Walk4Wells Toolkit by Plan International USA

Walk4Wells Toolkit

Introduction This toolkit is designed to give people like you the opportunity to take action through Plan International USA’s Walk4Wells campaign. Inside, you’ll find resources and information to help you: • Learn about the challenges of accessing safe water and clean toilets in the developing world • Understand how Plan combats these challenges • Raise awareness about the importance of clean water • Organize a Walk4Wells event and become part of the solution to the global water crisis!

So what are you waiting for? Join Plan and our nationwide network, Youth United for Global Action and Awareness (YUGA), and become part of a movement that’s sharing water with the world.

About Youth United for Global Action and Awareness (YUGA) YUGA is a nationwide network of ambitious young people who take action on world issues. Through campaigns and awareness-raising activities, YUGA members educate their schools and communities on global challenges and engage them in finding solutions.

Plan International’s Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Program Plan International USA is part of a global organization called Plan International that works with communities in over 50 developing countries. We help people get clean water and raise awareness about the importance of sanitary bathrooms and good hygiene practices, like handwashing. With our global reach, we have a huge impact. In 2012, Plan International supported over 400,000 households to improve their bathroom facilities and helped communities to build and restore nearly 4,000 wells. We focus on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) because we know that when people in developing countries don’t have clean water, it can be even harder for them to tackle other issues, like gender equality or access to education and medical care.

Walk4Wells Walk4Wells is a walk-a-thon that puts YOU in the shoes of a young boy or girl who has to walk in search of water every day. When you, your friends, and your community join together for a Walk4Wells event, you begin to understand the challenge of finding clean water—and you become part of the solution.

Table of Contents Educate WASH Dictionary.........................................................................................................................................................5 Why Clean Water?........................................................................................................................................................6 WASH and Girls............................................................................................................................................................7 Top 5 Challenges of the Global Crisis........................................................................................................................8 Top 5 Solutions of the Global Crisis..........................................................................................................................9 Plan Project Spotlight: Burkina Faso.......................................................................................................................10 What Do WASH Programs Really Do?.................................................................................................................... 11

Raise Awareness Visualize It....................................................................................................................................................................12 International Days of Action.....................................................................................................................................12 5 Ways to Conserve Water TODAY..........................................................................................................................13

Activities Shake My Hand................................................................................................................................................... 14–15 How Do You Measure Up?................................................................................................................................. 16–17 WASH Team Trivia...............................................................................................................................................18–21

Answers & References................................................................................................................................21 Fundraise — Walk4Wells What is Walk4Wells?................................................................................................................................................ 22 YUGA Spotlight: NJ Schools Give H2O.................................................................................................................. 23

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WASH Dictionary Get to know these water-related words and become a WASH expert!

Borehole – A hole drilled in the earth

Diarrhea – A condition where feces is runny

to extract a resource (in this case, water). A borehole is a type of well that is useful when the water is very deep underground or when the ground is very hard.

or watery instead of solid. People can become very dehydrated when they have diarrhea, and this is a common cause of death among children in developing countries. Diarrheal infections can be spread through dirty hands, contaminated water, or direct contact with feces.

Cholera – An infection in the intestines that brings on diarrhea and vomiting, which can cause severe dehydration. It is spread by drinking water that is contaminated by feces of an infected person. Cholera can spread quickly and often impacts people in developing countries after a flood or disaster, like an earthquake.

Contaminated water – Water that has been tainted by bacteria from feces or other pollutants. In many developing countries, people collect their water at streams, ponds, and rivers—open sources that can easily become contaminated. People and animals often use the same source for all their daily needs, including bathing, washing, and drinking. Humans get sick by drinking contaminated water from these open sources.

Freshwater – Water that has a low concentration of salt. Freshwater is best for drinking when treated properly. Ocean or salt water is not considered freshwater. Open defecation – Pooping outside in a place other than a toilet or latrine. Open defecation can be common in developing countries, where many people simply do not have access to a toilet or latrine. It is often a culturally-accepted Say It Si practice, making it hard mply defe c a tion for people to switch = f e c from open defecation es = pooping p sani urine = oop to using a toilet. a

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Drinking water or potable water – Water that is safe enough for people to drink and clean enough that it will not make them sick.

Sanitation – Facilities like toilets or latrines that safely dispose of human waste (urine and feces). When people defecate in the open, their feces can contaminate the water supply. Poor sanitation is a major cause of disease and death all over the world, especially for young children.

