Convenient access to clean water allows people to lead more productive, happier lives. Learn about the types of water and sanitation projects that qualify for global grant funding, and get tips for building a successful application. We’ll also discuss ways to support this area of focus by giving to The Rotary Foundation.

1. 2016 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
WATER AND SANITATION GLOBAL GRANTS FROM
CONCEPT TO FUNDING BREAKOUT SESSION

2. MODERATOR
Trustee Thomas Thorfinnson
Incoming Water and Sanitation Major Gifts Initiative Chair
District 5950, USA

3. PANELISTS
Ramesh Aggarwal F. Ronald (Ron) Denham Ph.D.
District 3012, India District 7070, Canada

4. PANELISTS
John Nyombayire Nicholas Mancus
District 9150, Rwanda District 9220, Benin

5. Rotarians around the world are involved in projects
that support investments in infrastructure and
people to create measurable and enduring
improvements in water, sanitation and hygiene.
They can:
• Provide access to safe water
• Improve sanitation and hygiene
conditions
• Implement sustainable water and
sanitation systems
• Provide scholarships related to
water and sanitation
INTRODUCTION TO WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS

6. • Increasing water supply and distribution (for
example, rainwater harvesting, water storage,
wells and boreholes)
• Improving water quality (purification)
• Providing hygiene education
• Supplying waste management
• Enhancing water, sanitation, and hygiene
conditions in schools and communities
COMMON WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS

7. • Provide scholarships related to water, sanitation,
hygiene
• Supply vocational training
• Conduct training with communities to establish
water, sanitation and hygiene committees
COMMON WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS CONT.

8. • WASH in Schools
• RI-USAID International H2O Collaboration
SPECIAL INITIATIVES

9. WATER
SANITATION
HYGIENE
WASH IN SCHOOLS (WinS) TARGET CHALLENGE
EDUCATION
LITERACY

10. • India
• Kenya
• Belize
• Honduras
• Guatemala
Focal Countries• Launched on 1st Jan 2016 ending Jun 2018
• Water and Sanitation and Basic Education
and Literacy areas of focus
• Multi Level Recognition (3-Star Approach)
• Designed by UNICEF and GIZ
• Designed to be replicated
• Measurable Outcomes
• High Profile Issue
• Target educational outcomes through
improved sanitation and hygiene resources
• Emphasis on keeping girls in school
ROTARY WASH IN SCHOOLS TARGET

11. • Gender-segregated
toilets
• Daily group
handwashing &
Teacher training in
handwashing
TIER-1
• Gender-segregated
toilets
• Daily group
• handwashing &
Teacher training in
handwashing
TIER-2
• Defecation free zone
• Teacher training in
hygiene and menstrual
hygiene
• Gender-segregated
toilets
• Daily group
handwashing &
Teacher training in
handwashing
• WHO Standards are
met & plans in place
• WASH lessons
integrated into
classroom curriculum
• Defecation free zone
• Teacher training in
hygiene and menstrual
hygiene
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SUSTAINABILITY STAIRCASE

12. • SMC is functional
• Low cost point of use treatment of
drinking water
• Gender segregated sanitation facilities
• Daily supervised group handwashing
with soap
• Daily supervised cleaning of toilets
• Training of teachers to teach &
demonstrate hand washing
• O&M & MHM plan created
One Star School RECOGNITION
By District
Governor
RI THREE STAR APPROACH - SIMPLE • SCALABLE • SUSTAINABLE

13. • Meeting National Standards
• Facilities used by all children (No Open
Defecation)
• MHM plan implemented via
infrastructure environment
• Training of teachers in hygiene and
MHM education
• Follow-up with students for improved
attendance
Two Star School RECOGNITION
By Rotary
International
RI THREE STAR APPROACH - SIMPLE • SCALABLE • SUSTAINABLE

