webclip: Anna Tibaijuka / Sanitation in the Urban Millennium / Part 4

Anna Tibaijuka / Sanitation in the Urban Millennium / Part 4

Anna Tibaijuka on sanitation issues. Speech held at the Soroptimist International of Europe Water Congress, held in Amsterdam, 2009.

Water is Life, Sanitation is Dignity.

Anna Tibaijuka is the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT. (www.unhabitat.org)

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Clean Water for a Healthy World

Water and sanitation

Clean Water for a Healthy World

Water is life. It is as simple as that!

Did you know that 1 in 6 of us around the world does not have access to safe, clean water? That for many, the only water available is over five miles away or brown or too expensive? Can you imagine going a day without water? Or seeing a child die from diarrhea because he or she only had dirty water to drink?

In the 2010 World Water Day shall be organising activities with the theme; ‘It’s a Water Celebration’. During the 2010 World Water Day Celebration they shall be launching the Community Health Education and School Sanitation (CHESS) Africa Project which aims at not only helping communities and schools understand the importance of water but actually working in collaboration with these communities and schools to provide them with clean/safe water and adequate sanitation.

Project: Rainwater harvesting, Bambusi, Eastern Surinam

The project:

Many villages in the interior of East Surinam are already enjoying the luxury of clean and safe drinking water. However, several small villages still remain to be provided with these facilities since, in general, sponsors tend to focus on larger villages.
Formerly, water for all purposes was gathered from the mighty rivers.
Pollution nowadays has reached a level that has become a threat to the health and safety of the people concerned.

Using rainwater harvesting in large water-containers has proven to be a rather simple solution for these problems: containers can be purchased locally and transported to the villages while installation, after properly instructions, can and will be done by the locals themselves.

Providing the small villages with clean and safe water gives the people both health and socialwise advantages to improve their standard of living.
This project is meant for 5 families living in Bambusi in the Beneden-Marowijne area.


Main target of the project:
To provide safe and clean water for people living in villages in the interior of eastern Suriname
People will be trained in proper use and maintenance, a training program established by Pater Ahlbrinck Stichting (PAS)
People will work together; they will be able to live more healthy and will cooperate with the civil society organization.


Involvement of the target group:
The target group will appoint a project coordinator. The person will organize the participation of the target group such as taking care of the installation of the water tanks; transportation of these water tanks, using their boats for transportation etc


In Cooperation with:
- PAS (Pater Albrinck Stichting) an organization existing for 40 years, very active in the interior of Suriname and therefore familiar with the needs of the locals.

- SI Club of Paramaribo, Surinam
(Contact: Agnes Guda e- mail: agsomsar@planet.nl)


Total Cost:
5 water tanks for Bambusi 5 x SRD1350,- = 6750 SRD ,- (€1688,-)
Sponsor € 88,-

SI Project: Let our children drink safe water

SI Karşıyaka, Turkey
Project: Mevlana Primary School
Improve access to clean water, sanitation and essential food resources

In our visits to Mevlana primary School, we observed that the outside garden fountains were not sanitized enough and we established a filtration system to clean water.

We believe that safe water is essential in our lives and we want to protect our children from the disadvantages of contaminated water.

Our member, who was a mechanical engineer, did the research and her own company placed the filtration system. It worked with Ultraviolet energy and cleaned the micro-organism. We proved it by the analysis of water.We also had an opening in the school garden with the students, members and the school board.

Results 
The school garden fountains were proved to be safe with analysis and the children could drink clean water while they were playing .

Women Helped 750

Girls Helped 20
Project Start 12 / 2008 
Completion n/a
Project Costs $501-1000

Number of Hours 401-500

Join the advocacy campaigns

JOIN THE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS

8th March 2010 www.womenforwomen.org

JOIN WOMEN ON THE BRIDGE – is the crescendo of our first integrated global event. It unites women all over the world in showing that they can build the bridges of peace and development for the future. By joining this event women will be standing alongside women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Iraq, Sudan, and Nigeria in saying no to war and yes to peace, development and hope. Read more Toolkit

22nd March 2010 www.worldtoiletqueue.org

MAKE A STAND FOR SANITATION & WATER Join a Guinness World Record attempt – and help solve a global crisis at the same time. read more

A shared message from Social NGO's across Europe

from The European Women's Lobby and End Poverty

2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

2010 has been designated as the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. The Year comes during a time of severe financial, economic and social crisis. Part of the necessary response to this crisis is the renewal of a common vision for the type of society we want to create. A commitment to building a Europe where women and men of all ages can live free of poverty and social exclusion, should be the legacy
of the 2010 Year. This would contribute to a real recovery plan to address the current crisis.

Poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon

It is not simply the lack of financial resources and income, whether through employment or social benefits. It also encompasses the notion of vulnerability, precariousness, lack of opportunities, injustice and denial of rights, such as access to
education and health, housing, employment, services and infrastructure, as well as access to information, culture and political participation.

Against the backdrop of the worldwide financial and economic crisis, NGOs are concerned that the current EU strategy of ‘growth and jobs’ and market liberalisation, without attention to fairness, inclusion, participation and re‐distribution, has failed to deliver a social Europe, where everyone has access to fundamental rights.

2010, the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, represents an opportunity to make policy changes that will have a real impact on fighting inequalities and create a Europe free of poverty in the long term. We therefore call for a wide mobilisation at local, national, and European level.

SI/E extends support to Soroptimists in Haiti

January 13, 2010

Dear Soroptimist Sisters,

We are deeply saddened at the horrendous earthquake that has caused so many deaths in Haiti. We would like to extend our heart-felt sympathies to our sisters in Haiti and reassure them that we will support them throughout this disastrous ordeal.

We share the grief of all those who have lost loved ones and hope for the recovery of those who have been injured. We are profoundly affected by the devastating consequences this tragedy has and will have on Haiti’s inhabitants and we will provide any assistance needed.

Dr. Eliane Lagasse
SI/E President 2009-2011

Hanne Jensbo, Lala & Club of Fianarantsoa

Dear Hanne Jensbo,

On behalf of all the members of the Club of Fianarantsoa, I hereby send you and all the members of the club of Aarhus and Aarhus Kraka our big thanks for the help you gave us in 2009.

In fact, the club has realized the building of toilets in the park and all the accessories (games such as toboggan, swing,…and the garden and the hedges around it) ; they all have been rehabilitated too.

I’m very sorry if it has taken so long for us to send you the report but the new staff of the club is not yet ready. Beside that, the political situation in Madagascar is not yet stabilized till now; that is why I've decided to send you this letter and some photos of the inauguration of the sanitary fittings on December 10th 2009.

Now, we were very pleased to tell you that everything goes smoothly and the neighbourhood have appreciated this opportunity. They have even told us that they will participate in the cleaning of the place and the surroundings.

We can’t do anything either than reiterating our deepest sympathy and our grateful thanks to you Hanne and all the Soroptimists of Aarhus and Aarhus Kraka.

Sending to you all the warmest wishes for the cold Christmas in Europe and a very happy New Year 2010 .

Sincerely yours.

Lala

Past President of the Club of Fianarantsoa.

Outcome of the Water Project of the Swiss Union

I will gladly inform you about the outcome of the Water Project of the Swiss Union

2006 – 2008

We are very proud that the project was a bigger success than was anticipated.
The Swiss Union collected much more money than was foreseen. We got 120'000,- Euros, the Soroptimists in Lviv act as trustee and survey the progress of the project. They make sure that the money is spent cost-effectively for the installation of pipes and sanitation in the hospital.

CHF 25.000,- = E. 16.831,- have been spent before October 2007
With the rest of the money the sanitation in the hospital is nearly completed and the second wing can get started yet.
Total amount after 1 October Euro 103.169,-

12 Swiss Soroptimists and 2 husbands met the Lviv sisters last summer and were very pleased about the progress of the work. It was a happy moment when we visited the new wing. One mother told us that she now feels much more at ease when her child has to go to hospital, as it is no longer a mouldy place.
What's more: Our visit had the side effect, that individual Soroptimists collected money for windows, doors, electric installations, etc. as the Soroptimist Union project only entails water and sanitation installations.

There is still a lot of work to do which means employment for people in the region.

Sina Stiffler

Sponsoring clean water supply in new pipes and sanitary facilities for Hospital Bryuchovychy in Lviv, Ukraine.

Inspire Us!

“Don’t keep what you do for yourself - Share it with others! Inspire us with your stories!”
- write to us on our blog or here: soroptimist.europe@googlemail.com

Anna Tibaijuka / Sanitation in the Urban Millennium / Part 3

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Anna Tibaijuka talks about sanitation issues, at the Soroptimist International of Europe Water Congress, held in Amsterdam, 2009.

Water is Life, Sanitation is Dignity.

Anna Tibaijuka is the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT. (www.unhabitat.org)

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soroptimistsgoforwater.nl

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SI/E Vice Presidents

Vice Presidents

SI/E 1st Vice President

Tasks of the SI/E 1st Vice President (2009-2011) Ulla Madsen :

• Twinning of mature and Young Unions
• Countries responsible for : Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Russia

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SI/E Vice President

Tasks of the SI/E Vice President (2009-2011) Daniela Stern :

• Mentoring Project
• Countries responsible for : Germany, Austria, The Netherlands, Hungary, Slovenia, Israel, Slovakia, Liechtenstein, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic and Kosovo.

