Annual Review 2011/12
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Foreword from our President, HRH The Prince of Wales Contents
Women and children fetch unsafe water from a pond, Amuria, Uganda. 2
Olivia Arthur/Magnum Photos for WaterAid/Simavi
What we do 4 Our impact: delivering services 6 Our impact: influencing decision-makers 8 The people we reached in 2011/12 10 Financial summary 12 Thank you 14
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What we do Without safe water or sanitation, people are trapped in a cycle of poverty and disease. Across the developing world, millions of women are wasting precious time collecting dirty water, children are dying from preventable diarrhoeal diseases, and communities have open sewers running through them. Across the developing world, we work with local partners who understand local issues. We provide them with the skills and support they need to help poor communities set up practical and sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene projects. Technologies are used that fit the local context and people are trained to maintain them. Hardware, such as taps and latrines, is always backed up by education about good hygiene, making sure that the health benefits of safe water and sanitation are maximised.
Around 2,000 children die every day from diseases caused by dirty water and poor sanitation.3
But we cannot solve the water and sanitation crisis on our own. So we use our experience and research to influence governments and other service providers to do more. The incredible generosity and commitment of all our supporters – individuals, institutions and companies – is behind everything we do.
“Like you I believe in a world where there is enough clean, safe water for every human being to enjoy, and it is their right. May it be so, very soon!” WaterAid supporter, UK
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783
2.5
million people live without safe water.1
billion people live without sanitation.2
“I don’t have a latrine in my house, so I go to the bush. It takes 15 minutes to get to the bush, over this bridge. I will be very concerned about my daughter going to the bush because it is dangerous.”
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme Report 2012 update WaterAid 2012/WHO 2008/The Lancet 2012
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Sandimhia Renato, with her daughter Diani, Zambezia, Mozambique.
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Our impact: delivering services “I gave birth in my home, with help from the elders. I already had clean water at home. My baby boy has never been to the health clinic, so far he is very healthy. We feel healthy because the water is clean.”
WaterAid/Anna Kari
Kunana Kenchiata used around 40 litres of safe, clean water during her child’s home birth in Konso, Ethiopia.
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1.6
million people reached with safe water
1.9
million people reached with sanitation
Highlights from 2011/12 Schools • We delivered water and sanitation services in schools, ensuring a healthy learning environment. In Rwanda 1,000 schoolgirls now have access to composting latrines and separate bathrooms for managing menstrual hygiene. Mapping • Our team in Tanzania worked with the Government to roll-out our water point mapper in 63 out of the 132 districts. The technology uses global positioning satellites to locate water points and then records the functionality status.
Sustainability • Our new sustainability framework was completed this year and disseminated to all country programmes. We trained people in local communities to undertake routine maintenance of facilities themselves, while also training handpump mechanics to fix more serious problems with water points across whole districts. Innovation • We piloted innovative technologies, such as building a piped water system that uses solar energy for people displaced by flooding in Bangladesh, and a communal underground rainwater harvesting tank in Rwanda. Equity • We ensured that water, sanitation and hygiene facilities were accessible to those who often get overlooked, such as older and disabled people, and those in remote locations.
“As a former teacher I know how important toilets can be, especially for younger children. The new latrine blocks will greatly enhance the children’s general welfare as well as giving them privacy.” WaterAid supporter, UK
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Our impact: influencing decision-makers Highlights from 2011/12 Global campaign • Our first-ever global campaign – Water Works – built public pressure ahead of the second high-level meeting of the Sanitation and Water for All partnership in Washington DC in April 2012. The UK Government has pledged to double the number of people it reaches with safe water and sanitation to 60 million by 2015. Citizen power in Nigeria • In Nigeria, we helped form the Nigeria Water Supply Association to enable low-income consumers to engage with water service providers to secure their rights to water. School facilities in India • In India, WaterAid’s partners are monitoring the implementation of the right to education and supporting parents and children in calling for adequate water and sanitation facilities in schools.