14. • Transference of behavior change and
outreach to the community
• Secure resources for improved WASH
conditions Meeting WHO Standards
• Regular maintenance of the installed
facilities is measured
• SMC monitors if schools are meeting
national standards
• WASH lessons integrated into classroom
curriculum
Three Star School RECOGNITION
By Rotary
International
RI THREE STAR APPROACH - SIMPLE • SCALABLE • SUSTAINABLE

15. Partnerships
WASH IN SCHOOLS (WinS) TARGET CHALLENGE

16. The partnership between Rotary and USAID focuses
on providing access to infrastructure,
strengthening delivery of WASH services,
promoting hygiene education and behavior
change and mobilizing communities and
resources in developing countries.
PARTNERING FOR IMPACT – WHAT WE DO

17. PARTNERING FOR IMPACT – BUILDING ON OUR STRENGTHS
• Global network of influence
that can advocate for WASH
• Ability to convene multiple
participants and investors
• Leaders of civil society
representing multiple industries
– including government
• Vocational expertise in water,
sanitation and hygiene
• Technical expertise in
international development
• Working relationships with
governments
• Rigorous approaches to
sustainability, monitoring and
evaluation

18. PARTNERING FOR IMPACT – BUILDING ON OUR STRENGTHS
WASH
Implementation
AdvocacyInnovation
Projects intended
to have larger
scale and higher
likelihood of
sustainability

19. PARTNERING FOR IMPACT – FOCAL COUNTRIES
• Focal Countries: Ghana,
Uganda and Madagascar
• Governed by a national
Rotarian steering committee
and USAID Mission
• $4 million per focal country
($2 million Rotary: $2 million USAID)
• www.rotary.org/riusaid
• erica.gwynn@rotary.org

20. PARTNERING FOR IMPACT – GHANA – SCHOOLS & HOSPITALS
WASH
Implementation
AdvocacyInnovation
• Rotarians/USAID -
construction water
supply, sanitation
facilities, handwashing
stations
• USAID - training and
education for behavior
change
• USAID – governance and
financial management
training for WASH
Committees
• Rotarians – supplemental
mentorship in governance
and financial
management
• Rotarians – utilizing
social media for
coordination of
partnership activities
and collect stories from
the field
• Rotarians/USAID
mobilizing financial
resources from local
government for
WASH

21. WASH COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS - METHODS

22. 1) Gather perspectives from a broad cross-section of the
community
2) Allow community members to identify the needs they
perceive as most critical to address
3) Ask community participants how they can contribute to
the proposed project
1) What technical knowledge and skills already exists?
4) Collaborate with community members to identify long
term goals and anticipated project outcomes
WASH COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS - METHODS

23. 5) Identify and map current WASH infrastructure
6) Identify and characterize health and hygiene
behaviors currently practiced
 e.g. Do they wash their hands at critical times?
7) Identify the current level of knowledge that exists
around water, sanitation, hygiene
8) Identify current governing bodies that may already
exist that would be responsible for future WASH
services, finances, etc. of the community.
 Are they functional?
WASH COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS - METHODS

24. Results should:
•Describe how the community’s resources will be
utilized for the project
•Describe how the project will meet the needs
identified by the community
•Describe the long term goals/project outcomes
and how they will be met (i.e. through training,
awareness campaign)
•Describe how the community will sustain the
project after the grant-term has ended
WASH COMMUNITY ASSESSMENTS - RESULTS

25. TOP 5 GLOBAL GRANT
SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS

26. TOP 5 GLOBAL GRANT SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
5. Financial Management Plan for infrastructure,
education and training

27. TOP 5 GLOBAL GRANT SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
4. Operations and Maintenance Planning

28. TOP 5 GLOBAL GRANT SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
3. Alignment of project with government standards,
guidelines and initiatives

29. TOP 5 GLOBAL GRANT SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
2. Hygiene education and training for behavior change

30. TOP 5 GLOBAL GRANT SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS
1. Community-based decision making, demonstrated
investment and buy-in for proposed WASH initiative