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SI/E Vice President

Tasks of the SI/E Vice President (2009-2011) Boguslawa Kalita :

• Coordinated Report Layout
• Countries responsible for : Poland, Romania Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine, Georgia and Moldavia.

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SI/E Vice President

Tasks of theSI/E Vice President (2009-2011) Rina Dupriet :

• Dr. Suzanne Noël Award
• Countries responsible for : France Monaco, San Marino, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Belgium, Switerland, Spain, Portugal, Luxemburg, North Africa and Egypt.

A Call to the 6th Peace Marathon 2010 in Rwanda

A Call to the 6th Peace Marathon 2010 in Rwanda
on Whitsun 23 May

There are many reasons to go to Rwanda for the Peace Marathon 2010.

The first Marathon was organised by Soroptimist International of Europe in 2005:

For one thing, you will witness the enormous progress this beautiful country has made since the horrific genocide of 1994. Be inspired by the incredible enthusiasm of the youngsters participating in the Run for Fun event. They are the future of Africa!

Information can be provided about how to register and travel to Kigali. Details of the Tours in Rwanda can be found on the tour operator’s website http://www.mercatorassistance.rw
The marathon is the perfect occasion to meet Rwandan Soroptimists and to visit their many education and water projects around the country. You will also enjoy the wonderful Rwandan food with the freshest vegetable and fruit you can imagine. Several tours will be offered which you will find under http://www.kigalimarathon.com . For example seeing the gorillas in their natural habitat is an unforgettable experience!

Don’t miss to visit San Marco in Kigali, a unique Soroptimist project which has created a huge multifunctional meeting hall and training facility. You will be tempted to buy some of the handmade objects from pupils of San Marco and other educational projects.

The workshop in vegetable fibres for Young Designers from Europe and from Africa will take place at San Marco for the second time in May. This project is extremely fascinating http://www.gaddo.eu . See what wonderful things are made from materials like grass, banana leaves and bark.

To further support the event if you cannot personally go to Rwanda, why not contact the marathon organisations in your country and have them advertise the marathon on their website. Another idea is to organise a Peace Marathon evening in your community showing photos and a video of previous marathons.

Or, why not sponsor runners from your country to participate in the full marathon or the half-marathon?

Contact the media. Send press releases and reports before the run, and ask the media to publish articles about he results of the run. And, of course, always emphasise that it is a Soroptimist event that benefits the people of Rwanda.

For more information contact: Gudrun Horst horstgu@lpt.lu

or Bettina Scholl-Sabbatini betmar@tango.lu

Kathy Kaaf, SI/E President elect 2009-2011

Wishes 2010 from the SI/E President Eliane Lagasse

Dear Soroptimist Friends,

January, the first month of the New Year, is traditionally the moment for making wishes. I
wish you, dear members of Soroptimist International of Europe, a very happy, inspiring,
healthy and successful 2010.

January is also the moment of resolutions and lists. At the beginning of a new year, most of us
make lists of things we really want to do, things we could not do until now but for which we
intend make time and invest a greater effort in the coming year.
Apart from the usual intentions such as I’ll go on a diet, I’ll stop smoking, I’ll start a course in
cooking or IT, I would like to propose some Soroptimist New Year ‘s resolutions:

I’ll try to attend every meeting of my Club
I’ll wear my Soroptimist pin every day
I’ll be proud of being a Soroptimist
I’ll talk about Soroptimist with friends and colleagues
I’ll try to recruit at least one new member for my Club
I’ll visit other Clubs and go to an international meeting
I’ll look regularly at the SI/E and SI websites
I’ll be loyal and friendly in dealing with my Soroptimist sisters
I’ll work at local projects, but also at international ones
I’ll devote myself to the cause of women and girls

If every member of our Federation keeps these resolutions, Soroptimist will bloom and
expand in the next twelve months and thus make a huge difference for women and girls.

May the New Year bring you happiness and contentment. Personally, I feel this is what
Soroptimist is all about. Being a Soroptimist is meant to be fun, to give you friendship, to
make you part of a professional network and to give you the joy of helping other women
through projects.

In friendship,

Eliane Lagasse

(SI/E President)

Anna Tibaijuka / Sanitation in the Urban Millennium / Part 2

Anna Tibaijuka express her thoughts about sanitation issues at the Soroptimist International of Europe Water Congress, held in Amsterdam, 2009.

Water is Life, Sanitation is Dignity.

Anna Tibaijuka is the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-HABITAT. (www.unhabitat.org)

http://www.soroptimisteurope.org
http://www.soroptimistsgoforwater.nl

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