Hygiene – A set of practices that people adopt, like handwashing, bathing, or brushing teeth, that can lead to good health. Good hygiene practices are used to prevent the spread of bacteria and disease. (Ever think about why we always wash our hands after we use the bathroom? That’s hygiene!) planusa.org/youth

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Why Clean Water?

As people living in the United States, we have access to safe drinking water. It’s a part of our everyday lives. Running water allows us to shower in the morning, water the lawn in the afternoon, cook dinner in the evening, and keep hydrated throughout the day. Imagine now, if you can, that there is no running water. What would you do? What if you had to fetch water every morning, walking three miles each way, and waiting in line at the pump for half an hour? Getting water would become a priority, even before going to school. It might sound hard to believe, but for millions of people around the world, this walk for water is a part of daily life.

Now, if you didn’t have running water, it’s possible that you wouldn’t have a toilet either. If you and your family practiced open defecation and then couldn’t wash your hands, you might easily get sick from the spread of bacteria. Without access to clean drinking water and toilets, life is challenging, strenuous, and dangerous—especially for women and girls. That’s because in most families in developing countries, it is a girl’s responsibility to fetch water for her family. The long walk to the well or water pump may force her to miss school, and if her school doesn’t have water, she is even less likely to attend class. But by providing access to water and separate latrines for boys and girls, the number of girls who are in school can increase by up to 15%.

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WASH and Girls Water, sanitation, and hygiene issues affect everyone in the community but have an even bigger impact on girls. Why is that, you ask? Because girls are often the ones responsible for collecting water for the family. Girls do the cooking and cleaning, and water is essential to completing their chores. When girls go on long journeys to fetch water alone, they are at risk of being attacked or abusedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and when a girl hits puberty she needs access to a bathroom so she can keep herself clean. Check out this diagram below to see how girls are affected.

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Challenges

Top 5 Challenges of the Global Crisis: 1. WATER SCARCITY. Roughly 1 in 10 people in the world do not have access to clean water, meaning that millions of people have to walk to get the water they need. 2. POOR WATER QUALITY. Much of the water that is close to where people live in developing countries is contaminated, and drinking this contaminated water can lead to life-threatening illnesses like diarrhea and cholera.

In 2012, 2 million children under the age of five died due to diarrhea and pneumonia. 3. HIGH COST OF WATER. If drinking water is scarce or unavailable, people may have to buy water, which can be expensive. When families have to spend money on water, there is less money for other important needs, like medical care and school fees. 4. POOR SANITATION. 2.5 billion people in the developing world (that’s 1/3 of the world’s population!) lack sanitation facilities—latrines, toilets, and sewage systems that actually work. In fact, more people have access to a mobile phone than a toilet!

On average, women in developing countries must walk 3 miles per day carrying 44lbs. of water.

5. OVER-CONSUMPTION. Easy access to a supply of clean water in developed countries like the United States has led to over-consumption of water, plus the perception that there is an endless supply of water for everyone.

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Solutions Top 5 Solutions of the Global Crisis: 1. BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOURCES OF WATER. There are many tools to help people get clean water, such as hand pumps, boreholes, and rainwater harvesting. Equally important is the maintenance of these tools and the existing sources of water—for example, continuing upkeep for water pumps and protecting freshwater springs. 2. WATER TREATMENT AND POLLUTION MANAGEMENT. In order to provide more clean water, water pollution must be prevented, contaminated water must be treated (with filters or iodine tablets), and waste water must be well-managed so it doesn’t contaminate clean water.

More than 200 million tons of human waste goes untreated each year—enough feces to fill close to 400 oil tankers. 3. TECHNOLOGY THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR A COMMUNITY. People need the resources and skills to not only build latrines and other sanitation facilities for their families and communities, but they also need to know how to take care of the equipment that they depend on, like hand pumps and boreholes. 4. BUILDING LATRINES AND IMPLEMENTING HANDWASHING PROGRAMS. Controlling how people get rid of human waste (urine and feces) is vital for preventing disease. That means people must build and maintain bathrooms and change their behaviors. Plan programs that encourage handwashing with soap—particularly those programs that involve people teaching their friends and family—have been very effective at promoting hygiene. 5. BETTER WATER GOVERNANCE AND USE. In some countries, governments give preference to people who can pay for their water, and some do not enforce water pollution laws, like rules against dumping chemicals into rivers. All communities should have enforced policies in place that regulate water distribution, usage, and pollution, but that often doesn’t happen in developing countries. If people in developed countries like the United States reduce their water consumption by recycling, buying less bottled water, and using eco-friendly products and utilities, then there could be more water available in the future. The average American uses roughly 30 times more water than the average person who lives in Sub-Saharan Africa. planusa.org/youth

