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“Children’s Safe Water Alliance” Alianza del Agua Sana Para Los Niños

“Children’s Safe Water Alliance” Alianza del Agua Sana Para Los Niños. Rotary District 4060 Dominican Republic. Problem – Water Quality. Internal Intervention Process. Seeding education yields acceptance and improved health. CSW Projects Dominican Republic & Haiti 14,800 Filters installed.

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“Children’s Safe Water Alliance” Alianza del Agua Sana Para Los Niños

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  1. “Children’s Safe Water Alliance”Alianza del Agua Sana Para Los Niños Rotary District 4060Dominican Republic

  2. Problem – Water Quality

  3. Internal Intervention Process Seeding education yields acceptance and improved health

  4. CSW Projects Dominican Republic & Haiti 14,800 Filters installed TRF Grant 2,000 HydraAid 2008

  5. Observations • Effective Technologies Exist • Once Accepted People Love Filters • Perceived Value – Before & After • Poor Consumer Demand • Wide Spread Skepticism

  6. Demand & Water Quality Perceptions • Demand not predicated by scientific evidence • Water quality is not a high priority with many • Threshold to pay increases with education • People are skeptical of snake oil salesmen • Customers favor choice and selection

  7. Road Map to Success Legitimize Point of Use Technologies Must have international scientific community work in conjunction with governments to accept and certify usage. The children of the world do not have the luxury of waiting for silver bullets. Create Demand Large scale concerted efforts to educate the worlds population as to the water problem. Social and commercial “marketing” of household water treatment technologies. Technology must be pulled through rather than pushed down. Simultaneous Supply & Access Ethically, as demand is created affordable technology must be provided. Developing manufacturing & distribution pipelines of water improvement technologies. Continue research and development of current and future technologies.

  8. Everybody Has a Roll to Play Governments International Health & Scientific Community National Safe Water Alliance Project Implementers POPULATION Funding Sources Private & Public Distributors Manufacturers

  9. Virtually every child could have access to improved water technology

  10. CSW Alliance Contributors The Rotary Foundation Rotary Districts * Clubs * Rotarians • 4060 5280 5360 5370 5450 5890 6290 6360 6380 • 6400 6990 7010 7020 7070 7080 7780 7810 7930 Add Your Light Foundation Association of BioSand Manufacturers – Dominican Republic Canadian Embassy- Santo Domingo Clinton Foundation Columbia University FUNDASEP FUNDASUR International Aid Manz Water Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIR Foundation Peace Corps – Dominican Republic Project Las Americas Solid Rock Missions Thirsting To Serve University of North Carolina

  11. Bring Hope to Children “Marisol’s life has been transformed, which began with clean water. Today she goes to school and dreams of a future” Bob Hildreth Project Las Americas agua@volcris.com

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