Space Center Rotary’s Participation in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Projects

Jul 27, 2015
Stan Galanski
Space Center Rotary’s Participation in Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Projects

 A well-traveled and experienced contributor to multiple Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for the past 20 years, primarily focused on water and sanitation projects.  These projects have included multiple water well bore implementations, bio-sand water filter deployments, latrine construction, gravity dam construction and associated distribution systems, and hygiene training, across South and Central America.  Complimentary activities have been the construction and maintenance of housing, medical clinics, and educational classrooms for orphanages in Bolivia, Tanzania, and Haiti.  This combination of work has led to participation on multiple NGO Boards of Directors, including Chairmanships.  In all these endeavors, I have campaigned for and acquired institutional and private foundation funding as well as personal contributions to underwrite the projects cited.

 

SERVICES EXPERIENCE

 

COMMUNITY

 

  • Member of the Space Center Rotary Club and Rotary District 5890 (Houston, Texas); past and persent service on Grants, Internaitonal Service, and Water Projects Committees.  Presently leading or supporting multiple humanitarian projects in South and Central America, and Africa.

 

  • Board Member and Treasurer, Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group (WASRAG), a Worldwide WASH Advisory Committee for Rotary International and other NGOs.  Committee Member for the annual WASRAG World Water Summit.

 

  • Past Board Member, Pure Water for the World.  Have made multiple trips in Honduras and to Haiti - before/after earthquake to develop water collection and distribution systems … which led to participation in Haitian Rescue Efforts with Rotary International, UN, Red Cross, and Haitian Government.

 

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ACADEMIC

 

  • Past Member of the Practitioners Advisory Board for the Department of Computer Science at Villanova University (1993-95).

 

  • Past Member of the Aerospace Engineering Advisory Committee for the University of Texas at Austin (1986-1991).

 

 

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RELIGIOUS AND FAITH-BASED

 

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  • Past Chairman, and Board Member of the AMISTAD Mission, an international humanitarian mission responsible for maintaining a 100-child orphanage in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and Schools and Clinics in Andean Mountain villages, serving over 9000 Quechua Indians.  Negotiated development of water resource system and new agriculture standards for isolated tribes in the Andes.  Oversaw design and implementation of a Dam Project to provide a year-round water supply to drought stricken villages in the Andes.

 

  • Member of International Missionary Outreach at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Houston.  Leading projects to drill wells and provide sanitation in Southern Malawi.

 

  • Past Member of Five Talents International - committed to combating poverty in the developing world by equipping the poor with small business training and microfinance loans (Peru, Tanzania, and Sudan) – primarily fund-raising efforts.

 

  • Advisor and Fund Raiser for Living Water International to define water well projects in Haiti, Zambia and Uganda.

 

HONORS/AWARDS – Education and Service

Congressional Nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy, 1974

Selected Outstanding Student at the University of Texas at Austin, 1978

Selected as U.S. Representative on NATO Research Fellowship, 1978

Nominated as Outstanding Young Alumnus for the University of Texas at Austin, 1990

 “Service Above Self” Award from the President of Rotary International - 2010