WASH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM

The WASH Rotary Action Group Ambassadors are a group of knowledgeable members who provide support and promotion of the goals of WASH Rotary Action Group and The Rotary Foundation. 

WASH Ambassadors know the importance of water, sanitation and hygiene for the health of an individual, a family, a community and to a nation.

WASH Rotary Action Group’s Ambassador Program aspires to engage a Rotarian in each Rotary District to serve as a WASH resource to other Rotarians, District Rotary leadership and to other senior leaders across their District.

A WASH Ambassador expands the awareness of WASH issues throughout their District and develops other Rotarians to be WASH advocates. Ambassadors serves to support WASH programs of Clubs.

An Ambassador brings WASH Rotary Action Groups’ voice and experience to promote, facilitate and advocate for meaningful action on WASH programs at the community, regional and/or national level.

WASH Ambassadors roles:

  • Serve District leadership in increasing awareness about WASH programs
  • Advocacy
  • Provide technical and/or logistical support, or refer to the appropriate professional
  •  Recruit and engage WASH-RAG members

WASH Ambassador’s responsibilities:

  • Work with District leaders to develop annual goals
  • Present to Rotary Clubs and at District events
  • Work with Clubs on WASH programs
  • Submit reports, photos to WASH- RAG Ambassador Committee

WASH Advocates are:

  • Passionate about Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
  • Trusted and respected in their District
  • Advocates for universal WASH • Connectors of resources for Rotarian

 

Terms
Ambassadors must be member of WASH-RAG.
 
Ambassadors serve for one three-year term and can be reappointed for another 3-year term.
 
An annual meeting of Ambassadors is held at the International Convention, at which time Ambassadors take the opportunity to meet and share their experiences with their peers and WASH Rotary Action Group leadership.
 
Ambassadors are required to submit an annual activity report in May of each year for presentation at the Annual General Meeting held during the Rotary International Convention.

Join Our Ambassador Program

 
If you are interested in being appointed as a WASH Rotary Action Group Ambassador, please complete the WASH-RAG Ambassador Application. The following information will be asked.
 
  • Your contact details.
  • Rotary details if you are a Rotarian or Rotaractor.
  • District in which you wish to serve as an Ambassador.
  • Your WASH Experience.
  • Your Rotary Experience.
  • References.
 
 
By this means, you will communicate to us your interest and the region (e.g. district, country) for which you could act as an Ambassador.  If you have questions, you may direct them to the Ambassador Project Manager at info@wasrag.org 

OUR AMBASSADORS

 
The following ambassadors are available to provide help and information.  If there is no ambassador for the area in which you are interested, please let us know and we will put you in touch with an appropriate ambassador.
 

Europe and Asia

James Onions
1145  England
 
Peter Staermose
1470  Denmark
 
Bent Michael Nielsen
1480  Denmark
 
Lucien Moreau
1660  France
 
Axel Schoepa
1880, Liepzig, Germany
 
1920, Austria
 
Dilip Mirchandani
2130,  Belgium
 
Wido Dorigo
2150   Belgium
 
Juan Suarez Gonzales
2201  Arucas, Spain
 
Fevzi Tavus
2440, Turkey
 
2490  Israel, Romania, Poland, Hungary
 
Jesus Maria Martelo
2490        Spain
 
3011   India
 
Brijesh Dayal Mathur
3012   Delhi, India
 
Dr. Sunil Prakash
3012  India
 
Mahesh Mokalkar
3030, India
 
Ratneshwar Kashyap
3050 India
 
Ramesh Agrawal
3054 Rajasthan, India
 
Nigam Chaudhari
3054  Maharashtra, India
 
3150  Zone 456a India
 
B.K. Prasad
3190  Bangalore
 
Rama Krishnan
3201  India
 
Dimuthu Daluwatte
3220  Sri Lanka
 
Jogesh Gambhir
3250   India
 
Bindu Singh
3250  India
 
S.N. Srikanth
3232   Chennai, India
 
Kundleshwar Panigrahi
3261  Raipur, India
 
Ashok Bihari Mohapatra
3262  Odisho, India
 
Sajid Pervaiz
3272  Pakistan
 
Nurul Kabir
3281 Bangladesh
 
Aman Ullah Bahar
3282, Bangladesh

The Americas

Edgarkis Crisostomo
4060  Dominican Republic
 
Jose Garcia
4140  Guadalajara, MX
 
Marcos Calvert
4170  Mexico
 
Jane Mirandette
4240  Nicaragua
 
Jorge Aufranc
4250  Guatemala
 
 
Jorge Gutierrez
4400  Quito, Equador
 
5020, Washington State, USA
 
5020  Pacific NW, USA
 
Richard Chinn
5150, California, USA
 
Michael Barrington
5160  California, USA
 
Peter Lattey   
5280  California, USA
 
Wajih Malki
5320    California, USA
 
Chris Wiorek
5450  Denver, CO USA
 
Dale Gray
5495  Arizona, USA
 
John Nonnemaker
5710   Missouri, USA
 
Isis Mejias
5890  Texas, USA
 
Dale Snyder
5950  Minnesota, USA
 
Patty Hall
5960  Minnesota, USA
 
Steve Leonard
6220  Wisconsin, USA
 
Henry St.Maurice
6250  Wisconsin, USA
 
Gary Sobotta
6380  Michigan, USA
 
Ron Arkell
6400  Ontario, Canada
 
Narayan Murarka
6440  Illinois, USA
 
Prakasam Tata
6450  Illinois, USA
 
Woody Collins
6560  Indiana, USA
 
Bob Ruehl
6600  Ohio, USA
 
Rosemary Calhoon Takacs
6970  Florida, USA
 
6990  Florida, USA
 
Neil Van Dine
7020   Haiti
 
Aldo Villanovich
7080  Canada
 
John Boot
7090, Ontario, Canada
 
Jonathan Naugle
7410  Pennsylvania, USA
 
Chuck Martz
7450  Pennsylvania USA
 
7680  North Carolina, USA
 
André St-Hilaire
7790  Maine, USA & Quebec, CA
 
 

Africa and Oceania

Christopher Forster
9101  Sierra Leone
 
Illo Adam
9102  Niger
 
Eric DeFor
9102  Ghana
 
H. Dorothe Gounon
9102, Benin
 
Mohammed Dan-Hassan
9125  Nigeria
 
Anayo Onwukwe
9142  Nigeria
 
Manuel Mutale
9210  Zambia
 
9210  Zambia
 
Moses Musiitwa
9211, Uganda
 
Deurence Onyango
9212  Kenya
 
David Grant
9400   South Africia
 
9600,  Queensland, Australia
 
Mark Balla
9810, Australia
 
Warwick Pleass
9920  Oceania
 
Bruce Lindsey
9980  eClubs
 
9980  New Zealand