Name as many NGOs as you can

Learning Objective To understand what NGOs (a key player) are doing to solve water scarcity Why ? Using named examples, assess the role of different players and decision makers in trying to secure a sustainable ‘water future’.(15)

What is the Link?

WaterAid – an NGO Very good advert on water aid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtxtYPIb7E&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFe3DBlXhA&feature=channel Water aid solutions

Water Aid Projects - Sustainable? Works in 17 countries globally http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/default.asp Ethiopia Mobile toilets have been established in the capital Addis Ababa These help keep the environment clean Provides the homeless with employment Uganda In the Wakiso district educate people about sanitation methods. Involves : - Maintain water sources and stop animals using it - Locals are taught how to construct latrines, so the water does not become contaminated with faeces Ghana Here over 5 million have no access to clean water Wateraid provided tools and education on how to dig wells to pump clean water – go below the water table and put stones in bottom to act as filter Villagers form a committee and decided where the well will be Some trained in how to repair Impacts – more people attend school, less illness, more people sell food and ice water, less time to fetch water Bangladesh Water Aid and its partners negotiated with the Dhaka city water authorities for permission to establish communal water points, where slum communities can access water from the city water supplies through hand pumps The water points are run on a cost-recovery basis where users pay a small fee to the community management committee to use the facilities

WaterAid Can WaterAid form part of a realistic solution to water supply problems in LEDCs?