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PLAN PROJECT Spotlight: Burkina Faso

As we have already learned, there is a clear link between access to WASH and school enrollment and attendance. Knowing this, Plan teamed up with the government of Burkina Faso and a few other non-governmental organizations for the Burkinabé Response to Improve Girls’ Chances to Succeed (BRIGHT) project. BRIGHT began in 2005 and focuses on improving access to and quality of education, especially for girls. Its second phase resulted in 10 new boreholes, 7 repaired boreholes, 260 new blocks of latrines, 260 new handwashing devices, and nearly 600 teachers trained in WASH, among many other positive impacts in 10 provinces.

Burkina Response to Increase Development of Girls’ Education, or BRIDGE, will expand upon the successes of BRIGHT and build secondary schools complete with boreholes and separate boys’ and girls’ latrines, in six schools in the providences of Namentenga and Sanmatenga in the Center North region. Contributions raised from Walk4Wells events will support this program and ensure more boys and girls are walking to school for clean water!

One post-project focus group participant reported that because of BRIGHT, “our children are educated. Plus, we broke out of ignorance thanks to the literacy training; our diet and hygiene have also improved. We have better access to potable water.”

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What WASH Programs Really Do

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BOREHOLES: A hand pump for a borehole in Cameroon provides potable water, especially important after recent flooding.

WATER TREATMENT: Volunteers in the Philippines treat their unclean water with an easy-to-make bio-sand filter.

SPRING PROTECTION: People from a village in Ethiopia work together to maintain a spring, the water source for their community and their livestock.

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RAINWATER HARVESTING: In Nepal, rainwater flows from roof gutters into a large container during the rainy season. The water will be used during the dry season, when wells dry out.

LATRINES: With new latrines, villagers in Laos no longer have to go outside to relieve themselves.

HANDWASHING: Handwashing programs for children at schools in Nicaragua encourage better hygiene.

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Visualize It

Watch and learn and then share these videos with your friends and family. Go to bit.ly/walk4wellsvideos to find more videos in our YouTube playlist! CLEAN SAFE DRINKING WATER

Participate in International Days of Action Here’s a heads-up on important international days on which to take action in 2013. Mark your calendar! We’ll send out talking points and to-do lists on each of these Days of Action:

*MARCH 22

SEPTEMBER 18

OCTOBER 15

NOVEMBER 19

* World Water Day (March 22, 2013) is an important day, recognized all around the world, for people to take action for water, sanitation, and hygiene. If possible, use it as the day to run your Walk 4 Wells event!

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Top 5 Ways to Save Water TODAY The average American household uses 400 gallons of water a day, when only about 5 gallons are needed to survive! There are lots of easy things you and your family can do to reduce the amount of water you use. (Note: numbers refer to the gallons of water used per activity by one person.)

Take shorter showers and don’t let the water run while brushing your teeth.

5 minute shower = 76 gallons of water 19 gallons of water

¼ lb. beef (375 gallons)

¼ lb. chicken (72 gallons)

20 minute shower =

Buy fewer new items and more recycled goods, such as clothing and paper. And don’t forget to recycle!

12 flushes of toilet (60 gallons) vs. 6 flushes of toilet (30 gallons)

Consume food and drinks that use less water to make. Try to eat more vegetarian meals.

New pair of jeans (1800 gallons) vs. used pair of jeans (0 gallons)

Institute some new household water use rules: only flush after pooping; don’t run the dishwasher or washing machine unless the machines are full; and, fill the sink when handwashing dishes or washing fruits/vegetables (rather than running under the faucet).

Fix leaky faucets/toilets and buy energy-efficient products and utilities.

Energy-efficient washing machine (22 gallons/load) vs. normal washing machine (40 gallons/load)

Raise awareness by doing one of the following activities with your friends and family. It’s a great way to get people involved in hands-on learning! planusa.org/youth

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#1: Shake My Hand

Goal:

Learn about the spread of germs and the importance of hand-washing with soap.

Time:

10 minutes

Participants:

Suggested – 16; minimum – 10

Materials:

Vegetable oil, coffee grounds, soap, water, and buckets for handwashing

Prep:

Fill one bucket with water and one bucket with soap and water ahead of time.

