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Name as many NGOs as you can
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Learning Objective To understand what NGOs and TNCs ( key players) 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)
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What is the Link?
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Very good advert on water aid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtxtYPIb7E&feature=chan nel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUFe3DBlXhA&featur e=channel Water aid solutions WaterAid – an NGO
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Water Aid Projects - Sustainable? Works in 17 countries globally http://www.wateraid.org/uk/what_we_do/where_we_work/default.asphttp://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
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TNC’s P.90 1.Why will TNC have more of a say over water in the future? 2.What advantages does privatisation of water supplies bring? Look at the example of SUEZ 3.What problems can privatisation bring? 4.Do you think privatisation of water supplies is a solution to water scarcity?
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Other things TNC can do GM crops Trade more in virtual water
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtmpQMf1 oqY&feature=channel_page Watch if time – advert on solutions from WaterAid
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