School children in Addis Ababa are in tremendous need of reliably safe water. It is prohibitively expensive to buy bottled water. School administrators are constrained to three prevailing options: (1) provide no drinking water; (2) provide contaminated water; or (3) provide purchased water at the expense of other educational priorities.
Rotary and our partner NGO Splash are uniquely well positioned to intervene with an alternative that is attractive to local school leaders: a compact, efficient, point-of-use water purification system appropriate for oversight by school staff in the long range. Such a system rids water of virtually all bacteria, viruses, and pathogens, which number among the greatest health challenges faced by these children. In Ethiopia currently, Splash provides equivalent services, successfully, in 13 schools, 8 orphanages, 5 shelters, and 2 hospitals (for over 14,000 children). The model is proven and it works. Rotary's contacts and experience in Ethiopia go very deep, and both 5030 and 9212 have long experience working with Ethiopia. An overview of Splash's work in Ethiopia may be reviewed here: http://splash.org/where/country/ethiopia
This matching grant will support installation, maintenance, and monitoring of water purification systems in 13 schools and orphanages within Addis Ababa. The thirteen sites will meet two primary criteria: (1) the students are living in poverty; and (2) the primary water source fails water quality tests for safety (per World Health Organization standards).
The systems to transform these conditions are identical to those in use by leading global food service chains (like McDonald's and KFC) to ensure safe water for their paying customers.
As an additional benefit, this matching grant will be even more greatly leveraged by the addition of in-school hygiene education in the 13 new sites, plus in 26 sites who have already received water purification systems. Host Rotarians, RC Addis Ababa West will be active volunteers. The relationship between clean water and effective hygiene practices is well known to be a critical combination for improved health outcomes.
This project will be completed within two years. It will benefit school children-as well as the teachers and staff of each school and their families-by ensuring ten years of water purification services, including monitoring, maintenance, and technical assistance as well as a managed path toward each school supporting the systems independently long into the future.
Rotarians will be able to confirm ongoing project success through both onsite monitoring and an easily navigable online reporting tool. Both the host and International Rotary clubs will be given a unique username and password that will allow them to log on and access the latest project confirmations and updates.
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History Log Entries
20-Feb-13
System Entry
Creation of project page.
25-Jul-13
System Entry
Pledge of $2,500 by Jessica Bolding of the Rotary Club of Vashon Island, District 5030.
25-Jul-13
System Entry
Pledge of $2,500 by Rob Rose of the Rotary Club of Bellevue, District 5030.
25-Jul-13
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Pledge of $2,500 by Dave Spicer of the Rotary Club of University District of Seattle, District 5030.
3-Aug-13
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Pledge of $2,000 with $2,000 DDF by Bob Woolmoth of the Rotary Club of Lake Oswego, District 5100.
19-Aug-13
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Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Tolga Ural of the Rotary Club of Seattle Metropolitan, District 5030.
18-Sep-13
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Pledge of $10,000 by ValerieTibbetts of the Rotary Club of Fidalgo Island, District 5050.
18-Sep-13
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Pledge of $10,000 with $10,000 DDF by Maelyn Ritter of the Rotary Club of Queen Anne (Seattle), District 5030.
18-Sep-13
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Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Ray Connell of the Rotary Club of Seattle-International District, District 5030.
18-Sep-13
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Pledge of $5,000 by Kenny Lim of the Rotary Club of Shah Alam, District 3300.
18-Sep-13
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Pledge of $1,000 with $1,000 DDF by Jamie Reece of the Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers, District 5030.
8-Dec-13
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Pledge of $1 by Carol Forde of the Rotary Club of Barrie, District 7010.
8-Dec-13
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Project is now "Fully Pledged".
17-Mar-14
by Larry Logue
Project has been submitted to TRF as GG1414888, and approved by TRF on 24 Jan, 2014. Final funding from committed clubs is expected on or before 31 March, 2014 and project will start immediately upon funding completion.
16-Jul-14
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Application Sent to The Rotary Foundation through Member Access.
16-Jul-14
System Entry
Application approved by The Rotary Foundation.
2-Oct-14
System Entry
Payment has been issued by The Rotary Foundation.
12-May-15
by Larry Logue
Project midway through implementation, current project status is described in the Documents section.
2-Dec-15
by Larry Logue
Annual Project report submitted 16 Sept, 2015. See Documents for details.
27-Jun-16
by Larry Logue
All water filtration systems, drinking and handwashing stations have been installed. Hygiene training completed in all schools.
M&E is underway and project completion planned by July, 2016.
2-Jan-17
by Larry Logue
System Entry: Final Report sent to The Rotary Foundation.
2-Apr-17
by Larry Logue
Project has been successfully completed; final report was submitted 6 Dec, 2016 and is currently in review by TRF.
19-Jun-17
by Larry Logue
System Entry: Final Report approved by The Rotary Foundation.