31. 1. Community-base decision making,
demonstrated investment and buy-in for
proposed WASH initiatives
2. Hygiene education and tainting for behavior
change
3. Alignment of project with government
standards, guidelines and initiatives
4. Operations and maintenance plan
5. Financial management plan for infrastructure,
education and training
TOP 5 GLOBAL GRANT SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS

32. WATER AND SANITATION MAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVE
(WAS∙MGI)

33. • The AOF∙MGI will launch 1 July 2016
• Priority roll out of the Areas of Focus will be as
follows:
1. Water and Sanitation
2. Basic Education and Literacy
3. Disease Prevention and
Treatment
AREA OF FOCUS MAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVE (AOF∙MGI)

34. • A goal of $25 million per Area of Focus
• Focus on outright and planned gifts of $100,000
and up
• Key fundraising components include
1. Communications
2. Events
3. Personal solicitations
• AOF∙MGI Committee to drive cultivation and
solicitation activities
AREA OF FOCUS MAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVE GOALS

35. 2016-17 WATER AND SANITATION MAJOR GIFTS INITIATIVE COMMITTEE
Tom Thorfinnson, Chair (USA)
Young Suk Yoon, Vice Chair (Korea)
Ron Denham (Canada)
Herve Hacard (France)
Antonio Hallage (Brazil)
Bimal Kantaria (Kenya)
Vinay Kulkarni (India)
Pam Russell (USA)
John Smarge (USA)
Sankoo Yun (Korea)
Karien Ziegler (USA)

36. • $500,000- Customized Global Grant pick three
1. Activity
2.Area of focus
3.District
4.Geographic location
• $250,000- Customized Global Grant pick two
1. Activity
2. Area of focus
3. District
4. Geographic location
• $150,000- Global Grant activity new
• $25,000- Area of Focus general support fund
ENDOWED GLOBAL GRANT NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

37. • $15,000- Supports one or more global grants for an area
of focus.
• $30,000- One or more global grants for an area of focus,
district, and geographical location can be added.
• $150,000- One or more global grants for two areas of
focus. Districts and geographical location can be added.
TERM GLOBAL GRANT NAMING OPPORTUNITIES

38. • Be informed
• Spread the word
• Participate
CALL TO ACTION

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40. Safe and Sustainable Water Assessment
•Soil erosion, deforestation
•How is the ecology (arid, semi
arid, temperate, hilly, rain
forest)
•Are there policies ie to provide
water to communities?
•Recycle, reuse water
• Source of water
(borehole, rivers,
streams (occasional,
salty water, recycled
water
•Kind of rocks in some areas
(can a borehole be sank)
•Location of the intervention
city, suburbs, rural
communities
• Cultural belief system (ie girl child impact
stratification of labor)
• Knowledge based sharing of work or
responsibilities
• Improved community citizenship
awareness (civic)
• Demographic of the community (age, sex,
education)
• Educational level (Training)
• Communication – (language used)
• Historic practices (source water is it
sacred)
• Is the solution affordable
• What is the economic activities of
the community (farming,
nomadic, fishing)
• Education of the community (who
can manage the proposed
solution)
• Encourage innovation to improve
the economy of the community
• Community led development
Economic
Factors
Sociological
Factors
Ecological
Factors
Geological
factors

41. End to End Solution
Financing water /Training/ teaching and Learning
Community engagement in
supporting the water of the
solution, accountability by having
a water board in every community
Inform Policies
supporting Delivery and
of clean water
(sustainable goals)

42. General presentation of Rwanda
Size: 26,338 sq.
km
Population: 10.5
million
Life expectancy: 66.2
years (F); 62.6 years
(M), Both Sex 64.5
Pop. Growth
rate(2002-12): 2.6%
GNI per capita: $630
Divisions: 30
Administrative
Districts
Languages:
Kinyarwanda, English
and French Source : EICV 4; MIS/WASAC,

43. References
• https://wsp.org/sites/wsp.org/files/publications/CSO-rwanda.pdf
• http://www.care.org/sites/default/files/documents/Sustainability-
Report-Eth-Moz-Uganda.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_37itZMGsZU
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWSkFSyrppw