Financing for water and sanitation for all

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Financing for water and sanitation for all
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Living without safe water

• Almost 1 billion people live without access to
  safe water
• 5000 children die from water-related diseases
  every day
• After acute respiratory infections,
  water-related diseases are the second biggest
  killer of children worldwide,.

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Our mission

• To overcome poverty by working with people in
  some of the worlds poorest countries to provide
  safe water, sanitation and hygiene education.

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Where we work
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What we do

• WaterAid directly funds local partner
  organisations to carry out water, sanitation and
  hygiene education work.
• WaterAid works in long-term partnerships to help
  improve the capacity of major donors and
  governments to deliver more sustainable and
  equitable water and sanitation services.
• WaterAid and its partners work with others to
  influence and change donor and government
  policies to favour pro-poor, sustainable and cost
  effective water and sanitation services.

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History of WaterAid

• Established 1981 through fundraising by water
  industry employees
• 1980s formation of regional WaterAid fundraising
  committees, based in all of the UK water
  industry's organisations (public and private),
  enabled well organised, high quality fundraising
  events to take place.
• 1989 privatisation of the water industry The
  newly formed companies and government bodies and
  their many staff pledged to continue their
  support for WaterAid's work and to this day
  remain a valuable and pro-active group of core
  supporters.

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Funding WaterAid Today

• 168,000 individual supporters, most giving 2 or
  5 per month
• 34,000 cash donors have made 92,000 cash donation
  in the last two years, with the average donation
  worth 45 each.
• High Value and Major Donors
• Community Groups
• Water companies
• Companies
• Trusts and Foundations
• Bilateral and Multi lateral donors

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Working with Water Companies

• 13 water and sewerage companies
• 10 water companies
• Regional Team 15 people
• Annual customer campaign
• Employee Fundraising Committees Employee
  Engagement Targets
• High value corporate events

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Working with Water Companies What the Employees
Do

• Marathons
• Triathlons
• Munro Challenge
• Golf Cricket
• Gala Balls
• 1000s of small events

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Working with Water Companies What is the impact?

• Funding to increase access to water and
  sanitation at least 4 million in 2006/2007
• Unrestricted funding allows for innovation,
  policy work, Freshwater Action Network levering
  other funding etc
• Profile and awareness
• Development Education campaigning
• High return on investment long-term, committed
  supporters
• Lever access to potential new supporters and new
  markets

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Working with Water Companies What are the lessons

• The development of WaterAids relationship with
  water companies is specific to the time and
  place, however
• It relies on excellent strategic planning,
  relationship development, communications and
  innovation
• In addition, in order to maintain the
  relationships strong water, sanitation and
  hygiene education programmes with high levels of
  transparency and accountability are vital

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Thank you

• WaterAid
• 47-49 Durham Street
• London
• SE11 5JD
• Tel [phone]
• wateraid_at_wateraid.org