Rotary Districts 5440/5450/9212

WATERSANITATION& HYGIENE SYMPOSIUMSaturday, March 19, 2016Metropolitan State UniversityAuraria Campus

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE

WASH

WELCOMEWelcome to the 4th annual Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Symposium presented by Rotary Districts 5440, 5450 and 9212! We are delighted that you chose to spend the day with us, and trust that both your participation and contribution will serve to further the cause for safe water and adequate sanitation worldwide. As we endeavor to tackle this global initiative, we have called upon some of the WASH sectors best and brightest to lead us through a discussion of the strategies that will equip us to pursue actionable and sustainable solutions to empower a new generation of advocates.

This year the symposium focuses on a new Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) strategy as developed by the Rotary Vocational Training Team (VTT) from our two districts and District 9212 in East Africa. The strategy emphasizes training youth in WASH skills and providing WASH in schools for real, lasting generational change. The symposium will equip WASH advocates worldwide to develop and expand successful programs.

The new WASH strategy introduces important concepts including clean drinking water sufficient for students and faculty, ecological toilets, a place for menstrual hygiene, hand washing facilities and hygiene education. Schools practicing “holistic” WASH will use water and waste products as fertilizer to grow crops for school use and to generate income. “Model” schools serve as examples of best practices to the wider community and to other schools. Training of primary and secondary school leavers as WASH professionals and technicians and in entrepreneurial skills is a key element of the strategy to increase employment opportunities for youth and to serve communities.

The strategy focuses on children and youth as agents for generational change in knowledge, attitudes and practices through schools, technical training institutions and universities. It brings the latest and best practices for future Rotary initiatives in the WASH sector. It provides an operational framework and a blueprint for action by WASH Advocates worldwide.

Today’s session will be fast-paced, informative and highly interactive. Our collective strategy will take future WASH initiatives to a new level by turning projects into powerful programs and creating vehicles for youth employment. It’s called Holistic WASH: Transforming a Generation.

So fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a wild ride!

The Symposium Planning Committee

Holistic WASH: Transforming a GenerationThe VTT WASH Strategy

For Rotary Districts 5440, 5450, & 9212 Saturday, March 19, 2016

Metropolitan State University, Auraria Campus

Symposium Objectives

1) To inform members of Rotary Clubs in Districts 5440 & 5450 and other participants about the Rotary VTT* (VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAM) WASH Strategy for application to on-going and future Rotary WASH projects everywhere.

2) To equip Rotary Districts 5440 & 5450 to be leaders in promoting technical training for youth in holistic WASH and in promoting school WASH.

3) To facilitate implementation of holistic WASH projects.

Symposium Agenda Overview

All Day NETWORKING AND EXHIBIT BOOTHS

7:30-8:30 BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION

8:30-9:40 GENERAL SESSION 1 – BACKGROUND TO THE VTT STRATEGY

10:00-11:15 GENERAL SESSION 2 – THE THREE STRATEGIC VTT OBJECTIVES

11:30-12:30 GENERAL SESSION 3 – DETAILING TRAINING FOR YOUTH AND SCHOOL WASH

12:30-1:30 LUNCH

1:30-3:00 BREAKOUT WORK GROUPS – DEFINING NEXT STEPS

GROUP 1 – SO1: ROTARY SUPPORT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

GROUP 2 – SO2: TRAINING FOR YOUTH IN HOLISTIC WASH

GROUP 3 – SO3: HOLISTIC SCHOOL WASH

3:15-4:45 WORK GROUP REPORTS

4:45-5:00 CLOSING REMARKS AND EVALUATION

5:00-6:00 RECEPTION AND NETWORKING

WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE

WASH

2016 Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) SymposiumAgenda

All Day NETWORKING AND EXHIBIT BOOTHS

7:30-8:30 BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION

8:30-9:45 GENERAL SESSION 1 – BACKGROUND TO THE VTT STRATEGY

8:30-8:40 Welcome and Purpose – Bruce Halloran, D 5450 Symposium Chair

8:40-8:45 Introduction of speakers and the two youth crisis – Kristin Wegner, Moderator

