Engaging Youth for Integrated Water Resource Management
Engaging Youth for Integrated Water Resource Management forms an important part of the communications strategy. By creating awareness about the fragility of our water resources and introducing the concept of IWRM at an early age, you are investing in continuity. Continuity is very important to any project as it ensures its sustainability. Hence getting the Youth involved and interested in IWRM is a key strategy. This toolkit contains information on why it is important to engage youth in IWRM and how this can be done, it also contains resources that have been developed to guide the user on how IWRM can be incorporated into schools.
Why and HowEngaging youth in IWRM is very important and is strategically important for you IWRM plan. In order to engage with the country’s youth, new techniques will need to be employed, an open mind kept and new technology utilized. Youth of this generation are influenced heavily by these technological advances, music and fashion, and this very same tools will need to employed to spark an interest in them regarding water resources.
1) Educating Young People about Water.A guide to Unique Program Strategies. Elaine Andrews and the Cooperative Extension National Review Team. US Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Water Quality Initiative Team.
Incorporation into School CurriculumIt is a well known fact that once the school bell rings, the learning process for most kids stop. In order for you to reach the majority of youths in the country the best way to address water issues and create awareness amongst the youth is by incorporating the issues into the school curriculum. The documents here have been developed just for this task and are a good guide on how this can be done.
1) Educating Young People about Water. A Guide to Program Planning and Evaluation Elaine Andrews, Elva Farrell, Joe Heimlich, Richard Ponzio, Kelly J. Warren US Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Water Quality Initiative Team.
2) Educating Young People about Water.A guide to goals and resources with an emphasis on non formal and school enrichment settings. Elaine Andrews and the Cooperative Extension National Review Team. US Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Water Quality Initiative Team.
3) Education Curricula on Water Management
Why and HowEngaging youth in IWRM is very important and is strategically important for you IWRM plan. In order to engage with the country’s youth, new techniques will need to be employed, an open mind kept and new technology utilized. Youth of this generation are influenced heavily by these technological advances, music and fashion, and this very same tools will need to employed to spark an interest in them regarding water resources.
1) Educating Young People about Water.A guide to Unique Program Strategies. Elaine Andrews and the Cooperative Extension National Review Team. US Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Water Quality Initiative Team.
Incorporation into School CurriculumIt is a well known fact that once the school bell rings, the learning process for most kids stop. In order for you to reach the majority of youths in the country the best way to address water issues and create awareness amongst the youth is by incorporating the issues into the school curriculum. The documents here have been developed just for this task and are a good guide on how this can be done.
1) Educating Young People about Water. A Guide to Program Planning and Evaluation Elaine Andrews, Elva Farrell, Joe Heimlich, Richard Ponzio, Kelly J. Warren US Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Water Quality Initiative Team.
2) Educating Young People about Water.A guide to goals and resources with an emphasis on non formal and school enrichment settings. Elaine Andrews and the Cooperative Extension National Review Team. US Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Water Quality Initiative Team.
3) Education Curricula on Water Management
