Engaging Youths (Little Drops) in Building Local Resilient Programs and Catalyzing Innovations to Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all through the Exchange of Community Best Practices in Africa

People Empowering People, (PEP) Africa (

Non-governmental organization (NGO)

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#SDGAction49603

Description

The unique nature of the " littler Droppers” is immensely intense, working together to develop an idealization and test its transformation. The I N N O V A T I ON will be related to solving; the water ecosystem and dealing with crucial social development issues. The littler Droppers) will organize S O L U T I O N events with workshops, long and short-format presentations, panel discussions, and plenary sessions. The Community will be invited to participate, contribute, and share their insight on projects with maximum interaction with the littler Droppers as speakers. This will enable participants to gain insight into several aspects of learning, technology, Innovation, creativity, leadership, and whole-brain thinking. The program also aims to promote substantial and active participation in community activities. All littler Droppers start the program with a short period of preparatory training. These examples describe the pattern for a program beginning in Cameroon. 1. Reframing = (Inspire – heart connection tour – Pairing - Reflect): the program starts with a team-building week. The key aim of this week is to 'pair' the participants. Pairs live with the same family and work as volunteers. The first week starts with learning to work together as a team and enrolls the participants in the different aspects of the program. The littler Droppers. Travels to a community with a performance that creates fun and dynamic awareness. The tour is personal, interactive, and positive and functions as a kick-off. Young people become aware of the challenges in their local and global context. The exchange makes young people realize and discover that they have a significant role to play. 2. Generating = (Education –Skill4life - Exchange - Arrival): The overseas group travels to join their southern counterparts to create the multi-national team, which forms the program's core. Living together: After the first week of arrival, the participants start to work and live in their host communities with host families. Each week includes an educational life skills activities day and four days of community work. This community work is a core activity of the program. The educational activities day allows each participant pair to lead their team in review, reflection, and experience-based learning. 3. Prototyping = (Activate – Act4cahnge - Create- Values, Midterm evaluation): Each team has a mid-team week halfway through the southern phase. During this period, the group spends time on reflection and assessment. Actions that young people undertake vary from awareness raising to fundraising to advocacy. One's Actions can make a difference on a personal, community, national, and international level. 4. Communicating = (Celebrate – Share - End of Project Evaluation): At the end of the exchange period, the littler Droppers come together for the last evaluation; each group reports their activities during the program. The littler Droppers celebrate their achievements in the project together every other year on the Saturday before the UN-Water conference or COP events. To reward, empower and unite the littler Droppers and make a visible statement to national and world leaders

Expected Impact

The “Little Drops” Exchange Program is an international initiative to actively involve young people, youths from Global South (Africa) and Global North (Developed countries). And gives them a powerful voice and engages them in building Local Resilient programs for Water Action Decade: Accelerating the implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including through the UN Secretary-General’s Action Plan. The “Little Droppers” live and work together for six months: half in Global South and half in the Global North. Each team spends three-six months living with a local family in each Country and working on a community placement. The program commonly acts as a catalyst for building a career in social development or cultivating relationships with international communities and organizations. It is an intense, immersive 9-week placement for young water activists seeking international development experience at a project site in Africa and worldwide. The structured program consists of 4 components (Reframing, Generating Values, Prototyping, and Communicating) that prepare and provide the “Little Droppers” with the support and guidance needed for social change. This involves identifying real needs and water challenges, transforming creativity into solutions, and learning by testing and pitching the project to ensure that their work makes a lasting impact on them and the Community they serve. Each meeting takes place in a different country and has a unique purpose: Every year at the UN water conference, on a day before the official kicks off, an ever-growing number of “Little Drops” will mobilize and connect simultaneously for Water Action Decade. They will be reminding world leaders to keep their promises regarding Accelerating the implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including through the UN Secretary-General’s Action Plan. Between now and 2030, the initiative aims to create 1 million “Little Droppers” worldwide by engaging yearly in in-depth life skills programs and other water actions, advocacy, awareness, and fundraising activities. By the end of the 2023 water conference, over 500 delegates will be reached in 10 countries, going through the program's four stages of becoming new “ little droppers.”

