This document discusses water issues around the world and promotes UNICEF's Walk for Water event. It notes that over 900 million people lack access to clean drinking water and 2.6 billion lack sanitation. The story of Solange Tuyishime is shared, who as a refugee child had to walk long distances to collect water. Now as a UNICEF ambassador, she raises awareness about children's water issues. The document promotes the school's upcoming Walk for Water event on April 26th to raise funds so that children don't have to walk long distances to collect water.

1. Walk for Water
April 26th, 2013

2. Talking about WATER…
 Where do we get our
water from??
 Taps, water fountains
 We buy it in bottles..big
and small
 Lakes, reservoirs,
springs…
 Filtered, cleaned, even
has additives to make it
healthier!

3. Percentage of world population without reasonable
access to safe drinking water.
www.theglobaleducationproject.org
“More than 5 million people, most of them kids, die every year from illnesses
caused by drinking poor quality water”
Blue Gold", 2001, Maude Barlow, www.canadians.org;

4. Some more water facts…
 Did you know?
 900 million people still
do not have access to safe,
clean drinking water
 Did you know…?
 That over 2.6 Billion
people live without
proper sanitation because
of a lack of clean water

5. A precious resource…
 900,000,000 = no
drinking water
 2,600,000,000 = no
sanitation

6. Some help from kids…
 18.5 L = 18.5 Kg
 18.5 KG = 40.785 lbs

7. A precious resource…not available to all
 There are
thousands of
children around
the world that
spend their
entire day
collecting water
 …And sometimes
the water they
bring home is
not even safe to
drink

8. A precious resource…not available to all
 Instead of going
to school, kids
have the
responsibility of
fetching water…
 Kids in many
countries forgo
education and
other
opportunities
because of this
burden.

9. A precious resource…
 Let’s think about how
other people get their
water?
 How do we get our
water?
 Is it clean or dirty?
 Do we walk far to get it?

10. Sharing the Story of Solange…
Solange Tuyishime spent
her early childhood in
Rwanda, enjoying the
same things most kids do
 … playing with friends,
going to school, and
spending time with
family.

11. Sharing the Story of Solange…
But in 1994, at age 12, Solange
and her family were
forced to flee their home due
to the civil war and genocide.
Along with thousands of
others, Solange, her parents
and two younger brothers
travelled for days seeking
safety in neighbouring
Congo.

12. Sharing the Story of Solange…
 They eventually settled
in a cluster of tents
outside one of the
refugee camps.
 Solange was forced to
grow up faster than
most children her age.
As the eldest child, one
of her responsibilities
was to ensure the family
had enough clean water.

13. Sharing the Story of Solange…
Every two days, she and other children would have to travel
for four or five hours at a time
in search of the water needed for drinking, cooking,
cleaning and bathing.

14. Sharing the Story of Solange…
On each trip, Solange
would have to carry a
20L water container on
her back and a 10L
container in each
hand, weighing more
than
80 pounds.

15. Sharing the Story of Solange…
The trips were often
dangerous, so children
would walk in groups of
four or five.
It was common for kids to
be threatened by wild
animals, criminals or
simply by getting lost in
the dark on their way
home.

16. How UNICEF helped Solange…
Solange and her
family came to know
UNICEF when it was
providing tents, food,
groundsheets and
water containers for
Rwandan refugees in
the camps.
.

17. How UNICEF helped Solange…
Luckily , Solange’s mother worked with UNICEF in one of the
refugee camps, drawing on her social work experience in
various social services within nutritional centers and
hospitals, where she helped hospital patients and children
suffering from malnutrition.
.

18. How UNICEF helped Solange…
Eventually, Solange and her family
immigrated to Canada, settling in New
Brunswick…

19. How UNICEF helped Solange…
Eventually, Solange and
her family immigrated to
Canada, settling in New
Brunswick…

20. Solange Tuyshime: UNICEF Canada
Ambassador
Now 26 years old, she has…
 graduated with a Masters in
public communications,
 dedicated countless volunteer
hours to local community and
human rights organizations,
 won numerous scholarships,
athletic and academic awards
and
 been crowned Miss Canada
Galaxy 2011.
 ..and is a UNICEF
Ambassador

21. Sharing the Story of Solange…
Solange has been named a
UNICEF Canada Ambassador
and helps to raise awareness
and funds for children and
their families to have access
to clean water and
sanitation practices.

22. UNICEF Walk for Water: April 26th
 WHAT?
 As part of Chartwell’s
Rights Respecting Schools
Initiative we will be
holding a Walk for Water
event
 WHY?
 To build our sense of
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
and raise awareness about
water conservation and
the needs of others around
the world…especially kids!

23. UNICEF Walk for Water: April 26th
 WHEN?
 Kick Off Assembly on
Monday April 5th
 Fundraising Campaign April
5th – April 24th
 Walk for Water April 26th
 WHO?
 SAC members will work to
raise awareness and
GENERATE momentum
 STUDENTS will build their
awareness and collect
sponsors for their walk

24. UNICEF Walk for Water: April 26th
TO DO:
1) Donation of 5 dollars
per family;
2) Seek out further
sponsors; family friends,
neighbours, relatives, etc.
for a dollar to sponsor
your Walk for Water
3) bring a 4L milk jug
from home

25. UNICEF Walk for Water: April 26th
Where will our money go? go?

26. UNICEF Walk for Water: April 26th
TO DO:
LET’S WALK 4 WATER SO
THEY DON”T HAVE TO!
1) Donation of 5 dollars per
family;
2) Seek out further sponsors;
family friends, neighbours,
relatives, etc. for a dollar to
sponsor your Walk for Water
3) bring a 4L milk jug from
home