Part A: Shake My Hand The goal of the game is to talk to as many people as possible in one minute. Start by shaking hands with the person closest to you and then ask a question (i.e. How old are you? Where do you live? What’s your favorite food?). After both of you have asked and answered questions, move on to the next person. (It doesn’t matter what questions you ask, just that you talk!) At the end of one minute, ask everyone to report how many people they were able to talk to. Next, ask for 1/2 to 2/3 of your participants (5-7 if you have 10 participants) to volunteer to get a little messy. Pour a small amount of oil into the hands of your volunteers and have them rub their hands together. Next, select half of the now-oily volunteers and pour a small amount of coffee grounds into their oily hands and ask them to rub their hands together. Those with coffee grounds on their hands are “coffee hands.” Do another round of talking and handshaking, this time with the oil and coffee grounds. Again, give everyone one minute to make introductions and ask questions.

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Part B: Discussion and Demonstration 1. After the game is over, ask the original “coffee hands” to sit down. 2. Ask anyone who shook hands with the “coffee hands” to show their own hands (which should have some coffee grounds, too!) and sit down. 3. Is there anyone who doesn’t have coffee on their hands? Have all those with coffee on their hands sit. Take note how fast the coffee spread through the group. The coffee is representative of bacteria and look how fast it spread! 4. Ask for two volunteers to come up and try to wash the coffee and oil off their hands. One should use the bucket with water and the other should use the bucket with soap and water. 5. While the volunteers are washing their hands, explain the F-Diagram on the following page. 6. Check in with the hand-washers to see whether the soap makes a difference in effectively cleaning their hands. Tell them that handwashing with soap is the single most effective health intervention—making it super-important to do every time you use the bathroom! Walk4Wells Toolkit | 14

7. Explain that there is a “correct” method of hand-washing beyond just using soap. How To Wash Your Hands: 1. Wet your hands with clean, warm water and apply enough soap to cover all hand surfaces. 2. Rub your hands together so the water and soap lather. Continue to scrub them well, getting the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails. 3. Spend time washing your hands for about 20-30 seconds. You should be able to sing “Happy Birthday” twice while scrubbing your hands! 4. Rinse your hands under clean water. 5. Dry hands thoroughly with a clean towel or air dry and use a towel to turn off the faucet. 8. Explain that this exercise demonstrates how easy it is for germs to spread from just one of the “coffee hands,” and imagine if instead of coffee, this was traces of feces and fecal bacteria—a reality for many people throughout the world. Fluids

Toilet Barrier

Safe Water Barrier

Fields/Floors

Feces of Infected Person

Future Victim of Diarrheal/ Disease New Host

Foods

Flies

Fingers

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Hygiene & Hand-washing Barriers

SECONDARY BARRIER

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#2: How Do YOU Measure Up?

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Goal:

Learn about the average American’s consumption of water by tracking your own water use.

Time:

20 minutes

Participants:

Suggested – 10; minimum – 5

Materials:

Water Consumption Charts (on next page)

Prep:

Make copies of the Water Consumption Charts for activity participants.

Part A: Introduction

Part B: Discussion and Demonstration

First, ask people to guess how many gallons of water they use in a day or a week. They might have some very different guesses!

1. Which activity uses the greatest amount of water daily?

Next, hand out the Water Consumption Charts and ask people to estimate their water use at home and in school for one week by recording it on the chart. Once the estimates are complete, come back together to do the math. Make sure participants remember to multiply their per-minute or per-glass activities (i.e., taking a shower or drinking water) before multiplying by the number of times they do that activity in a week. Once they have multiplied their activities, have participants add the total gallons used on the activity in a week to find out how much water they consumed for all of these activities.

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2. Who uses the most water in your family? Is it a woman or a man? Why? 3. Did you consume more or less than the average amount of water used by an American each day (100 gallons)? 4. Did this activity make you think about your use of water? What changes would you make to reduce the amount of water you use? 5. If you had to carry the amount of water you use each day, how many extra pounds would you carry with you (1 gallon of water = 8 lbs)? 6. The average daily consumption of water in the developing world is 2.6 gallons, but the recommended daily amount to survive is 5 gallons. What would you have to change about your lifestyle to only use 5 gallons of water each day?