Madagascar Government promise • In Madagascar, our influencing work resulted in a commitment by the Government to ensure that an additional one million people have access to water and sanitation by 2015. HIV/AIDS in Nepal • In Nepal, we continued to raise awareness of the importance of safe water and sanitation for people living with HIV/AIDS. This resulted in the Government applying for support from The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to prioritise personal hygiene as a basic component of home-based care. Sanitation in South Asia • Governments attending the South Asian Conference on Sanitation recognised the right to sanitation following extensive advocacy by WaterAid and our partners.
“It’s time for our governments to make taps and toilets an urgent priority. They are cheap, effective and simple – and they save innocent lives.” WaterAid supporter, UK
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The UK Government has pledged to double the number of people it reaches with safe water and sanitation to 60 million by 2015. Woman
“I am the secretary of the water and sanitation committee for my community. Now in the whole of Dhaka City, all the people know there is a woman, Bashona, she’s a leader. She can talk to any of the leaders, any authority of the Government.” Bashona Sharkar was the one to galvanise her community to successfully lobby the Government to get permission to build a water supply system in her neighbourhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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The people we reached in 2011/12 Member countries 1. 2. 3. 4.
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01. Burkina Faso
Water: 44,000 / Sanitation: 50,000
02. Ghana
Water: 62,000 / Sanitation: 9,000
03. Mali
Water: 39,000 / Sanitation: 42,000
04. Niger
Water: 6,000 / Sanitation: 6,000
05. Liberia
Water: 6,000 / Sanitation: 7,000
06. Nigeria
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07. Sierra Leone
Water: 3,000 / Sanitation: 18,000
Water: 3,000 / Sanitation: 18
Totals for 2011/12
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million
million
1.6 1.9
people with sanitation
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Water: 249,000 / Sanitation: 127,000
27. Nicaragua
people with safe water
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17.5
12.9
million people reached with safe water since 1981
million people reached with sanitation since 2004
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20. India
Water: 536,000 / Sanitation: 353,000
21. Nepal
Water: 68,000 / Sanitation: 83,000
22. Bangladesh
Water: 145,000 / Sanitation: 733,000
23. Pakistan
Water: 49,000 / Sanitation: 103,000
24. Laos
Country programme at pilot stage
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25. Timor-Leste
Water: 3,000 / Sanitation: 3,000
26. Papua New Guinea
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15. Ethiopia
Water: 7,000 / Sanitation: 14,000
Water: 79,000 / Sanitation: 160,000
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16. Tanzania
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Water: 75,000 / Sanitation: 25,000
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17. Uganda
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Water: 34,000 / Sanitation: 36,000 12
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18. Kenya
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Country programme at pilot stage 8 10
19. Rwanda
Water: 12,000 / Sanitation: 1,000
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08. Madagascar
12. Angola
09. Malawi
13. Lesotho
10. Mozambique
14. Swaziland
Water: 36,000 / Sanitation: 33,000 Water: 17,000 / Sanitation: 65,000 Water: 38,000 / Sanitation: 24,000
Water: 18,000 / Sanitation: 1,000 Country programme at pilot stage Country programme at pilot stage
11. Zambia
Water: 31,000 / Sanitation: 40,000
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Financial summary The figures here relate to the activities of WaterAid in the UK and in the 23 country programmes we directly manage from the UK.
Income
Expenditure
£1.3m
£1.4m
£13.8m
Total 2011/12 £55.8m
£11.3m
Total 2011/12 £54m
£35.9m
£4.8m
£34.7m
£6.1m
Donations
Our work in delivering services
Grants (unrestricted)
Our work in influencing decision-makers
Grants (restricted)
Fundraising
Other income
Supporting other WaterAid member countries Governance
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£0.5m
For every £1 we spend on fundraising, £4.94 is returned in income.
22p
Every £1 spent
78p
In every £1 we spend 78p on our work in delivering services, influencing decision-makers and supporting other WaterAid member countries, and 22p on fundraising and governance.
“Of all the charities I support, WaterAid is the one I feel is by far the most important. Providing water really is the most vital and effective means of helping people, giving them education and improving their lives.” WaterAid supporter, UK
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Thank you We simply could not transform lives without the 257,555 individuals who generously support our work. Here we also thank some of the groups and organisations whose vital support helped us reach millions of people in 2011/12.
