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The One Drop Foundation at World Water Week 2022

The world’s freshwater is under unprecedented pressure from fast-rising temperatures, populations, and consumption patterns. To address this global water crisis and climate chaos, World Water Week 2022 will focus on how we value water. Revealing and understanding the value of water will trigger much-needed decisions, innovations, and investments in better managing water.

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute, World Water Week is the leading conference on global water issues. In 2022, World Water Week will communicate simply and clearly the value of water for human and societal activities. As people and nations gain a better understanding of how important water is to their lives and everything they care about, they place a higher value on it. This creates a virtuous cycle in which people care for water better, manage and share it more equitably, and waste or pollute it less, so that water can generate more benefits for people and nature.

World Water Week 2022 takes place from August 23 to September 1. For the first time, you can join us both online and on-site in Stockholm, Sweden.

Source: World Water Week

Alongside partners and leading organizations, we are looking forward to participating in World Water Week 2022 and sharing our systems strengthening and Social Art for Behaviour Change expertise.

Beyond Words: Art, Music, Sports, Celebrity for Change in WASH

Online session – Wednesday, August 24, 7:00-8:20 AM (ET) | 13:00-14:20 (CEST)

Science shows that joyful connections are strong motivators for learning and internalizing knowledge. Using art, music, sports, celebrity, and jingles, this session will spotlight unique behaviour change communication approaches that foster personal and collective responsibility for water, creating value and a platform for self-empowerment. At the heart of global water issues are people. How people connect and interact within a system is fundamental to addressing global water, sanitation, and hygiene challenges. Art, music, and sports are universal languages because they activate, connect, and inspire.

This session will highlight alternative behavioural change communication approaches to WASH. Keynote speakers will inspire participants with their experiences in art, sports, and music. This will be followed by three distinct breakout sessions facilitated by practitioners showcasing programs across the globe.

Theme one: Social Art for Behaviour Change, where the One Drop Foundation will facilitate an interactive session so that participants can co-create an artistic intervention on a specific behaviour with social art. Viva con Agua will present Walls for WASH in South Africa and WASHeros comics in Uganda.

Theme two: Sports, where soccer drills will raise awareness on WinS and MHM.

Theme three: Music, Jingles, and Celebrities will highlight how popular engagement approaches tackle taboo topics like menstruation, as in Albania and Nepal, and how catchy jingles help infection prevention and control in the Philippines.

The closing session will reflect on the approaches’ effectiveness and transferability to other settings, as well as their ability to facilitate knowledge internalization and activate behaviour change for WASH.

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Convenors
GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH | One Drop Foundation | Sustainable Sanitation Alliance | Viva con Agua | WASH in Schools Network

Enabling development through the power of water and art

Online session – Wednesday, August 24, 12:30-1:50 PM (ET) | 18:30-19:50 (CEST)

Access to water is essential for development; yet for it to happen, people need to be at the centre of every action. Very often, WASH programs centre their efforts on infrastructure and capacity building using traditional methods. By contrast, Lazos de Agua co-creates solutions with/by/for the community, considering their culture and uniqueness, thereby enabling development through the power of water and art.

By giving a voice to different stakeholders of the Lazos de Agua program, this session will showcase the value of its systemic approach, its results, and the relevance of cross-sector collaboration to demonstrating that things can be done differently. Using creative and unique sound landscapes, the session will set the atmosphere for the audience while explaining the framework of the session: Inspire, Activate, & Sustain.

We will inspire the audience by sharing key stories from different stakeholders of the program.

We will activate the audience with a participatory exercise to collectively reflect on innovative ways—such as social art—to approach WASH and behaviour change challenges.

Finally, we will equip participants with tools and resources to sustain them if their desire is to replicate what they learned in the session.

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Maximizing the development value of water

Online & On-site session – Tuesday, August 30, 10:00-11:30 AM (ET) | 16:00-17:30 (CEST) Room 357

Adequate access to water as well as an adequate level of service are key for human and economic development. However, rural and other vulnerable populations in LAC face challenges, including last-mile challenges, that prevent the full materialization of the benefits associated with access to WASH services. This session will explore different tools and mechanisms to increase the impact and sustainability of water and sanitation investments, such as water tariff schemes that ensure sustainable service provision, systemic incentives for household sanitation, innovative and participatory behavioral change approaches, and tools to transform community’s perceptions of good hygiene practices, adequate water use, etc. Evidence-based cases will be presented at the session.

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Launch of the Social Art for Behaviour Change online course in Spanish – Wash Systems Academy

Cocktail on-site, Wednesday, August 31, 17:30 (CEST)

Art changes lives! Join a community eager to unite creativity and the power of art with sustainable water initiatives.

Social Art for Behaviour Change^TM: The Basics is a free online course dedicated to showing how art inspires, activates, and sustains positive change. Understand the interconnections and relationships that are central to addressing the challenge of securing universal access to safe water, sanitation, and healthy hygiene behaviours. Social art builds connection and brings learnings to life with stories, music, and dance.