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Water Consumption Chart Activity

Amount of water used

Flushing the toilet

4 gallons per flush

Taking a bath

30 gallons per bath

Taking a shower

4 gallons per minute

Washing your hands

2 gallons per minute

Brushing your teeth

2 gallons per minute

Doing laundry

45 gallons per load

Hand-washing dishes

10 gallons per meal

Using the dishwasher

15 gallons per load

Hand-washing your car

50 gallons per wash

Taking your car to the car wash

12 gallons per wash

Amount of times you do the activity in a week

Total gallons used on this activity in a week (column 2 x column 3)

Drinking a glass 8 oz. per glass of water (128 oz. = 1 gallon) Total:

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#3: WASH Team Trivia

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Goal:

Compete to answer the most questions about water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Time:

35 minutes

Ages:

15 and up

Participants:

Suggested – 14; minimum – 6; 1 to act as Quizmaster (person who reads questions, checks answers, and calculates points)

Materials:

Answer sheets (1 per team), pens/pencils, prize for winning team

Prep:

Make copies of Team Answer Sheets for each team.

Part A: What do YOU know about WASH? Divide into teams. Explain that there are 20 questions and four rounds. Each team will work together to come up with a single answer for each question. Give teams about 30 seconds to answer each question. Ask one person from each team to bring you their answer sheets at the conclusion of each round to tally the points The Quizmaster should use the Answer Sheet to check answers. Each correct answer is worth one point. The team with the most points at the end wins! Questions Round 1: Sources of Water 1. What percentage of earth’s water is fresh? (A. 2.5%, B. 10%, C. 35%, D. 60%) 2. What portion of earth’s freshwater is not frozen? (A. 1/4, B. 1/3, C. 1/2, D. 3/4)

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3. A hundred million years ago, the planet had ___ water than it does now. (A. more, B. less, C. the same amount) 4. Which of the following contains more freshwater? (A. clouds and water vapor, or B. all of the world’s rivers) 5. Where does our drinking water come from? (A. surface water, B. groundwater, C. seawater with the salt removed, or D. all of the above) Round 2: Access to WASH 6. How many people in the world lack a toilet? (A. 1 in 3, B. 1 in 5, C. 1 in 10, D. 1 in 20) 7. How many people in the world lack clean drinking water? (A. 1 in 2, B. 1 in 10, C. 1 in 15, D. 1 in 30) 8. What percentage of people worldwide do not have water piped to their homes? (A. 5%, B. 22%, C. 46%, D. 70%)

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9. What percentage of people without a source of clean water lives in rural areas? (A. 12%, B. 35%, C. 60%, D. 80%) 10. Poor people living in the slums typically pay how much more for water than wealthy people living in the same city? (A. twice as much, B. 7 times as much, C. 12 times as much, or D. 30 times as much) Round 3: Consumption & Use 11. What accounts for the vast majority of world water usage? (A. industry, B. farming and ranching, C. drinking water, or D. electricity generation) 12. How much water does the average American use at home each day? (A. 25 gallons, B. 50 gallons, C. 75 gallons, or D. 100 gallons) 13. How many liters of water does it take to produce a liter of bottled water? (A. 1, B. 3, C. 5, or D. 10) 14. What country consumes the most bottled water per capita? (A. South Africa, B. United States, C. Australia, or D. Italy) 15. The production of what food uses more than 4900 liters of water to provide 500 calories? (A. potatoes, B. rice, C. beef, or D. poultry) Round 4: Consequences of WASH & WASH Programs

from water-related diseases? (A. 1/4, B. 1/3, C. 1/2, D. 3/4) 17. Which of these illnesses kills the most children under age 5 per year? (A. diarrhea B. malaria C. HIV/AIDS D. tuberculosis) 18. On average, how many pounds of water do women in developing countries carry for 3 miles each day? (A. 20 lbs, B. 30 lbs, C. 40 lbs, or D. 50 lbs) 19. How much can girls’ school enrollment rates improve if separate boys’ and girls’ bathrooms are built? (A. 5%, B. 15%, C. 35%, D. 60%) 20. Hand-washing with soap can reduce the incidence of diarrhea by what percent? (A. 5-7%, B. 12-15%, C. 21-24%, or D. 44-47%)

Part B: Discussion 1. What facts did you find most surprising? Least surprising? 2. How is water used in ways other than for drinking and washing? 3. How does a lack of clean water or toilets and latrines affect people’s health? 4. How are water, sanitation, and hygiene different in the U.S. and in developing countries? 5. What can YOU do about global WASH issues?