8:45-8:55 Crisis 1: Global youth unemployment – Carlos Sanvee, General Secretary AAYMCA

8:55-9:05 Crisis 2: Unhygienic schools – Greg Allgood, VP World Vision

9:05-9:15 Call to action on school WASH – Lacey Stone, UNICEF

9:15-9:25 WASRAG’s vision on school WASH – Nancy Gilbert, WASRAG

9:25-9:35 WASH in Schools-Target Challenge of Rotary International (RI) – Erica Gwynn, RI

9:35-9:45 Discussion led by Moderator

9:45-10:00 BREAK

10:00-11:15 GENERAL SESSION 2 – THREE STRATEGIC VTT OBJECTIVES

10:00-10:05 Introduction of Speakers – Moderator Geoff Elliot

10:05-10:15 Theory of Change – Jane Mung’oma, D9212, Kenya

10:15-10:25 Three Strategic Objectives – Paul Hebert, VTT Team Leader

10:25-10:35 SO2: Training needs in holistic WASH – Carlos Sanvee, Gen Sec AAYMCA

10:35-10:45 SO2: Training in entrepreneurship – Haron Wachira, WASH innovator, Kenya

10:45-10:55 SO3: Adequate and holistic school wash – Mayling Simpson, VTT

10:55-11:05 SO1: Mobilizing Rotary to implement SO2 and SO3– Erica Gwynn, RI

11:05-11:15 Discussion led by Moderator

11:15-11:30 BREAK

11:30-12:30 GENERAL SESSION 3 – DETAILING TRAINING FOR YOUTH AND SCHOOL WASH

11:30-12:00 PANEL 1: TRAINING FOR YOUTH IN HOLISTIC WASH – Mayling Simpson, Moderator

• Examples of Curricula for Holistic WASH - Isaac Soita, Kenya

• Necessary Partnerships for Curriculum Development - Carlos Sanvee, Kenya

• Finding the Students for Training and providing scholarships and internships - Jane Mung’oma, D9212, Kenya

• Opportunities for entrepreneurs in WASH - Haron Wachira, Kenya

12:00-12:30 PANEL 2: HOLISTIC SCHOOL WASH – Peter Van Arsdale, DU, Moderator

• Water supply options – Rich Fisher, Fisher Environmental LLC

• Sanitation options – Reza Kazemian, VTT, Director, Denver Sewerage

• Hygiene facilities and education – Nancy Gilbert, WASRAG

• Model schools for holistic WASH with monitoring and evaluation –

Paul Hebert

12:30-1:30 LUNCH

1:30-3:00 BREAKOUT WORK GROUPS – DEFINING NEXT STEPS – Bill Korstad, Moderator

GROUP 1 – SO1: ROTARY SUPPORT, MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Facilitators: Peter Van Arsdale, Lacey Stone, Paul Hebert, Erica Gwynn

GROUP 2 – SO2: TRAINING FOR YOUTH IN HOLISTIC WASH

Facilitators: Haron Wachira, Carlos Sanvee, Reza Kazemian, Steve Werner

GROUP 3 – SO3: HOLISTIC SCHOOL WASH

Facilitators: Rich Fisher, Joe Schon, Jane Mung’oma, Nancy Gilbert, Mayling Simpson

3:15-4:45 WORK GROUP REPORTS – Bill Korstad, Moderator

4:45-5:00 CLOSING REMARKS AND EVALUATION – Bruce Halloran

5:00-6:00 RECEPTION AND NETWORKING

Thank you to all the planning committee members and volunteers who worked tirelessly on this event:

Terry Baus Suzanne Hammer Bill Korstad Joe Schon Kristin WegnerGeoff Elliot Bruce Halloran Bev Mendel Mayling Simpson Steve WernerRich Fisher Paul Hebert Jon Monson Yarrow Spitzfaden Robert YoungbergC. Dale Flowers John Hendrick Bob Rose Peter Van Arsdale Nathan Yudnich

Keynote SpeakersGreg Allgood, PhD, Vice President, World VisionDr. Greg Allgood helps lead World Vision’s efforts to address the global clean drinking water crisis.  He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina Water Institute. Prior to joining World Vision, he worked for Procter & Gamble (P&G) for 27 years and is the Founder of the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) Program. He has a PhD in Toxicology from North Carolina State University and a Master of Science in Public Health from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, where he did research in water quality. 

