Newsletter  May 1, 2011
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Advocating Change in India's Railways 

Wasrag Board member makes a difference   

Director Saumen Ray, of the Rotary Club of Calcutta, believes that raising awareness is the first step in making change. Sanitation facilities on trains in India still often consist of waste dropping onto the tracks - polluting and spreading disease. Read More...

 


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  Countdown to World Water Summit in New Orleans!

   RIPE Kalyan Banerjee, PRIP Bill Boyd, Dr. Jamie Bartram, Director, Water Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health, Dr. Kamal Kar, founder of Community Led Total Sanitation, Dr. Michael Nobel, of the Nobel Prize family, William Reilly, co-chair, BP Oil Spill Enquiry, and YOU.   To register, click here.  See you in New Orleans!
  


Golden desertTED talks: Welcome to the golden desert 

With wisdom and wit, Anupam Mishra talks about the amazing feats of engineering built centuries ago by the people of India's Golden Desert to harvest water. These structures are still used today -- and are often superior to modern water megaprojects.

Ancient ingenuity of water harvesting.   



PeruPeru Partnership For Safe Water   

Colorado's Estess Valley Sunrise Rotary helps EWB make dreams a reality

A glass of clean drinking water seems like such a simple thing. But for the village of Llacamate, a community of 32 families sprawled across the steep mountainous gorges of the coastal foothills in north western Peru, clean water is but a dream. Read More  

   


NigerIn Niger, Water is Life.

Rotary humanitarian program on YouTube

The Rotary Clubs work with local communities to develop manageable, effective and affordable solution to water needs in Niger.

Watch video by clicking here. 


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