Tomorrow is World Water Day and leading up to the momentous occasion we have been working with WaterAid America on an exciting awareness campaign that calls upon clean water access and sanitation for all.
First, Social Good Mom and Global Team of 200 member, Jennifer Barbour, traveled to Nicaragua last Sunday with WaterAid America to report from the field about WaterAid’s water and sanitation programs in the country. Jennifer has been tweeting, publishing blog posts, and video of everything she has been learning in Nicaragua. Read Jennifer’s philanthropy blog at anotherjennifer.com/category/philanthropy and follow her at @anotherjenb for all of her in-country updates.
We have been chronicling all of the #WaterAidNica dispatches on Tumblr at socialgoodmomsnica.tumblr.com and on Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/socialgoodmoms/social-good-moms-nicaragua.
We ended the week leading to World Water Day with a highly successful #WaterAidNica Twitter chat. Overall, over 1000 tweets went out during the chat that trended nationwide for 20 minutes. Overall, the week of #WaterAidNica tweets and the Twitter chat resulted in 1800 tweets reaching 2 million Twitter accounts with over 10 million impressions and nearly 300 interested bloggers.
Here are some key tweets during the Twitter chat:
.@socialgoodmoms We've still got lots of work to do, but fact #WaterAidNica is proof that it can be done.
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WaterAid America (@WaterAidAmerica) March 21, 2014Here is My #WaterStory too! World Water Day 2014: My #WaterStory wp.me/p1lnBZ-5MF via @thirdeyemom #WaterAidNica
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(@thirdeyemom) March 21, 2014Spreading awareness, appreciating fresh water! RT @socialgoodmoms: Q1: How do you plan to celebrate #WorldWaterDay this year? #WaterAidNica
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Tawanna Smith, MPP (@WorldTravelMom) March 21, 2014@jenwag57 @socialgoodmoms #wateraidnica Doing subsistence farming with an hour's walk each way, carrying produce in 98 degree heat.
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Caitlin Kelly (@CaitlinKellyNYC) March 21, 2014#wateraidnica - I am only serving water at my kids' birthday tomorrow! I am also letting everyone know to take pics and #cheerstoH2O
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Mini Van Dreams (@minivandreams) March 21, 2014RT @thirdeyemom: @socialgoodmoms By advocating for the millions without safe water! #WorldWaterDay #WaterAidNica
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Lisa Schechtman (@lschecht) March 21, 2014@socialgoodmoms @WaterAidAmerica #WaterAidNica We have been lucky enough to live this way for a few days. Living it changes your POV.
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Caitlin Kelly (@CaitlinKellyNYC) March 21, 2014I am amazed at the work @WaterAidAmerica has done clean and safe water and sanitation. #wateraidnica I was honored to share on my blog
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Mini Van Dreams (@minivandreams) March 21, 2014A1: tell congress 2 support Water 4 the World Act MT @socialgoodmoms
Q1: How do you plan to celebrate #WorldWaterDay ? #WaterAidNica
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Documama.org (@elizabethatalay) March 21, 2014A1: We'll be partying on social media, continuing to raise awareness of the importance of #water to save & improve lives! #WaterAidNica
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(@GirlsGlobe) March 21, 2014A2: Seeing a rural village where 100% of families have toilets thanks to @WaterAidAmerica. Sadly, very rare! #WaterAidNica
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Jennifer Barbour (@anotherjenb) March 21, 2014Can you talk a little about the processes #WaterAIdNica is using to deliver fresh water? @anotherjenb @CaitlinKellyNYC @AlannaImbach
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Tawanna Smith, MPP (@WorldTravelMom) March 21, 2014@AlannaImbach Where/How do most people get their water? #WaterAidNica
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(@thirdeyemom) March 21, 2014@thirdeyemom @WaterAidAmerica Many latrines. More pour flush toilets are going in thanks to @WaterAidAmerica #WaterAidNica
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Jennifer Barbour (@anotherjenb) March 21, 2014@thirdeyemom @anotherjenb No toilets means going wherever you can. The good news? 100% of have toilets now in some towns! #wateraidnica
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WaterAid America (@WaterAidAmerica) March 21, 2014Levels of #STH approx 80% in #Nicaragua. Must have #WASH to eliminate worms so children can thrive! #WaterAidNica #JNJ @CWWDirector
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Joy Marini (@joymarini) March 21, 2014[tweethttps://twitter.com/joymarini/status/447059727487606784]
.@socialgoodmoms We've been working in Nica since 2011. Since then, +5000 people now have safe water + toilets #wateraidnica
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WaterAid America (@WaterAidAmerica) March 21, 2014A12: My key takeaway is that we can't ignore water and sanitation. It's a basic need. When met, it improves lives. #WaterAidNica
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Jennifer Barbour (@anotherjenb) March 21, 2014#wateraidnica Most powerful moments here? The people whose lives we've seen: Neilsha, Jhondra, Linda. Real people we know and care for.
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Caitlin Kelly (@CaitlinKellyNYC) March 21, 2014
Social Good Moms 