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Greetings from the World Water Summit in Stockholm, Sweden where I am joining water experts, decision makers and leaders from around the world, gathered to exchange ideas and develop solutions to urgent water issues. It is a stimulating and hopeful place to be and underlines for me how much work we have in front of us. Rotarians are strong and capable, and I know what an impact we make to communities around the world.
I hope you enjoy and learn from this newsletter. As always, we are happy to hear from you at info@wasrag.org.
Warm Rotary regards,
Ron Denham, Chair, Wasrag.
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The Best Way to Spend 20 Seconds...! |
 Global Handwashing Day: October 15
A simple and inexpensive change in behavior is the number one way to improve health in developing countries. Here's a great opportunity for your Rotary Club to promote healthful habits
at home and in projects worldwide! Read More... |
CALL for VOLUNTEERS - Seeking Task Force Members: Education Team |
 We're looking for volunteers to translate and integrate technical content
from the Wasrag Guidance Document and other priorities within
the task forces of Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health. Read more...
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Safe Water for 100,000 PEOPLE in Haiti |
Children at a new well
(photo by Dawn Johnson)  | The
Rotary Club of Ancaster, ON (Canada) recently celebrated the
drilling of their 200th well in Haiti - and they're not done yet! Learn about this incredible project, the annual Water for Life Walkathon in Hamilton, and training for Haitians. Read more... |
Water and Sanitation - A Human Right? | On
Ju ly 28, the UN General Assembly adopted a nonbinding resolution calling on states and international organizations "to scale up efforts
to provide safe, clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and
sanitation for all". Water and sanitation are now enshrined as basic
human rights. However, of 163 delegates from member nations who voted on
this resolution, 41 abstained and did not fully endorse this right.
Why? Read More...
This article is from The Lancet (Volume 376, Issue 9739, Page 390, 7 August, 2010)
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Introducing a New Team Member
|  Wasrag is pleased to introduce Rotarian Barbara (Bobbi) Wallace, an expert on Health & Hygiene and contributor of the hand washing article above. Bobbi is Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for the University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health. Read more...
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Wasrag Welcomes Education Team Leader |
 Meet Ellyn "Mel" Bromberg, Rotarian, and principal of WaterSHED International LLC. Mel has joined our Technical Team as chair of the Education Team. The Team is seeking interested Rotarians to participate (see more above). Read more...
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Upcoming Event: Conference, Where Science Meets Policy
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When: October 25-26,
2010
Where: The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC,
USA
Jointly sponsored by the Institute for the
Environment and the Water Institute at UNC, will consider drinking
water supply, sanitation, hygiene and water resources in both the developing
and developed worlds with a strong public health emphasis.
Read more... |
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