WMG International

FRIENDRAISER TOUR Summer 2011

- Share Our Work - Promote Our Vision - Build Social Capital Jared Buono, PhD Sowmya Somnath, PE

WMG

Poverty = injustice

WMG

Community-based development Capacity building Skills transfer Community immersive

WMG

500 volunteers 20 employees Projects in 7 countries Tucson, Phoenix, Santa Barbara, Panchgani, India - Water harvesting certification - Green infrastructure

Physiography & Livelihoods

Rainfall: ~ 50 in/yr Geology: 95% basalt Livelihoods: - Farming, tourism, migration, - Millet, wheat, rice, sugar cane - 70% rain fed

Home - Panchgani

Our Partner: GRAMPARI

Programs: - Livelihoods - Governance Mission: - Empower rural India through thoughtful, community-led programs - Founded in 2008 - 3 staff

UN Millennium Development

Goals

- Access to water - Adequate sanitation - Exceeding the water goal - Behind on sanitation

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

WELCOME! Pachputewadi Drinking water: - Natural springs - Contamination - Declining flow - 11 gallons per house per day

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

- Conservation 1st - Spring boxes, low cost, low tech - Increased flow by ~7200 liters/day - >120 people days - ~$500

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

Over 50% of all water

projects

FAIL in the first few years

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

NO CHARITY

Community DESIGN Community LABOR

Community FUNDING

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

EMPOWERMENT

EQUITABLE skills transfer

INCLUSIVE decision

making

LOCAL ownership

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

WELCOME! Pachputewadi Drinking water: - Natural springs - Contamination - Declining flow - 11 gallons per house per day

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

3.5 million children die from diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections every year.

0% 20% 10% 30% 40%

Point of use water treatment

Hand washing with soap

Water Treatment

Sanitation

Water Supply

39

32

25

11

% Reduction in Diarrheal Morbidity per Intervention

44

Modified From: Fewtrell et al. 2005. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Interventions to Reduce Diarrhoea in Less Developed Countries: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2005, Pages 42-52.

$2000 $1000 $3000 $4000

1658 to 8274

Latrine Construction & Promotion

Water sector regulation & advocacy

Handpump or stand post

Cholera Immunizations

< 270

94

47

3.35

$5000

Cost per Intervention to avert 1 DALY due to Diarrhea

Hygiene promotion with hand washing with soap

$0

Modified from: Laxminarayan et al. 2006. Intervention Cost-Effectiveness:Overview of Main Messages. Chapter 2. In. Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries. Second Edition. Edt. Jameson et al 2006. The World Bank. Washington DC: National Institutes of Health.

Video

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

Tippy taps Bringing to life WHY, HOW and WHEN Community immersion and follow up Singular

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

How can we have

more impact?

How can we have

more impact?

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

How can we have

more impact?

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene

WMG India 2011 & 2012

Panchgani - home, solid waste, RWH demo, sanitation, organic farming

Taighat - forestry, watershed, spring protection

Kinghar - well recharge

Pachputewadi, spring protection, drinking water, hygiene

Abhepuri - 400 hectare irrigation, hygiene, well recharge, sanitation

Dandeghar – water quality

10 villages 20K people School hygiene tippytap.org Spring protection Well recharge

WMG India 2011 & 2012

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