On Thursday, October 20th, in front of a packed hall of Rotarians, government officials, representatives of a number of NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), and the media, Her Excellency the Minister of Water and Environment, Maria Mutagamba, formally launched the Uganda Rotary Water Plus (URWP) program.

This is an imaginative and wide ranging program, coordinated by all 61 Rotary clubs in Uganda, to help the country achieve its MDG. Read More...

Wasrag's Technology Team needs volunteers with technical expertise in water supply, water quality, sanitation, and health & hygiene. Over the next four to five months we're developing a web-based program to help Rotarians determine the most appropriate technologies to use for their WASH projects, using a system similar to the Consumer Reports model. It will have a simple graphic comparison chart, backed up by more detailed descriptions of technologies and how to select them. If you are interested, please contact the following:

If you want to join the Water Team, which is involved with water supply, water quality and water treatment isues, please contact  John Dracup

If you want to join the Sanitation Team, please contact Bill Chapman 

If you want to join the Health and Hygiene Team, please contact Bobbi Wallace.

You may want to put this date in your diary now!

Wasrag's Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday May 6th, 2012. Wasrag Secretary-Treasurer Ginny Ryan has confirmed space in the Bangkok Convention Centre from 8.00 a.m. until 10.00 a.m.

We'll send more information later!

Did you know that the Wasrag website has a Forum? Discussions are organized under general categories. A recent addition: how do you deal with water testing in areas without access to reliable labs? How to manage without easy access to valuable information about water quality?

Just go to the forum, sign-up (or sign-in) and join in. It's a great place to share information and post in the language of your choice. 

In the Netherlands Rotary clubs have had great fundraising success over the past 10 years with "Walking for Water International" from Aqua for All and Akvo. Children aged 10+ participate through schools and are supported by local Rotary clubs to walk, and raise money and awareness for clean water and sanitation. Now we are expanding: Rotary Walking for Water. Your club can join in. Read more...  

Chief (Rotarian) Noble Eshemitan joined Rotary in 1993, and is a career administrator and business man with a special interest in conflict resolution matters. Noble holds a BA (Hons.) in Accounting from the Univ. of Lagos, a MBA from the Univ. of Benin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria. Very active, Noble is a recipient of the Univ. of Lagos Alumni Association National Merit Award, several service awards from Rotary clubs and districts, community chieftaincy, several friendship and ethnic recognitions for conflict resolution services. Rotary District 9140 is located in southern Nigeria, and is home to approximately 90 Rotary Clubs.

Kampala, Uganda hosted the 6th annual Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) Forum Nov. 29 - Dec 1, 2011.  The District Water Development officer from Mulanje District, Malawi, presented a short paper on the important benefits of working with district-level gov't. "The level to which non-governmental organisations coordinate their water sector activities with district government has a significant bearing on their field-level impact."  Read More...