FAITH4SDGs: Water is Life: Protecting our Most Sacred Resource (Goal 6)
FAITH4SDGs: Water is Life: Protecting our Most Sacred Resource (Goal 6)
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 aims to ensure access to water and sanitation for all.
As part of KAICIID's Faith4SDGs digital storytelling project, we will screen a short film highlighting the work of Khalsa Aid, an international faith-based organization that provides humanitarian aid in disaster areas and civil conflict zones around the world. The organization is based upon the Sikh principle of "Recognise the whole human race as one".
In 2015, devastating floods in the Phalombe district of Malawi uprooted 230,000 people, according to UNICEF reports. The district still lacks access to clean, running water due to damaged infrastructure. Khalsa Aid has partnered with local government actors to install clean water sources, ensuring that everyone has access to the world's most sacred resource.
According to the UN, 2.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 4.2 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. The impact on child mortality rates is devastating with more than 297,000 children under five who die annually from diarrhoeal diseases due to poor sanitation, poor hygiene, or unsafe drinking water.
Today more than ever, access to water, sanitation and hygiene services is fundamental to fighting the virus and preserving the health and well-being of millions. COVID-19 will not be stopped without access to safe water for vulnerable communities. Join guest panellists from Khalsa Aid and Global Interfaith Wash Alliance (GIWA) to discuss the role of faith-based organizations in improving water and sanitation management, while ensuring equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water.
You are encouraged to submit questions and topics you would like our guests speakers to explore!
SPEAKERS
Ravi Singh
Ravi Singh is a British Sikh humanitarian and founder of the international non-profit aid and relief organization Khalsa Aid. Khalsa Aid is an international NGO with the aim to provide humanitarian aid in disaster areas and civil conflict zones around the world. The organisation is based upon the Sikh principle of "Recognise the whole human race as one". Ravi has been working as a humanitarian since 1999.
Ganga Nandini
Ganga Nandini serves as the Director of Implementation, Integration & Communication for the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA). As the world’s first-ever international interfaith initiative which brings together the world's faiths as allies around clean water and sanitation, GIWA ensures that every child around the world has access to safe, life-giving Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). Today, in addition to serving with GIWA, she is also the Vice President of the Harijan Sevak Sangh of Uttarakhand and holds various leadership roles in Ganga Action Parivar and the Divine Shakti Foundation. Ganga Nandini dedicates her life to coordinate and implement various large scale and multi-faceted initiatives, programmes and projects, especially in mobilising interfaith leaders and faith based organizations in India to work together towards the Sustainable Development Goals and environmental preservation.
Geoffrey Manasseh
Geoffrey Manasseh is a peacebuilder, interfaith youth educator and advocacy activist, graduating with an advanced diploma in construction engineering from Combon Technical College.
Currently, he works as a country coordinator at United Religions Initiative, as well as the technical advisor of the Wildlife and Natural Resources Conservative and Rehabilitation Trust, Southern Africa Interfaith Youth Development Officer and the Malawi Eastern Region Psycho Socialist.
MODERATOR(S)
Kaleb Warnock
Kaleb is a Public Affairs Officer and multimedia storyteller at the International Dialogue Centre, where he creates and commissions multimedia stories to promote dialogue and the work of the Centre. In addition he trains staff, KAICIID Fellows, programme beneficiaries, dialogue activists and practitioners in photography skills, visual communication and storytelling for advocacy. He is a graduate of the Lik Academy for Photo and Design, the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and Iowa State University.