16. At any given time, what portion of the world’s hospital beds are filled with people suffering

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Answers & References Answers to Trivia Questions: 1. A. 2.5% 2. B. 1/3 3. C. the same amount 4. A. clouds and water vapor – 6x more than all the rivers 5. D. all of the above

11. B. farming and ranching – 64% 12. D. 100 gallons – more than 15x that of most in developing countries 13. B. 3 liters 14. D. Italy 15. C. beef

6. A. 1 in 3 – 2.5 billion people 7. B. 1 in 10 – 783 million people in total 8. C. 46% 9. D. 80% 10. B. 7 times as much

16. C. 1/2 17. A. diarrhea 18. C. 40 lbs. 19. B. 15% 20. D. 44-47%

Toolkit References: Page 6: • UN Water. “Sanitation: A wise investment for health, dignity, and development.” Key Messages for the International Year of Sanitation. 2008. Page 8: • UNICEF and World Health Organization. “Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2012 Update.” 2012. • Global Water Challenge. “Current global water and sanitation situation factsheet.” 2008. • UNICEF. “Pneumonia and diarrhea: Tackling the deadliest diseases for the world’s poorest children.” 2012. http:// www.unicef.org/media/files/UNICEF_P_D_complete_0604.pdf. • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Global WASH fast facts.” 2012. http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/global/wash_statistics.html. • Giridharadas, Anand. “Where a cellphone is still cutting edge.” New York Times. 10 April, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/weekinreview/11giridharadas.html?ref=weekinreview&_r=0. Page 9: • UNICEF. “Why improved sanitation is important for children.” 2008. Estimated with data from http://www.unwater.org/wwd08/docs/kids-sanitation.pdf. • United States Environmental Protection Agency. “Water Trivia Facts.” 2012. http://water.epa.gov/learn/kids/drinkingwater/water_trivia_facts.cfm#_edn5. Page 13: • “Every Drop Counts: 10 ways to stop wasting water.” GOOD Magazine. Web. October. 2012. http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/1108/water-usage/transparency.jpg. • “Fagerstrom and Smith. “Conserve Water at Home”. More Show Me How: Everything We Couldn’t Fit in the First Book: Instructions for Life from the Everyday to the Exotic. New York: Collins Design, 2010. 102.” • “Walk This Way: Making the Right Choices to Reduce Your Water Footprint.” GOOD Magazine. Web. October. 2012. http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/trans0309walkthisway.jpg. • World Health Organization. Estimated with data from http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/emergencies/qa/emergencies_qa5/en/index.html. Page 15: • CDC. “Wash your hands.” http://www.cdc.gov/features/handwashing. • Water 1st International. Modified using data from: http://www.water1st.org/millions-of-children-die-each-year.

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Walk4Wells

What is Walk4Wells? Walk4Wells is a walk-a-thon that puts YOU in the shoes of a young boy or girl who has to walk in search of water every day. When you, your friends, and your community join together for a Walk4Wells event, you begin to understand the challenge of finding clean water—and you become part of the solution. Walk4Wells focuses on a different country every year. For 2013, all of the funds you raise will provide support to Plan’s water and sanitation programs in Burkina Faso. You will help to build wells and latrines at six schools in Burkina Faso so that the students there can stay healthy and get an education.

Why Walk? We focus on building wells because it’s a simple solution to many difficult problems, including diseases caused by dirty water. In developing countries, diarrhea caused by a lack of clean water is the second leading cause of death for children under the age of 5. That’s why we construct boreholes for schools and communities—a borehole for a well can reach safe, uncontaminated water deep underground. When you participate in Walk4Wells, you walk for millions of young people who struggle to find clean water every day. Walk4Wells and help students reach their dreams!

Just $245 dollars will dig the borehole necessary to install a well and provide access to clean water at school!

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YUGA Spotlight: NJ Schools Give H20

During the 2011-2012 school year, students at William Davies Middle School in Mays Landing, New Jersey studied a cross-curricular unit on the effects of water and the environment called Give Help 2 Others (H20). As a culminating activity, students, staff, parents, and community members participated in a big Walk4Wells on March 24, 2012. The students and teachers at William Davies teamed up with their friends at the St. Vincent de Paul Regional School to run the event—and to double their impact! The event included a six-kilometer walk/run. The organizers chose that distance due to the fact that the average child in Africa walks six kilometers a day for water. The schools accepted donations in the form of money ($20 from runners, $15 from walkers, and runner/walker pledges) as well as items to auction, like a baseball jersey and a golf package. Together, the schools raised $4,000 to help build a well in Burkina Faso! This year, they hope to host the event again and increase their support to Plan’s water and sanitation projects. Ericka, one of the organizing teachers, described the Walk4Wells event as “very successful in impacting the lives of students and assisting a worthy cause.”

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