WMG India

UPDATE JULY 2011 TUCSON, AZ

- Location & Partners - Program Highlights - Our Approach - The Future - The ASK!

A Tale of Two Countries

Extreme Poverty - 450 million - Migration

Explosive Growth - 8% growth - New capital, funding

Physiography & Livelihoods

Environment: - Rainfall: ~ 50 in/yr - Temp: 50º – 96º F - Elev: 2000 – 5000 ft Geology: - 95% basalt - Ground water: 10- 150ft

Home - Panchgani

Physiography & Livelihoods

Livelihoods: - Tourism - Migration - Farming Agriculture: - Millet, wheat, rice, sugar cane - 70% rain fed agriculture

Our Partner: GRAMPARI

Part of Initiatives of Change: - Leadership & ethics training - Global organization - Long history - Large network - 70 acre campus

Our Partner: GRAMPARI

Programs: - Livelihoods - Governance Mission: - Empower rural India through thoughtful, community-led programs - Founded in 2008 - 3 staff

Our Partner: GRAMPARI

WMG: - Technical expertise - Programmatic development - Operational mgmt GRAMPARI: - Housing - Facilities - Legal entity - Local relationships**

UN Millennium Development

Goals

Access to water Adequate sanitation Exceeding the water goal Behind on sanitation

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

Pachputewadi - Pop ~400 Water supply: - Natural springs - Gravity fed ~2 km Challenges: - Declining flow - Aging system - Contamination - Inadequate supply

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

- Conservation 1st, leaks & maintenance - Spring boxes, low cost, low tech - Increased flow by ~7200 liters / day - >120 people days - ~$500

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

**No ladies **No sustainability **Not completed

Approach

Over 50% of all water projects fail in the first few years - Not charity, empowerment - Build demand for services - <20% technical

Approach

Community-led design - Immersion - Facilitation - Technical guidance - Skills transfer - Inclusive decision making** - Ownership No subsidies* - Community labor & funding

Safe, Sustainable Water Access

Pachputewadi - Pop ~400 Water supply: - Natural springs - Gravity fed ~2 km Challenges: - Declining flow - Aging system - Contamination - Inadequate supply

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

Why WASH? Waterborne diseases

3.5 million children die from diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections

0% 20% 10% 30% 40%

Point of use water treatment

Hand washing with soap

Source Water Treatment

Sanitation

Water Supply

Hygiene Education

2000$ 1000$ 3000$ 4000$

1658 to 8274

Measles Immunizations

Latrine Construction & Promotion

Water sector regulation and advocacy

Handpump or stand post

Cholera Immunizations

257 to 4566

< 270

94

47

3.35

5000$

39

32

28

25

11

Graph 1 : Reduction in Diarrheal Morbidity (%) per Intervention

Graph 2 : Cost per Intervention to avert 1 DALY due to Diarrheal Disease.

Hygiene promotion with hand washing with soap

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Challenges of health related behavior change Knowing vs. Doing Not just developing country

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)

Tippy taps Bringing to life WHY, HOW and WHEN Community immersion and follow up Focused WMG’s leveraged approach

LRG Approach

LOCAL: - 600 children - Program Development - Proposals

LRG Approach

LOCAL: - 600 children - Program Development - Proposals REGIONAL: - District mandate - Resource center - NGO capacity

LRG Approach

LOCAL: - 600 children - Program Development - Proposals REGIONAL: - District mandate - Resource center - NGO capacity GLOBAL: - Website & Video - Networking - Sharing

WMG India 2011 & 2012

Panchgani - home, solid waste, RWH demo, sanitation, organic farming

Taighat - forestry, watershed, spring protection

Kinghar - well recharge

Pachputewadi, spring protection, drinking water, hygiene

Abhepuri - 400 hectare irrigation, hygiene, well recharge, sanitation

Dandeghar – water quality

Projects >> Programs WASH: - School hygiene - tippytap.org - Sanitation?? Watershed: - Spring protection - Well recharge

WMG India 2011 & 2012

Fund raising: - Private & corporate donors - Scaling to 10 villages - Impacting 20K people Admin: - Recruit & train staff - Org development - Legal entity

WMG India 2011 & 2012

Beyond Jared & Sowmya: - 2009: $0 - 2010: $600 + 2200 - 2011: $4200 + 4000 - 2012 : $5700 + ? Models for impact: - Consultancy - Major grant or contract (WB, AID, UN) - Up internal capacity

WMG India 2011 & 2012

What WMGi needs: - Promotion - Fund raising - International cmt WMG goes on tour! World Bank, US Agency for International Development, Case Foundation, Global Giving, Association for India’s Development, American Indian Community Foundation, Rotary

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