Newsletter
| November 1, 2010
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| Greetings!
We are heading into November, which is Foundation Month in the Rotary World. Water & Sanitation is one of the six areas of focus of our Foundation. Not suprizing! Access to safe water and adequate sanitation is critical to building healthy communities.
Through the Start with Water program, Wasrag is in alignment with The Rotary Foundation and its Future Vision Program. Start with Water also helps realize the Rotary International Strategic Plan - it supports and strengthens clubs in the effectiveness of their work, helps to increase and focus their service work, and through our partnerships and high quality WASH work, enhances Rotary's public image.
What better time to learn about and support our Rotary Foundation. It's also a great time to get involved with a WASH project. If you are not currently supporting a WASH project, I encourage you to start now. Have a look at the projects available on our site. You can make a difference.
Warm Rotary regards,
F. Ronald Denham,
Chair, Wasrag
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November is Foundation Month - Support a Water Program while contributing to The Rotary Foundation's Annual Programs Fund!
 TRF is offering a unique opportunity to participate in the RI/USAID - Ghana program. Thanks to the hard work of local Rotary clubs led by the RC Accra East, the program provides a long term, sustainable solution to water and sanitation needs in 114 communities, and to 86,000 people. Sustainability is a cornerstone of this program.
This is a $2,000,000+ project, but we still need $268,541 from Rotary Clubs and/or DDF (District Designated Funds).
Opportunity: Contribute funds to APF (3H Grant #10-70427) and receive Paul Harris credits. Read more...
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 Watershed project a model of holistic approach
The Rotary Club of Bombay Midtown is developing a reputation as an innovator in Watershed rehabilitation and community development. All over India the challenge of a lowering water table is causing wells to run dry. And dry wells mean reduced agriculture, lack of access to safe water and all the associated challenges this brings. Now working on their second major watershed project the club is applying lessons learned. Read more...
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Call for Volunteers: Join a Regional Team
|  Regional Teams are the backbone of the Start with Water strategy. Comprised of local Rotarians (the District Governor, Water Resource Group chair, water experts, interested Rotarians etc.) the purpose of Regional Teams is to provide support to Rotary Clubs undertaking WASH projects in their area, to oversee the work of Needs Assessment/Project Planning Teams, and Monitoring & Evaluation Teams and to aid in building capacity and sustainability. Read more...
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Help Tell the Start with Water story...
|  Start with Water offers clubs an important new tool. Help us let Rotarians know about the new site and what it offers.
Click here to download the presentation Introducing Start with Water that can be presented to Clubs, at District Conferences, or Zone Institutes, for example. Please let us know when, and where you present about Start with Water. We are interested in tracking our progress! Simply email us with details!
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Tips on using Start with Water
|  - If you had a user name and password for the old www.wasrag.org site, unfortunately it WON'T work on the new site. You will need to sign up to fully use the new website. Just click on "Join Us" on the right of the home page and follow instructions. It's free!
- If you had a project listed on the old site, it was transferred to the new one. However, you must sign-up FIRST, then email us, with the name of your project. We will then link you to your project. After that is done, you will be able to edit your project and keep it current.
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Meet Team Member John Dracup: expertise on water-related issues.
|  As a university professor in water resources and hydrology for 45 years, John brings a wealth of experience to the Wasrag Technical team. His research is in the area of the optimization of large scale water resource systems and the impact of climate variability and climate change on hydrologic processes. Read more...
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Upcoming Dates to Remember:
| October 31 - November 3 - World Toilet Summit, Philadelphia. http://www.worldtoilet.org/
May 20, 2010 - World Water Summit 4, New Orleans, USA (immediately preceding the Rotary International convention) More details to follow soon.
If you have an event you'd like to add here or to the Calendar on our website, please email details to info@wasrag.org
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Keep in touch with others interested in water, sanitation, health & hygiene...
  
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