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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear IYRP Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The Rural Water Supply Network (RWSN) is the global network for rural water professionals with over 15,000 members in 160 countries, and we have prepared a draft strategy for the network up to 2030. Rural water supply
is often driven by domestic and international actors in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) development cooperation space who generally view it as a static public service for settled rural, small town and peri-urban communities. In this new strategy,
we want make sure that pastoralist/nomadic peoples are not left out (again). So, I would really welcome your ideas and feedback on how we best connect and support those who working in this space. There are also tensions (particularly when it comes to water
quality and treatment) when it comes to drinking water v. water for other uses, such as livestock watering. If anyone has any good research or resources on this topic then let me know!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The draft strategy is available in English and French here:
<a href="https://rural-water-supply.net/en/resources/1174-rwsnstrategy-2030">https://rural-water-supply.net/en/resources/1174-rwsnstrategy-2030</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">And this is me talking through it: <a href="https://youtu.be/d3jZlQDo_-E?feature=shared">
https://youtu.be/d3jZlQDo_-E?feature=shared</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">You can either contact me directly or post you ideas via this online form:
<a href="https://forms.gle/4BjHw3U1BkhtU1ST8">https://forms.gle/4BjHw3U1BkhtU1ST8</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">(here is the recording of a webinar we did recently on pastorialists:
<a href="https://vimeo.com/718011011">https://vimeo.com/718011011</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Sean<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sean Furey
</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">MSc FRGS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Director, RWSN Secretariat
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Network (RWSN)</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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