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January 31, 2012

Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability

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Coalition of corporations, NGOs and other stakeholders committed to achieving universal access to WASH. Members include:

o Corporations: Cargill, Dow, Ford, Kimberly-Clark, Merck, The Coca-Cola Company o Leading NGOs: WaterAid, Water For People, Water.org, CARE, CRS, etc. o Foundations: Wallace Genetic Foundation, Case Foundation

Accelerating the delivery of WASH through partnerships that catalyze financial support and drive innovation for sustainable solutions:

o WASH in Schools: SWASH+, Mexico Schools Program, Support My School, A-WASH o Women for Water o Ashoka Changemakers

GWC catalyzes high impact partnerships bringing new donors to the sector to fund innovative and sustainable WASH programs.

Global Water Challenge (GWC)

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If every hand pump

installed in Africa

in the past 20

years still worked,

as many as 66 MM

more people

would have access

to water.

Changing Today, For Tomorrow

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• Open-source

• Brought to life by endorsers

• Value-add for all

• Agreed upon best practices

• Strengthened by broad endorsement

“To collaboratively promote the delivery of safe water,

sanitation, and hygiene services that produce high-

quality, lasting benefits to consumers.”

WASH Sustainability Charter

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Outcome of the January 2011 WASH Sustainability Forum • Nearly 100 people • Over 50 organizations

Compiled with the support of Deloitte • With guidance from participants at the Forum

Draft was shared for public feedback • Feedback submitted from throughout the

sector

Final version was released • Launched on www.WASHCharter.org • Notable media coverage

Over 100 Endorsers •And counting…

The WASH Sustainability Process

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The WASH Sustainability Charter

Framework | Roadmap | Checklist | Conversation Starter | Commitment

1. Strategy and Planning 2. Governance and Accountability 3. Service Delivery Support 4. Financial Management 5. Reporting and Knowledge Sharing

16 principles 5 areas

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• Provides opportunity for consistency

• Leverages and unites initiatives

• Charter is aligned with:

– Triple-S

– Sanitation and Water for All

– Collaborative Monitoring

– WASH Advocates, Global

Water Challenge

– Water Person Years

Aligning Diverse Initiatives

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Sector-Wide: • SustainableWASH.org

• Landscape Survey

• WASH Webinar Series

Individually: • Tool for programming

• Resource for assessment

• Aid in partner selection

Changing Business as Usual

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Global Water Challenge (GWC)

Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF)

H20 For Life Hazara Development & Advocacy

Foundation (HADAF) Helping Hand For Relief & Development

Improve International International Development Enterprise,

Cambodia Karnali Integrate Rural Development &

Research Center (KIRDARC) Kenya Community Health Network

Liquid Water, Inc Living Water International

Millennium Water Alliance (MWA) Nakuru Defluoridation Company, Ltd.

Nepal Water for Health (NEWAH) Portapure

Project WET Pueblo a Pueblo

Pure Water for the World, Inc. Rising Star Outreach

Safe Water and AIDS Project (SWAP) Sark Foundation

Save the Children, USA

Serving Humanity through Empowerment and Development (SHED), Inc.

Sindhica Reforms Society Pakistan Solarsido

South African Toilet Organisation (SATO) Sustainable Environment Development Initiative

Sustainable Sanitation Design Taakulo Somaliland Community (WASCO)

Tearfund tippytap.org

Triple-S – IRC International Water and Sanitation Center

Udyama UGoS

United Force for Development (UFFD) Upez African Humanitarian Development Project

(UAHDP) Village Science

WASH Advocacy Initiative Water 1st International

WaterAid Water and Sanitation Program (WSP)

Water and Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG)

Water Services Trust Fund (WSTF), Kenya Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council

(WSSCC) Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP)

Water For People Wellman Waterworks

Welthungerhilfe Women Collaborative Development Foundation,

Ghana World Vision

a child’s right Africare

Aguaconsult Agua Para La Vida

An Organization for Socio-Economic Development (AOSED) The Aquaya Institute

Behrhorst Partners for Development BIOBOX Moçambique Blue Planet Network

CARE Catholic Relief Services

Centre for Community Health Research (CCHR)

Climbing for Water CLLEEN Water and Power

Community Based Total Sanitation (STBM Indonesia)

Community Water Solutions Conrad N. Hilton Foundation

Cowater International CREPA-African Center for WASH

El Porvenir Engineers Without Borders Australia Engineers Without Borders Canada

FairWater Fantsuam Foundation

Ghana Young Artisans Movement Gramalaya

Guarantee Environment on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (GEOWASH)

Endorsers

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• Publicly signals commitment

• Provides commonly agreed upon guidance

• Aligns individual approach with sector-wide

conversation

• Delivers competitive advantage

• Strengthens communications

• Offers clear benchmarks for sustainability

How You can Leverage the

Charter

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• Stone Prize (February)

• Release of WASH Sustainability

Landscape Report (March)

• Launch of WASH Advancement Resource

Portal (W.A.R.P) (May)

• Development of Opt-In Charter

Assessments (September)

• WASH Sustainability Webinars (Ongoing)

• Collaboration on WASH Sustainability

Tools (Ongoing)

Looking Forward:

2012 and Beyond

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1. Endorse the Charter, and bring it to life in

your organization.

2. Conduct an internal assessment to determine

the sustainability of your programs.

3. Talk about your data, and learn from it.

4. Leverage best practices and tools that have

been developed.

5. Continue the conversation through

SustainableWASH.org, webinars, and talking

with your partners about the tough

questions.

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