Journey along as we highlight the strategies used to engage participants, bridge cultural and language barriers, achieve change, and embed training, education, and skill-transfer programs into communities. This interactive, participatory session will encourage you to use any of the successful ideas in developing your own project. Key topics will include early engagement and critical use of icebreakers, interactive participatory learning, and affordable resources. Co-moderators: Jane Myers Rotary Club of Bayside Geelong, Victoria, Australia Samantha Dunne, Childbirth Education Consultant Maternal Health Training Project

1. CHANGING
THE GAME:
- ABCs of Sustainability
- Collaboration

2. 783
MILLION
PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT
ACCESS TO WATER
THE ISSUE
NATURAL FACTORS
Uneven distribution of resources
ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS
Uneven distribution of wealth,
poverty, unequal access to better
economic opportunities
2.5
BILLION
PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO ADEQUATE
SANITATION
WHY?
 In developing countries, 80% of illnesses
are attributable to contaminated water
and a lack of proper sanitation
 By 2025, 5,3 billion of us __ 2/3 of the
world’s population __ could lack access
to enough water to meet their basic
needs

3.  Focusing on the infrastructures only
 No sense of community ownership
 Failure to build on local culture and values
 Inadequate training, lack of trained people
 Poor maintenance of infrastructures
 Daunting poverty, few economic opportunities
 Inadequate financing
 Over-extraction, inadequate recharge
 No monitoring or feedback
THE WORST OF IT: 30%-50% FAILURE
Billions of $$$ going down the toilet, millions
of hours wasted in implementing unsustainable
initiatives to guarantee access to water,
sanitation and hygiene for all and forever
WHY?

4.  While the issue is global, sustainable
solutions are local. Our model is community-
centered and aims to empower people to
create long-term positive change.
 In the WASH sector, addressing behavior
change alongside water access issues is
distinctive to ONE DROP. It is an important
key to our success.
Large-scale projects: $5-10 M over 5 years
The ABC approach has proven highly effective
in comparison to other models in the sector.
Seven years after the start of our first project in
Nicaragua, an independent study revealed that
85% of the infrastructures provided by ONE
DROP were still in operation. (Groupe Conseil
Baastel, 2011.)
ONE DROP’S APPROACH:
THE ABCs OF
SUSTAINABILITY

5. OUR SOLUTION:
STRATEGIC
COLLABORATION
Leveraging:
 Financial resources
 Human resources
 Material resources
 Expertise
 Networks
 Influence

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THANK
YOU
1ST : BURKINA FASO
$100 K /5.5 M $

7. ONE DROP
& ROTARY
BRINGING TOGETHER
THE BEST THAT BOTH
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
TO OFFER
Collaboration in Mali

8. MALI – SIKASSO REGION

9. ACCESS TO DRINKING
Approximately 45 new wells
75 rehabilitated water point
20 new standpipes
3 water community centers
ACCESS TO PRODUCING
Vegetable market gardens
equipped with drip irrigation
systems and wells
Farmer kits (better seeds, tools
and fertilizers)

10. BEHAVIOR CHANGE
One or two multidisciplinary
touring shows on the theme of
water
Training pedagogical and artistic
workshops
Enhancement of water points
(murals)
Creation and dissemination of
communications and educational
tools
Awareness campaigns in schools

11. $8 M
Total project
CAPITAL
 Access to adapted and
diversified microfinancing loans
 A start-up support and
economic development fund
IMPACT
Direct beneficiaries: >100,000
Indirect beneficiaries: > 500,000
$4.0 M
ONE DROP
$4.0 M
Rotary

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• Expertise in the WaSH sector and an extended network
• Influence in the community – be a model, capacity to
mobilize people, get the support of local authorities, known
for their good governance and integrity
• Resources (financial and/or material)
• Capacity and willingness to work in large-scale integrated
components and multicultural teams – under the leadership
of a project manager - Respect
• No bias – integrity in the decisions taken pertaining to the
choice of communities and construction of infrastructures
• Time, dedication, passion and professionalism – respect of
agreed upon Project Implementation Plan, objectives,
expected results, timeframe, budget, M&E framework
…AND A GOOD SENSE OF HUMOUR

13. • VOLUNTEER/EMPLOYEES
• LEVEL OF EXPERTISE
• HOLISTIC/SPECIFIC
APPROACH
• LARGE/SMALL SCALE
PROJECTS
• TEAM BUILDING: MULTI-
CULTURES, COUNTRIES,
TIME ZONES
• DIFFERENT HQ PROCESS
DECISIONAL
FUNDRAISING
COMMUNICATION
BRANDING
MANAGEMENT
SOME CHALLENGES
Meetings in Europe
Meetings in North America
Field trips in Mali
Electronic communication
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PROJECTS / PROGRAM
• Diagnosis
• Project Design
• Approval process
• Fundraising
• Steering Committee
• Management Committee
• Launching &
implementing the project
with multiple partners
• Ongoing Monitoring,
EvaluationLearning
 Building the collaboration

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• Meet expected results and sustainable impact
• Ownership by the community
• Collaboration continues beyond life of project
• New RC members
Sharing lessons learned:
• Regional approach – pole of action/influence
• Community of practice
• Transfer knowledge to next project
• OD Brown Bag lunch, Website, publications

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