People Joining Together to Enable All People of the World to Have Safe Drinking Water
	Using Polio Plus as a model, Rotary Clubs could pioneer a 50 to 75 year project to bring Pure Water to all the people of the World

History
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About 12 years ago, at the initiation of a single Rotary Club, Rotary International declared eradication of polio by 2001 a goal. Rotarians have since then raised over $400,000,000 and, with the World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control, are close to achieving the goal.

Recently, RI established a "Dream" Committee. Its purpose was to solicit suggestions from Rotarians and Rotary Clubs throughout the world for future projects, programs and activities for Rotary International and its Rotary Foundation. The Committee met in mid-December to review the proposals and will submit a report to the Rotary International Directors in late February.

The Brattleboro Rotary Club submitted as its proposal, PURE WATER for the WORLD. It has the support of many other clubs in Vermont and New Hampshire. We understand that of the 900 to 1,100 Dream proposals submitted, 25 to 40 are water projects in some form or another. In the past, other clubs have undertaken water supply or sanitation projects throughout the world.

There is no doubt such an undertaking will require participation of governments, the United Nations and private foundations as well as over a million Rotarians throughout the world. This will be a decades-long project costing hundreds of billions of dollars. Its benefits are obvious:...(more)

Participants
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• Brattleboro Vermont Rotary Club
• Rotary District 7870
• San Salvador Noroeste Rotary Club
• Rotary District 4240
• Rotary International
• Other Participants

Facts
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• 1,200,000,000 people in developing countries do not have access to safe water.
• 900,000,000 people are affected by diarrhea
• 900,000,000 people are affected by roundworm
• 200,000,000 people are affected by schistosomiasis
• 25,000,000 people die every year from diseases contracted by contaminated water
• Water borne diseases are the principal cause of death for children under 5 in Central America
• Since 1991 nearly 1,000,000 cases of cholera and 10,000 cholera deaths have occurred in Latin America

Map
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Contact
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For more information contact:

The Brattleboro, Vermont Rotary Club:

Jesse Corum
hn4hs@sover.net
1-802-257-1710

Dart Everett
deverett@sover.net
1-802-254-9258
1-802-257-2627 fax

 

Para los que hablan español solamente y quieren mas información, se pongan en contacto con:

El Club Rotario San Salvador Noroeste:

Ing. Jaime Fuente Garcia
condusal@salnet.net
503-289-5377, 8 o 9
503-289-5380 fax
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