Rich Fisher, PhD, Partners for Education and Aid in Kenya (PEAK)Rich is co-founder PEAK, which is a Colorado-based non-profit that has partnered with indigenous groups to build clean water systems in rural Kenya schools since 2009. PEAK also helped build school libraries, latrines, and pre-schools. He is an air pollution meteorologist, organic farmer and pilot. Rich was a member of the Rotary VTT that visited Kenya in 2013, and he helped produce the 2014 Rotary Districts 5440/5450/9212 WASH Strategy.

Nancy Gilbert, Water and Sanitation Rotary Action Group (WASRAG) Project ManagerNancy is a lawyer by profession and is currently vice-president of Calliope Consulting Inc. She is the Manager of Appropriate Technology Enabled Development Program for an NGO in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. She is also the Project Manager for WASRAG in its latest collaboration with Proctor &Gamble, H2O for Life, and implementing partners for WASH in Malawi and the Niger Delta. In addition, she is a doctoral candidate focused on sustainable sanitation in the Niger Delta riverine communities. Nancy served as District Governor of Rotary District 7810 in 2003-2004. She recently stepped down after 5+ years as editor of WASRAG’s newsletter but continues to serve in various other functions in the organization. 

Erica Gwynn, The Rotary FoundationErica Gwyn is the Area of Focus Manager for Water and Sanitation at the Rotary Foundation and Manager for the Rotary International/USAID Alliance. She provides technical support to Rotary-led WASH initiatives, leads strategic planning for future WASH programing, and facilitates key part-nerships with the aim to build WASH capacity throughout the organization and to enhance service projects in the field. She has a B.S. in Biology and a Masters in Aquatic Toxicology and Environmental Health from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. With 10 years of professional and research expe-rience, she has focused her career on the connections between watershed management, water quality and public health practice.

Bruce Halloran, Rotarian, Chair 2016 D 5440/5450 WASH Symposium & Principal of Global Water Solutions Ltd.

Bruce is a champion of a concept he calls “indigenous sustainability.” He believes that when you work with people in their own social context, they become the agents of change. He fosters collaboration between all stakeholders to achieve access to safe water and adequate sanitation – a goal that can be accomplished in our lifetime. Bruce works to promote the key drivers of this philosophy, which include education, communica-tion, capacity-building and economic development. He serves as a consultant to the Water And Sanitation Rotarian Action Group (WASRAG), Co-Chair of the Rotary District 5450 Water and Sanitation Committee, Board Member of the Sasa Harambee NGO in Kenya, and Director of the Mercy and Benevolence Team at Deer Creek Church.

Paul Hebert, PhD, Environmental Engineer/RotarianPaul has a PhD in environmental engineering from the University of North Carolina. He has worked for the World Bank, UNDP, and the Research Triangle Institute, training engineers and promoting low cost water and sanitation systems in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. He has also worked for the United Nations, coordinating humanitarian relief in the context of conflict and natural disasters. In 2011, Virginia Military Institute recognized Paul with the Jonathan Daniels Humanitarian Award. In 2013 and 2015 Paul was a visiting professor for Leadership and Ethics at the Virginia Military Institute in the Department of International Studies where he taught courses in Humanitarian Assistance. Paul is a member of the Steamboat Springs Rotary Club. He led the Rotary VTT to Kenya in 2013 and directed the preparation of the Holistic WASH Strategy document.

Reza Kazemian, P.E.Reza has been the Director of, Wastewater Management Division, Public Works Department of the City and County of Denver since 1986. He received his degrees in Civil and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado in 1981. Reza has been active in Volunteer work in Africa and par-ticipated as a member of the Rotary VTT in 2013 visiting Kenya and hosting the Kenya portion of the VTT when they visited the USA and Colorado in September of 2013.

