I wanted to start a running list of different references and links to organizations, contacts, events and happenings that I have come across during my research in the world of development addressing water, sanitation, health, woman/human rights and education. As time goes on I will update this and possibly categories things differently, but for now, I wanted do a brain dump of reference websites in one place, in case anyone wanted to check for a little more detail, or in case you know of other good sites/recommendations that I may not have seen/referenced yet.
The following is in no particular order. – I may have some tagged as references to who I am working with or have contact with or you may know from previous posts or general media references.
World Water Day – March 22nd - www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/- The UN’s website regarding world water day – a day that is focused on the issue of the lack of safedrinking water for a large part of our population and lack of proper sanitation is even a greater number, effecting the health and life of Billions of people.
Blue Planet Network – www.blueplanetnetwork.org – these are the good folks who have coordinated over 80 groups serving 24 Countries; teaming the public, local communities, monitors, fund-raisers and the NGO’s together to impact 1,100 communities and close to 1M people with providing access to safe drinking water and sanitation and the folks that I met in San Fran and have been amazing to work with meeting their in Country Partners on my travels. – So far in Guatemala, with Agua Para La Salud (posting Amazed and Impressed) and soon be meeting the Etta Project team in Bolivia!
Water.org – www.water.org – Matt Damon is tied / co-founder with this organization – I have not had much chance to get tied in with them as of yet, but they have a great water facts sheet, which I will share most the information on another post (primary source is the world health organization – WHO). – Water.org works like many of the Non-profits I have found to date, and that is being US-based and funding projects directly for communities or in Country NGO’s who are working with the communities. Water.org does seem to have a focus on empowering the people who the water will be provided to, giving them jobs, making the community part of decision making and empowering the with ownership of the project and its outcome – key for sustainability and also mentioned in earlier post on “amazed and impressed” – I am in 100% agreement with that being a critical part of the projects. They also put a big focus on the women issue, due to having to haul water each day, girls are pulled out of school and women collectively spend 200 million hours per day (20 to 30 million full-time equivalent [FTE] employee each day) – The benefits that type of labor/knowledge focus could do in the community and the world, if not hauling water, is unimaginable.
World Health Organization (WHO) - www.who.org - - Have mainly used and referenced them for facts and figures on water sanitation and health (WSH) http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/en/ – but may have to do more research on actual policy making references and needs…
The United Nations - www.un.org/en – focus on development programs and human rights – research, policy and doing – The 2005 World Summit ”Millennium Development Goals (MDG) – a goal to end poverty by 2015 - http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ – or http://www.endpoverty2015.org/
Circle of Blue – www.circleofblue.org – current news and information of happenings in the water world for development
The International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) - http://www.irc.nl/ – more good references on more good references on Water Sanitation and heath (WASH) -http://www.washdoc.info/page/53887
World Water Forum - Searching for a Solution - World Water Forum
UNICEF - www.unicef.org – research, facts, policy and doing
Rotary International - www.rotary.org - they are every where – tied to everything…
Etta Projects – www.EttaProjects.org – the good people I had the opportunity to visit and spend time with visiting various sites around and north of Montero. The group is founded in homor of Etta Turner a young girl from Washington State who sadly died in a bus accident in Bolivia in 2002. – Since then the oginization has grown to server the people in need in and around Montero. First projects were focsed on feeding the hungery and manutritioned and eduction, teaching and training. Working with the communities and thier needs, more recently projects have added a focus on providing clean drinking water supply, proper sanitation, health and hygiene.
Save the Children – www.savethechildren.org – ditto – seeing them everywhere – doing / funding a lot
World Water Corps - www.worldwatercorps.com – my first intro in to this world – along with Water for People- Amber from World Water Corps has been a big help on coordination with people including Water for People in Bolivia and is working with her to get onto a project in India for a week Sept 2 – 9
Water for People – www.waterforpeople.com – out of Denver, tied with AWWA and WEF, the two water and sanitation engineering organizations I have belonged. – Spent a couple weeks with Water for People in Bolivia and was able to visit many of thier Para Urban Communitties and Rural Municiplaities around Cochabamba
Barefoot College - www.barefootcollege.org - Rainwater harvesting and more…
Project Well - www.projectwellusa.org -
Play Pumps – http://www.playpumps.co.za/ – The round about water solution – powered by kids!
Gazelle Foundations - www.gazellefoundation.com – Gilbert’s Run (and Work) for the Water Foundation in Austin, Texas and helping his home village in Burundi, Africa
A Glimmer of Hope – www.aglimmerofhope.org – Austin based as well – focus on Ethiopia and eradicating poverty and giving the basic needs to sustain life
Charity; Water - www.charitywater.org -
Blood Water Mission – www.bloodwatermission.com – ties with the band Jars of Clay – focus on Africa AIDS and Water Crises
Wine to Water - www.winetowater.org – like the name!
Drop in the Bucket - www.dropinthebucket.org
Cross International – www.crossinternational.org – Funding 5 projects outside of Norobi, Kenya that I hope / plan to be working in July with Fr. John from Ireland! Thanks to my sister Chris and her friend Don Wausau!
Adopt One Village – www.adoptonevillage.org – Thanks to my friend Schmidty and connecting me with his mailman Baba / Emanuel, who I am now teaming with a group from AOV and planning to construct a new well in the center of their village in Ghana.
www.omniwatersolutions.com – water treatment options…
World Vision - www.wvi.org – www.worldvision.org -
Engineers without Boarders - www.ewb-usa.org and www.ewb-international.org -
US Water Aid – www.wateraid.org & www.wateraidamerica.org
World Bank and IMF - www.worldbank.org - the world bank and international monetary fund – www.imf.org – both ties with the Millennium Development Goals and others…
Enough for today, but more to come!