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@OneAlliance ADSM AESSEAL Air Technology Systems Ltd Allegra Foundation (UK Coffee Week) Anglian Water Services Ltd Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in Great Britain and Ireland Andy Hinton AVEDA Limited Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions Barclays Barhale Construction Plc Belu Water Limited Big Lottery Fund Bill Thomas Black and Veatch Ltd Bristol Water Plc British Water Byzak Ltd Cambridge Water CH2M HILL The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) Chris Rokos Comic Relief Consolidated Contractors Company Costain Ltd Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water Diageo Dubai Cares Ecover UK Edward Joseph Colclough’s Trusts Elm Capital Associates Ltd Environment Agency Essex and Suffolk Water Esh Construction Ltd European Commission Evolution Festival Neil Armstrong and the Fastflow Group La Fondation Ensemble
Ways to support WaterAid From direct debits to gifts in wills, there is a range of ways to support our vital work. Your campaign actions are also crucial, helping to make change happen. Find out more at www.wateraid.org/getinvolved
Fondation Philanthropia Frampton Cotterell and Coalpit Heath Group Galliford Try Plc and Imtech UK Ltd GBM Georg and Emily von Opel Foundation Glastonbury Festivals Ltd Gowland and Dawson Limited Hennes and Mauritz AB Herbert Smith LLP HSBC Holdings Plc Hydro International Institute of Water Isle of Man Overseas Aid Committee J.P. Morgan Japan Water Forum Jersey Overseas Aid Commission JN Bentley Limited Kelda Group Ltd Kentz Engineers and Construction Lions Clubs International British Isles and Ireland Mace Group Matki Plc May Gurney Mildren Construction Ltd Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands Mott MacDonald MWH Natural Voice Practitoners’ Network NMCNomenca Northern Ireland Water Northumbrian Water Ltd Ofwat Paperchase Products Limited Penny Sanders Pictet Asset Management Portsmouth Water Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network
Research in Motion Rotary Club of Dar es Salaam Rotary Club of Ryde Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Rotork Plc Salsa and Latin Dance Society, Glasgow University Save the Children Finland Scottish Water Scottish Water Solutions Seddon Construction Ltd Sembcorp Bournemouth Water Severn Trent Water Simavi Sing for Water organisers Sing for Water West Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland South East Water South Staffordshire Water South West Water Southern Water States of Guernsey Overseas Aid Commission Stewarts Law LLP Sutton and East Surrey Water Sutton Place Foundation General Charitable Trust Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Tap into WaterAid participants Terre Nouvelle Thames Water Utilities Ltd The Alchemy Foundation The Band Aid Charitable Trust The Co-operative Bank The Cordis Charitable Trust The Foster Wood Foundation The Grimmitt Trust The Headley Trust
The Lotus Foundation The Mayor’s Thames Festival The Morgan Foundation The New English School, Kuwait The Ranworth Trust 1985 The Rowan Charitable Trust The Shanley Charitable Trust The Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation The Stone Family Foundation The Thames Wharf Charity The TYF Group Ltd The Waterloo Foundation Trant Construction Ltd UKaid from the Department for International Development UN-HABITAT UNICEF Unilever Plc United Utilities UNOPS USAID Veolia Water Central Ltd Vitol Charitable Foundation Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council WaterAid Rutland Fundraising Group WaterAid’s Local Group network WaterAid’s Speaker Network volunteers Waterstones Wessex Water Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants Wilmington Trust Woodmansterne Publications Limited World Health Organization Yorkshire Water Youlgrave Banbgutt Village Community Group
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Our vision A world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation.
Our mission To transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities. We work with partners and influence decision-makers to maximise our impact.
In 2011/12:
1.6
1.9
million people reached with safe water
million people reached with sanitation
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WaterAid transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities. Front cover image: Nadia, 16, had her baby just after this borehole was rehabilitated in Nyamigende village, Rwanda. (Photographer: WaterAid/Zute Lightfoot)
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