picture, take a photo or email your elected representative, every action counts. We will

gather all your actions on the Water Works website, www.wateraid/waterworks, and presentthem to world leaders ahead of the High Level Meeting in April. Together we will show them that

Water Works!

Tell our leaders how Water Works

Tweet about the campaign using the hashtag #waterworks.

Update your Facebook status about the campaign.

Share the film and infographic.

Take a photo.

Write a story or a poem.

Singa song.

Draw a picture.

Shoot a film.

Take your own creative action

Remember to tell us what action you take at [email protected].

Location: Non-Gremasson, Burkina Faso

WaterAid has been working in the community of Polesgo, in the province of Non-Gremasson,

Burkina Faso, with partner organisation Association les Mains Unies du Sahel (AMUS).

The village chief explained how

Water Works for the community

and how new water pumps have

helped transform lives:

Children fall sick a lot inthis area and all this is due tolack of sanitation and cleanwater. In Polesgo we meet a lotof problems due to lack of clean

water and sanitation.Since we have the pumps,

weve noticed a lot of change

in the health of the population

so we know that if we had more

pumps it would be better.WaterAid/Germain Kiemtor

Women and children at the new WaterAid pump.


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Get creative!

Organise a competition in your school, university or workplace to come up with the bestdrawing or poem telling your government why Water Works.

Hold a crisis talk in your community to hear testimonies from people affected by lackof access to water and sanitation. Invite those people with the power to make changehappen (local politicians/ministers/mayors) to come along. At the end, organise for

everyone at the event to write a short statement about why Water Works.

Work with groups of local journalists to write articles about the Water Works campaign

for World Water Day on 22 March 2012.

Work with local communities asking them to record in dance, drawings or poems how

Water Works for them, and how by working with the government, WaterAid or our

partners their lives have changed through access to sanitation and water.

Organise a Walk for Water on 22 March for World Water Day to symbolise the distance

many women and children around the world have to walk to collect water. Hold a rally atthe end and ask students to sing songs and make presentations on how Water Works,

or present the results of a Water Works competition. Register your Walk for Water at

www.worldwalksforwater.org.

Present drawings, poems, photos, films and emails to your elected leaders before they

leave for the airport to attend the High Level Meeting. Organise a symbolic handoverby giving them a big suitcase of creative evidence on how Water Works, spelling out the

name Water Works with groups of people, or by asking a community member affected

by lack of access to sanitation and water to speak about how Water Works for them.

We hope we will be able to present the best of your creative Water Works evidence at the

High Level Meeting itself in Washington DC on 20 April!

Remember to tell us all about it! Email photos and stories to [email protected].

Get the media involvedWe want to ensure that we reach as many people as

possible and get huge support for the Water Works

campaign. One of the best ways of helping us is to get your

local/national/regional media involved in each and every

stage of the campaign. For your convenience we have

prepared a press template that you can use to publicise

your event to the media. For more details please visit

www.wateraid.org/waterworks.OECD


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WaterAid transforms lives by improving access tosafe water, hygiene and sanitation in the worldspoorest communities. We work with partners and

influence decision-makers to maximise ourimpact.

Location: Tilhari Village, India

The community has a designated area for acompost pit and it is starting to be used, butmore work is planned on developing its useby villagers.

Rukhmani Devi, has lived in Tilhari for 30 years

and told us how Water Works for her:

Before, I used to go to the toilet in theopen fields by myself.Ive learned hygiene messages such as

washing my hands before I cut my nailsand before eating.

Life is good now, as before peoplewould be able to see us using the fieldsto defecate and we werent able to relax instead we were always alert and worried.

WaterAid/Jon Spaull

Rukhmani Devi, who is blind, cleaning herlatrine, Tilhari Village, India.

Tell us whyWater Works for you:

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