Jane Otima Mung’oma, PhD, Consultant and Rotarian, Nairobi KenyaJane is a Development Consultant specializing in market, value chain and enterprise development with over 20 years working experience in the African Region. Jane is the Managing Consultant for Legacy Consulting Ltd; a company that focuses on enabling transformation in the private, public and social sectors. Jane is Past President of the Rotary Club of Muthaiga, where she currently serves as Club Services Director. She is the incoming District 9212 Water Resources Chair for the Rotary Year 2016-17. Jane also serves on the RI Cadre of Technical Advisors for Community Economic Development and Micro Finance. She served as the principle advisor to the 2013/2014 Rotary VTT that developed the WASH Strategy being discussed at this symposium.

Carlos Sanvee, General Secretary, Africa Alliance of YMCAs Carlos has headed the AAYMCA since 2009, which is the oldest and largest youth movement in Africa. Carlos is a 26-year YMCA professional who has held progressive career positions spanning programming, communication and leadership with the Togo YMCA, the World Alliance of YMCAs and the Africa Alli-ance of YMCAs. Since 2011, he has served as Advisor to the World Alliance Secretary General. His formal education and training is in social work and he holds a social sciences degree. Carlos has been instrumen-tal in guiding the African YMCA national movements to develop and embrace a new change in philosophy for youth empowerment in Africa.  Carlos believes that this work will ultimately create a new generation of youth keen to participate meaningfully in the public life in Africa.

Mayling Simpson, Ph.D., Medical Anthropologist/ConsultantMayling has lived and worked in the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa. In 1979 she joined The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and worked as a consultant the UNDP/World Bank Water and Sanitation Program. In 1991 Mayling became a Senior Technical Officer in Environ-mental Health for the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. In 2004 Mayling became a Regional Senior Technical Health Advisor for Catholic Relief Services in East Africa. She is an au-thor of Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation - PHAST (1998), Ecological Sanitation (2004) and A Paper Life: Belgrade’s Roma in the Underworld of Waste Scavenging and Recycling (2005). She was a member of the 2013/2014 Rotary VTT to Kenya.

Isaac Soita, Executive Director Running Water International, Nairobi, KenyaIsaac is a social entrepreneur with 5-years’ experience working with disadvantaged communities in harsh environments. Isaac believes in a participatory program of delivery and management. He has worked in Somalia and Kenya with Save The Children-UK, Help Leads to Hope, Kenya Red Cross Society and Aqua Clara International. Isaac has learned that beneficiaries appreciate and are committed to initiatives that fully engage and encourages their contributions. Running Water International partners with the Methodist Churches and Rotary Clubs of Meru District, Kenya and the United States to provide WASH services to schools. A current project targets 60 schools in the Meru district of Kenya.

Lacey Stone, Deputy Director, Global Cause Partnerships, US Fund for UNICEFLacey works with U.S. public charities, non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations that are supporting UNICEF’s work. Her work focuses on education, advocacy, and fundraising. Lacey has been particularly involved in UNICEF’s partnership with Rotary in the fight to end polio forever by 2019. Lacey’s experience includes 10+ years as a fundraising and marketing professional. She has worked with both nonprofit and corporate organizations to develop and grow strategic partnerships. She holds a dual Bachelor of the Arts degree from the University of Pittsburgh in International Relations and Rhetoric and Communication, and a Master of Arts degree from Villanova University in International Relations.

Haron Wachira, Managing Director, Akili Group, Kenya.Haron is an entrepreneur, trainer, farmer, advisor, consultant, writer and developer of computerized systems to improve various business and agricultural practices. Haron has promoted and helped develop bio-gas systems in schools and promoted the optimal use of animal and sanitized human waste as fertilizer for various crops. Haron has received numerous awards for his innovation and work, including the Head of State Commendation in 2005. He was chosen as an Ashoka Fellow in 2010. Haron met with and advised the Rotary VTT on various innovative approaches for implementing holistic water and sanitation in schools in Kenya

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

SYMPOSEUM EXHIBITORSAfrican Initiatives/D.U. Engineers Without Borders Power of Hope/Power of Soap

El Porvenir Filters for Families Project CURE

emBOLDen Alliances Freshwater Project Internat’l Sasa Harambee

2/25 Water Project SunSpring/Innovative Water Technologies*

DRI’s Center for International Water and Sustainability

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