Partners

Africa 54
Water life Foundation

SDGS & Targets

Goal 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

4.1

By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education leading to relevant and effective learning outcomes

4.1.1

Proportion of children and young people (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex

4.1.2

Completion rate (primary education, lower secondary education, upper secondary education)

4.2

By 2030, ensure that all girls and boys have access to quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education so that they are ready for primary education

4.2.1

Proportion of children aged 24–59 months who are developmentally on track in health, learning and psychosocial well-being, by sex

4.2.2

Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex

4.3

By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university

4.3.1

Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex

4.4

By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

4.4.1

Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill

4.5

By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations

4.5.1

Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated

4.6

By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy

4.6.1

Proportion of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex

4.7

By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

4.7.1

Extent to which (i) global citizenship education and (ii) education for sustainable development are mainstreamed in (a) national education policies; (b) curricula; (c) teacher education and (d) student assessment

4.a

Build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective learning environments for all

4.a.1

Proportion of schools offering basic services, by type of service

4.b

By 2020, substantially expand globally the number of scholarships available to developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States and African countries, for enrolment in higher education, including vocational training and information and communications technology, technical, engineering and scientific programmes, in developed countries and other developing countries

4.b.1

Volume of official development assistance flows for scholarships by sector and type of study

4.c

By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States

4.c.1

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications, by education level

Goal 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

5.1

End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere

5.1.1

Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non‑discrimination on the basis of sex

5.2

Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation

5.2.1

Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

5.2.2

Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

5.3

Eliminate all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

5.3.1

Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 15 and before age 18

5.3.2

Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age

5.4

Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate

5.4.1

Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

5.5

Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life

5.5.1

Proportion of seats held by women in (a) national parliaments and (b) local governments

5.5.2

Proportion of women in managerial positions

5.6

Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences

5.6.1

Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

5.6.2

Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee full and equal access to women and men aged 15 years and older to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education

5.a

Undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws

5.a.1

(a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

5.a.2

Proportion of countries where the legal framework (including customary law) guarantees women’s equal rights to land ownership and/or control

5.b

Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women

5.b.1

Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

5.c

Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels

5.c.1

Proportion of countries with systems to track and make public allocations for gender equality and women’s empowerment

Goal 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

6.1

By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all

6.1.1

Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

6.2

By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations

6.2.1

Proportion of population using (a) safely managed sanitation services and (b) a hand-washing facility with soap and water

6.3

By 2030, improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally

6.3.1

Proportion of domestic and industrial wastewater flows safely treated

6.3.2

Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality

6.4

By 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity

6.4.1

Change in water-use efficiency over time

6.4.2

Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources

6.5

By 2030, implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate

6.5.1

Degree of integrated water resources management

6.5.2

Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation

6.6

By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes

6.6.1

Change in the extent of water-related ecosystems over time

6.a

By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies

6.a.1

Amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance that is part of a government-coordinated spending plan

6.b

Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management

6.b.1

Proportion of local administrative units with established and operational policies and procedures for participation of local communities in water and sanitation management

SDG 14 targets covered

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Deliverables & Timeline

31 March, 2023

By the end of the 2023 water conference, over 500 delegates will be reached in 10 countries, going through the program's four stages of becoming new “ little droppers.”

Resources mobilized

In-kind contribution

Provide personnel to support

Staff / Technical expertise

Provide Pro-bono consultancy to the expert committee ( if need be)

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Timeline

05 January 2023 (start date)

31 December 2030 (date of completion)

Entity

People Empowering People, (PEP) Africa

SDGs

4 5 6

Region

Africa
Europe
North America

Other beneficiaries

A young person (13-19) and youth (20-35 ) who is actively involved in Water Actions and makes a positive active contribution on one or more levels:
1. individual
2. Family/School/Community
3. (Inter)National
4. will have taken part in the Exchange Program and Water Action, COP, or COY.

These active contributions identify real social and development needs and challenges, transform creativity into solutions, and learn by testing and pitching the project to ensure that their work has a lasting impact on them and the Community they serve.

More information

www.pepafrica.org

Countries

Belgium

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Canada

Chad

Ghana

Mali

Nigeria

Global Action Plan

United States of America

Contact Information

MELVINE , Founder/ CEO

m.wajiri@pepafrica.org