Safe Drinking Water for 80,000 Children in Bolivia

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Project Need: $30,000

Funding
to Date:

$32,810 (%)
As of Feb 13 02:57 2012

Theme: Health

Country: Bolivia [View country profile]

Sponsor: World Bank Development Marketplace

Project Information

Project duration: 2 Years

Project's area of focus: technology and education for improved water quality and health

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Every 15 seconds, a child dies from an easily avoidable case of diarrhea. Simple diarrhea is one of the biggest killers of kids under 5 in Bolivia. 100s of schools in Bolivia lack access to clean water, making them perfect places to teach and apply simple solutions to this problem. The SODIS Foundation believes that simple solutions like hand washing and improved access to safe water can empower people to improve their own health. These improvements can happen quickly and economically.

Activities

800 teachers will be trained on how to teach & put in practice solar water disinfection & hand washing. Training and support will be provided to the teachers. "Healthy corners," containing health information & handwashing stations, will be installed.

Expected Outcomes

The project will provide safe drinking water for 80,000 children, leading to fewer cases of diarrhea. Less diarrhea means better school attendance, better physical and mental development, fewer medical expenses by the families and improved wellbeing.

Project Message

"Prior to the project, my daughter often had severe attacks of diarrhea. Now that we only drink SODIS water, the diarrhea has stopped. My daughter is healthier and stronger."
- Olga Fernandez, Beneficiary of a previous SODIS project in Bolivia

Project Contact

Matthias Saladin,
Executive Co-Director
Pasaje E. Camacho 1112
Casilla 325
Cochabamba, Cochabamba Bolivia
Bolivia
59144487986

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Organization's Overview


Fundacion SODIS Calle Cochabamba 45 TiquipayaCochabamba0000 Bolivia ++59144318082 Organization's Homepage

Organization's Mission

To develop and promote solutions for improving drinking water quality and health. For achieving this, we cooperate with the private, public and development sector in order to benefit people in Latin America.

Organization's Programs

Training of partner institutions in household water treatment, hygiene and sanitation. Technical and methodological support to partner institutions. Implementation of projects focusing on safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene promotion. Research and development of simple solutions to improve drinking water quality. Research on technical and social aspects of household water treatment and behaviour change. Network building and strengthening. Communication for behaviour change. Establishing enabling environments for behaviour change.

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Safe Drinking Water for 80,000 Children in Bolivia

Organization Statistics		Financial Statistics
Michael Schulte, Executive Director Founded in 2001 Employees: 14 Volunteers: 2		Other funding sources: Donations from institutions: AVINA Foundation (www.avina.net), SOLAQUA Foundation, IBM, Swiss Red Cross Federation, Lions Clubs, Michel Comte Water Foundation, Jurg Weber Foundation, etc. Religious Affiliation: None

Personnel Overview

Matthias Saladin - Executive Co-director

Matthias Saladin has been working with the SODIS Foundation for the past 5 years as co-director. His extensive experience in project preparation, management, reportingand as well as research and development enable him to lead the project. He also will bring into the project his technical expertise on Solar Water Disinfection as well as on hygiene promotion.

Fernando Vidal - Mr

Fernando Vidal has been working in development and public health projects in Bolivia for the past 8 years. His educational background as health statistician and anthropologist as well as his extensive experience in field work, project management and training of trainers put him in a good position to implement the field activities of this project. Mr. Vidal is fluent in Spanish and Quechua.

Martha Mamani - Ms

Martha Mamani is a trained biologist. She has been working with the SODIS Foundation for the past 6 years on educational projects in Bolivia. She is specialized in training of trainers and on training and supporting teachers and health volunteers. Ms. Mamani is fluent in Spanish and Quechua.