This free course—now available in English, French, and Spanish, powered by the One Drop Foundation—is brought to you by the WASH Systems Academy and made possible thanks to an investment from the RBC Foundation and the Lazos de Agua program

Convenors One Drop Foundation | WASH Systems Academy | IDB | Lazos de Agua Program

Join our delegation on-site!

Lauren Alcorn

Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships and Government Relations

Lauren Alcorn is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at One Drop. With over 15 years of experience working in the WASH sector, she is responsible for fostering partnerships with sector and business/industry actors working to accelerate the progress of SDG6. Lauren is spokesperson for the organization’s WASH in Health Care Facility initiatives, and she is a proponent of indigenous rights, gender equality and inclusion. Lauren has an MSSc in Development and International Relations from Aalborg University, Denmark and a BA from Dalhousie University.

Lisa Clowery

Co-Chief Executive Officer

“Even the smallest act of caring for another person is like a drop of water, it will make ripples throughout the entire pond.” -Bryan Matteo

Lisa has served as Co-CEO of One Drop since 2023, establishing herself as a strategic thought leader in partnership building, fundraising, and marketing efforts aimed at raising revenue and awareness for the organization. With expertise in cultivating 360-degree partnerships, she ensures alignment between the social responsibility of donors and One Drop's philanthropic endeavours, including signature events, major gifts, and campaigns. Lisa's transparent and collaborative leadership style fosters effective solutions, while her negotiation skills drive revenue-generating opportunities on a national and international scale. Passionate about social change, she prioritizes long-term, sustainable relationships and partnerships. Lisa's commitment to philanthropy extends beyond her role, as she continually seeks innovative ways to create positive social impact.

Prior to One Drop, Lisa played a pivotal role as part of the core leadership team at the Breakfast Club of Canada, where she spearheaded business development and led the national development team. Her extensive experience in this capacity provided her with a deep understanding of the intricacies of non-profit management and further fuelled her dedication to making a difference in the world. Lisa's multifaceted background also includes project management and sales roles in the telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries. Lisa specialized in marketing at Concordia University, Montreal.

Ernenek Duran

Co-Chief Executive Officer

“Life is like riding a bike; always forward and with balance”

Ernenek is a purpose-driven leader who seeks to make the greatest social and environmental impact on this planet and its people. Recognized for his adaptive leadership style and extensive experience in international development, Ernenek serves as Co-CEO of the One Drop Foundation where he has co-led the strategic direction of the Foundation since 2023. In this role, he excels at coaching his team to co-design and deliver high-impact systemic change projects, foster complex multi-stakeholder alliances, and drive sustainable change.

Ernenek's expertise in strategy development, execution, and complex partnership building is critical to the success and impact of One Drop's diverse portfolio of projects around the world, as well as to mobilizing the necessary financial resources. Prior to his current role, Ernenek held several positions within One Drop, including Senior Director of Programs and Director of the Lazos de Agua Program, Project Development Manager, and Project Manager, India.

Prior to joining One Drop, Ernenek’s field experience with Oxfam-Québec, where he advised on water, sanitation, hygiene, and food security projects in Honduras and Haiti, consolidated his commitment to social impact. His tenure as Program Director at Mexico’s EDUCA Foundation further solidified his dedication to supporting disadvantaged communities.

Ernenek's academic credentials include an MBA in Corporate Social Responsibility from Université Laval, a Master's in Management and Information Technology from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, and a Bachelor's in Computer Systems Engineering. As a Global Visiting Professor at Tec de Monterrey, he shares his expertise in corporate social responsibility and shared value creation, reflecting his commitment to developing the next generation of socially responsible leaders.

Tania Vachon

Senior Director, Social Art for Behaviour Change

“You miss 100% of the shots you don't take!”

Tania leads a team of Social Art for Behaviour Change experts at One Drop. She and the SABC team members are passionate social arts experts who co-design behaviour change interventions with local partners and artists. They accompany local change by ensuring that creativity and emotion are at the heart of individual and collective transformation. In addition to her contributions to the development of the SABC approach, she also organized 5 international events that brought together hundreds of people from around the world in a community of practice where peers exchange and share experiences. She has delivered workshops and presentations at various international events and most recently created an online course on the SABC approach that is accessible to anyone who wants to understand better the links between systemic change, water, hygiene and sanitation, and behaviour. She brings 25 years of international development experience to the team, having worked in many different contexts. She speaks three languages.

A strong team player, Tania has a particular talent for bringing people together to achieve a common goal. Whether it's breaking down barriers in the office or in the communities in which she works, her ability to connect people is put into practice every day in her role as Director of Social Art for Behaviour Change.

Tania holds a master's degree in Sociology with a specialization in International Development from the University of Ottawa, as well as a bachelor's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Laval University.