You can CREATE A MOVEMENT this World Toilet Day - November 19!! Water for People want you to "Spread the word—not the germs" by sending E-cards to celebrate this important day!
Throughout developing countries, 2.5 billion people don’t have a toilet. Every single day, they have to find another place to take care of business. And each day, poor sanitation kills 4000 children due to water and food contamination, rampant bacteria, and the fact that no toilet means NO hand washing.
The United Nations set a goal in 2000 to cut the number without access in half by 2015, but sadly—the way things are currently going—the world will miss the sanitation target by more than half a billion people. In other words, close to 2.4 billion people will be without improved sanitation in 2015, barely a drop from today.
What’s the problem? Well, apparently talking about toilets isn’t all that sexy. But we HAVE to get the problem on the world’s radar.
So we had an idea. We’ve created three E-cards to share with your friends, family, and anyone else you might think of.
http://www.waterforpeople.org/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1221
By spreading the word about World Toilet Day, you will help to support the movement. Send your favorite card, send all three, and please send a bunch. Every card you send makes a difference and will help the message spread.
Thank you and have a very productive World Toilet Day!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Leaving the Seat Up is the Least of their Problems!
WATCH YOUR EMAIL THURSDAY FOR "THE WORLD TOILET DAY PLAN"!
World Toilet Day is Thursday, November 19 and I’ll be passing along information from Water For People! Water for People has an exciting plan to get people talking about toilets—a topic not often discussed in everyday conversation. More than 6,000 people die every day, including 4,000 children, from diseases caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water. We’re making strides in improving water, but unsafe—or a complete lack of—toilets is still not capturing enough of the world’s attention to speed support to the communities that need help the most.
On Thursday, I’ll update this blog with information from Water for People asking you to take a simple action. A very quick, easy, fun, but important action. Your help is critical to the success of our viral (no pun intended) World Toilet Day plan. And we guarantee you’ll have fun. You get to talk about toilets and poop in a socially acceptable manner!
“Hmm, I don’t really know anyone who doesn’t have a toilet,” you say? Well, let me introduce you to Miguel, a child in Bolivia where four out of five families don’t have a toilet.
Miguel Angel Almendras is dancing—his little feet are kicking up dust on his family’s patio as he expertly shows off "la diablada." Dancing in Bolivia is a common expression of joy, found from formal festivals to impromptu demonstrations of individual happiness. Four-year-old Miguel Angel is dancing because he now has a toilet in his home.
“Before we had this beautiful bathroom, I used to go out in those fields with the cows to go to the bathroom. I didn’t like it, but when I had to or my sister had to go, we would run to the fields and duck down and go. Everybody in my pueblito used to go to the fields, and our caquita is bad for the pueblito.”
Read more about Miguel and this program at http://www.waterforpeople.org/site/News2?id=5839
World Toilet Day is Thursday, November 19 and I’ll be passing along information from Water For People! Water for People has an exciting plan to get people talking about toilets—a topic not often discussed in everyday conversation. More than 6,000 people die every day, including 4,000 children, from diseases caused by poor sanitation and unsafe water. We’re making strides in improving water, but unsafe—or a complete lack of—toilets is still not capturing enough of the world’s attention to speed support to the communities that need help the most.
On Thursday, I’ll update this blog with information from Water for People asking you to take a simple action. A very quick, easy, fun, but important action. Your help is critical to the success of our viral (no pun intended) World Toilet Day plan. And we guarantee you’ll have fun. You get to talk about toilets and poop in a socially acceptable manner!
“Hmm, I don’t really know anyone who doesn’t have a toilet,” you say? Well, let me introduce you to Miguel, a child in Bolivia where four out of five families don’t have a toilet.
Miguel Angel Almendras is dancing—his little feet are kicking up dust on his family’s patio as he expertly shows off "la diablada." Dancing in Bolivia is a common expression of joy, found from formal festivals to impromptu demonstrations of individual happiness. Four-year-old Miguel Angel is dancing because he now has a toilet in his home.
“Before we had this beautiful bathroom, I used to go out in those fields with the cows to go to the bathroom. I didn’t like it, but when I had to or my sister had to go, we would run to the fields and duck down and go. Everybody in my pueblito used to go to the fields, and our caquita is bad for the pueblito.”
Read more about Miguel and this program at http://www.waterforpeople.org/site/News2?id=5839
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is expanding its Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Team.
With the goal of helping tens of millions of people in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa benefit from safe water, sanitation, and hygiene, we are seeking to add two senior-level members to our team.
Specifically, we are recruiting for:
-Senior Program Officer, Demand-Led Sanitation
-Senior Program Officer, Sanitation Technologies and Tools
For further information, complete job descriptions and to apply, please visit us at www.gatesfoundation.org
Specifically, we are recruiting for:
-Senior Program Officer, Demand-Led Sanitation
-Senior Program Officer, Sanitation Technologies and Tools
For further information, complete job descriptions and to apply, please visit us at www.gatesfoundation.org
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Water.Org
Since 1990, Water.org has impacted millions of lives throughout the developing world with safe water and improved sanitation systems.
About Water.Org:
Who are we? We’re the ones with our heads in the clouds and our feet on the ground. There’s the corporate CFO, an actor, a sanitation engineer, Peace Corps volunteers, an executive from the energy sector, a researcher from the EPA, a community organizer, a teacher, and some from high-tech. But in the end, we’re all the same in our commitment to not only deliver water solutions to the world’s poor, but to find ways to create sector-wide change.
The water and sanitation problem in the developing world is far too big for traditional charity. We are driving the water sector for new solutions, new financing models, greater transparency, and real partnerships to create lasting change. Our vision: the day when everyone in the world can take a safe drink of water.
Spread the Word!
Talk to people! Telling others in your circle of influence about the global water crisis, Water.org, and how they can also get involved is one of the most important ways you can help.
Monday, November 2, 2009
RUN FOR WATER!
Hello Friends - an important event can be found at http://liveearth.org/en/run
The Dow Live Earth Run for Water on April 18, 2010 is a series of 6km run/walks (the average distance women and children walk everyday to secure water) taking place over the course of 24 hours in 192 countries, featuring concerts and water education activities to ignite a massive global movement to help solve the water crisis.
Visit this site for lots of great info, and to sign up!
The Dow Live Earth Run for Water on April 18, 2010 is a series of 6km run/walks (the average distance women and children walk everyday to secure water) taking place over the course of 24 hours in 192 countries, featuring concerts and water education activities to ignite a massive global movement to help solve the water crisis.
Visit this site for lots of great info, and to sign up!
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