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AWRA Call for Abstracts: Hydrophilanthropy and WaSH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Issues in Developing Regions
April 18, 2010 | Posted by Michael "Aquadoc" Campana
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At the 2010 AWRA Annual Conference (1-4 November in Philadelphia) I will be convening a special session on:
Hydrophilanthropy and WaSH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Issues in Developing Regions
See below for a description of the session, for which I am soliciting abstracts. Abstracts are due 14 May 2010. Here is the link for abstract submission.Note: On the submission form you will be asked for a Special Session Code. Use letter A to ensure that your abstract will be correctly categorized.
Note that the session will deal with ‘developing regions’ so abstracts are not restricted to work or issues in developing countries. Abstracts detailing work or issues in rural poor areas, on First Nations in Canada, or Native American reservations in the USA and other similar regions are acceptable. Unfortunately, I cannot offer you any financial enticements. You’ll have to pay the registration fee and related expenses.
Dave Sabatini and I chaired a similar session at the 2007 Albuquerque AWRA meeting and had an entire day of papers, plus lots of networking, a hallmark of AWRA meetings. I hope to tap into a different group since this meeting is in the East.
Hope to see you there. Email me if you have any questions.
A flyer: Download AWRA WASH Flyer
Here is the session description:
Hydrophilanthropy and WaSH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) Issues in Developing Regions Definiton of hydrophilanthropy: altruistic concern for the water, sanitation, hygiene, and related needs of humankind, as manifested by donations of work, money, or resources.
There is currently unprecedented interest in developing regions water work whereby individuals or groups assist our friends in the developing world (including those developing regions within developed countries) to address their own water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) needs. Volunteers often conduct this work. The interest takes a variety of forms, for example: 1) performing research in-region, in collaboration with locals, to help build local capacity and educate/enlighten students and others; 2) conducting WaSH-related work, including disaster relief; 3) implementing formal programs with developing region institutions to facilitate R & D, professional development, and student and faculty exchanges; 4) donating professional skills; and 5) developing appropriate technologies.
This session seeks presentations that include, but are not limited to, the following:
1) case studies, including what didn’t work
2) engaging locals to solve problems
3) appropriate technology development
4) cross-cultural issues
5) experiential learning
6) sustainability issues
7) fundraising
education of professionals and others
9) novel approaches
10) policy implications for developing regions/countries
11) water system governance
See you there!
“To me, one of the most exciting things in the world is being poor.” — Thomas Monaghan, founder and former owner of Domino’s Pizza, whose personal worth was estimated to be $500 million when he said this (early 1990s)
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