Throughout the year, Rotary has set a calendar with different themes and Rotary International’s events. Throughout my year, I have tried to raise awareness about them. This month is Water, Sanitation and Hygiene month, and since last Wednesday’s speaker relayed to us a number of projects involving clean water, I thought this would be a good opportunity to talk about what Rotary is doing around the world to bring clean water to remote places where this privilege has been denied.
HOW ROTARY MAKES HELP HAPPEN
Through water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programs, Rotary’s people of action mobilize resources, form partnerships, and invest in infrastructure and training that yield long-term change.
Rotary-USAID Partnership: Rotary has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development in Ghana, Madagascar, and Uganda to implement sustainable, long-term programs to improve water supplies, sanitation, and hygiene.
WASH in Schools Target Challenge: Rotary has challenged our members to develop sustainable water, sanitation, and hygiene education projects in five countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, India, and Kenya.
WASH projects: Since 2013, The Rotary Foundation has invested in more than 1,000 WASH projects in more than 100 countries. Through grants from The Rotary Foundation and fundraising by Rotary clubs, our volunteers have supported water purification, hygiene education, latrine construction, and waste management.
There are so many stories about how Rotary has partnered with other institutions to solve this problem. For instance, in the Village of Kigogo in Tanzania, a dozen Rotary clubs collaborated with local partners to establish a water supply and delivery system for 1,500 people. They also taught the community how to maintain the system and provided hygiene education.
2030 is the year Rotary hopes to finish providing everyone with safe water, sanitation, and hygiene.
This Wednesday is our evening meeting for the month of March. We’ll be meeting at Pat’s Pizza at 5:00 pm. See you all there.
“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” – W. H. Auden
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