Initiative WASH

Grow I:EAUOne third of the world is without access to

clean water and sanitation.

We exist to end that reality.

April

We are pleased to provide you with an update of our Grow I:EAU Campaign and to give you an opportunity to get involved. We write today to request your consideration of giving towards our $1,500 goal, which will help us become tax-exempt and recognized as a legitimate non-governmental organization in the United States. As lack of access to potable water continues to perpetuate the

vulnerable populations, sufficient aid and education concerning clean water and sanitation are more important than ever.

Initiative: Eau was founded in 2010 to protect, respect and fulfill the human right to water and sanitation in excluded communities in Burkina Faso. Initiative: Eau is committed to providing aid and education to regions experiencing a lack of access to clean water and sanitation

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Meet Our Team

Refilwe is a graduate student studying Sustainable International Development at Brandeis University’s Heller School of Social Policy and Management. She is passionate about and committed to Africa’s sustainable development, access to resources such as water, and equal opportunities for women and girls. She has worked on food and water security programs in rural Senegal, women’s economic empowerment in Botswana, and most recently on global food justice, economic inequality, and extractive industries campaigns at Oxfam America in Boston.  She is excited to join Initiative: Eau as a Development Associate. 

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Shelly is an undergraduate at Harvard University, studying Environmental Science and Public Policy with a focus on Economics. She is largely

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development. We partner with the locally based BARKA Foundation, a UN affiliated NGO that works to provide access to clean water and to see the fruition of the UN Millennium Development Goals.

Over 780 million people in the world do not have access to clean water, and 2.5 billion are without adequate sanitation. Inadequate water and sanitation are a serious threat to development. Water is essential for agriculture, which directly affects food security. Water

attempt to save water, food may not be cleaned adequately, leading to contamination, and hygiene issues arise. Combating the health implications of unsafe water may be more expensive in the long run. Millennium Development Goal 7 (target c) aimed “to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015 compared with 1990 level.” So a lot still needs to done to achieve this goal.

Our main project, Initiative: WASH, will be a

Our main project, Initiative: WASH, will be a unique, one of a kind project to provide people with information about safe sources of water in their neighborhoods at any time via SMS technology. We look forward to supporting as many vulnerable populations as we can through our innovative, transformative program. However, we need your help to make it happen. We have raised $500 so far, and we need $1000 more to become a certified 501 (c) 3 in order to truly start making a difference in Burkina Faso.

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Samantha Harper

Corinn is a third year student in Computer Science at MIT. Her technical interests include web development, machine learning, and thinking about human computer interactions. She is excited to be a part of the development team for Initiative WASH.

William is a freshman that attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is majoring in Aerospace Engineering. Programming

languages that he's familiar with: Python, C++, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Samantha is an undergraduate at MIT studying Environmental Engineering. She has a special interest in water quality and availability in developing countries. She has worked on two student teams that dealt with these issues in her time at MIT: designing and prototyping a water conveyance system for a reforestation project in Northern Ghana and prototyping a desalination system. With this experience, Samantha is excited to join the Initiative: Eau team for their newest project.William Lopez-Cordero

Corinn Herick

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