| Newsletter | September 2011
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 Get Involved! Make Your $$$ Go Further!
For every $1 your Club contributes, $4.26 will be donated to bring water, sanitation and hygiene education to a participating school in Tanzania or Malawi. Wasrag's partnership with Procter & Gamble, H2O for Life and Africare, allows Rotary Clubs to make a tremendous contribution and leverage their hard earned fundraising at the same time. Read More... |
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 The Test of Time - a Tour of Practical Tools and Methods for Post-Implementation Monitoring
Global Water Challenge (GWC) and the WASH Advocacy Initiative invite you to take part in an hour-long online webinar on post-implementation monitoring - Thursday, September 15 at 11 a.m. - 12 noon EDT (North America). For information and registration details, click here. |
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 Wash Away Thirst launched by Georgia Car Wash Operators
A group of independent car wash operators in Atlanta, Georgia, have banded together and launched Wash Away Thirst, an innovative fundraiser. It's a one-for-one-for-one campaign. Every wash gives one day of clean water to one thirsty person. Donations will be made to Wasrag. To read the full press release, click here. |
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 Introducing Stew Martin - Regional Team Coordinator
Despite a background in industrial engineering Stew has spent the last thirty years practicing law in the Portland, Oregon (USA) area. He has served on many non-profit and Bar Association committees. A Rotarian for 18 years, with a particular passion for GSE, WCS, & now, Wasrag! A confirmed workaholic, Stew is now focussing on building, training, and supporting Wasrag Regional Teams throughout the world. Click here for more information on Regional Teams, or to Contact Stew. |
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 Rotarians, Cameras and Competition!
The Water Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is launching a global photo competition on the subject of water. Called "Reflections", the competition aims to encourage photographers in the US and around the world to submit stunning, thought-provoking images that illustrate water's life-giving properties and the essential connections between water and human health and development. Read More... |
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 Join us on October 2nd for a Wasrag and U. of North Carolina hosted session: Making Water Projects Work
Rotarians are invited to a wine and cheese reception focused on Rotary water and sanitation efforts on October 2 from 5.00 -7.00 p.m. at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Learn how to plan and implement a sustainable WASH project from University of North Carolina experts and the Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group. Hear straight talk from a developing country perspective on why some projects fail. Registration is $20. The reception takes place the evening before the start of the Water Conference at UNC. Need more information? Contact Rotarian at Bobbi Wallace
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The Water & Sanitation Rotarian Action Group is a group of Rotarians whose purpose is to support Rotary clubs to effectively plan, finance, implement, monitor and evaluate water, sanitation, and hygiene programs, where they are most needed in a collaborative, cost-effective, timely, and sustainable manner, true to the principles of Rotary International. Wasrag operates in accordance with Rotary International policy but is not an agency of, or controlled by, Rotary International.
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