Let´s Save Water With Me
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WHAT IS MY PROJECT
Do you know why environmental policy works in certain countries but not in others? It turns out that if we involve people in the makings of environmental policy, it is more likely to work. This is even more important in times of climate change. And one of the vital resources we need to protect is WATER.
Currently, climate change and water shortage become one of the most important topics. But in Africa and Middle East region, 65 % of countries deals with an absolute water scarcity. Behind these figures, yet, there are real human stories that I have had the opportunity to get to know. This is why people´s experience should be interconnected with the scientific knowledge. Let's give them a chance to get involved. #letsavewater with me.
I am a PhD student at the University of Reading and my project deals with water in the biggest country in Africa. Algeria. The aim of my research is to find out why existing solutions do not work and how they can be solved. I will conduct interviews with locals and interconnect their experience with scientific knowledge. But to do so, I NEED YOUR HELP.
As a full-time student from EU, my options for educational grants are very limited. Yet, I have got my tuition fee and maintenance funded, but I need you to help me get extra £6,035 to save water.
BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER. Water does not know borders. Saving water in Algeria is saving water in Africa.
WHO AM I & MY STORY
My name is Selma and I was born in Africa. When I was a little child a war started in my country of origin and my parents became political refugees. They fled with me to Europe, but we have kept returning to Algeria every year for summer holidays. I have many memories of these times, but one has always determined my direction of life. WATER. I remember how precious water was and how we danced every time it rained while in Europe drinking water was used to flush toilets. I asked myself: how is it possible that there are so different worlds on one planet? And can I do something about it?
I come from a developing country but grew up in Europe. Now I want to be beneficial to the society and share the blessing that I was lucky to have with those who need it. JOIN ME AND LET´S SAVE WATER WITH ME. Donate or share my project, please.
WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO
1. Fieldwork expenses (£5,859) - cover air tickets (£270), accommodation (£2,500), board (£2,108), transport in Algeria (£857) and insurance (£124).
2. Processing fee (£176)
Any donations raised in excess will go to my research expenses (i.e. workshops, conferences, publications, research assistants etc.)
A STORY-TELLING REWARDS
People support scientific projects because they want to change for the better. However, as a little thank I have some rewards for you. All of them have a story and they were created with the support of people who trust my project. And thus, a BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
£5 or more - Electronic postcard with Algerian proverb written in Algerian Arabic and English + a thank you on social media
Hand selected and translated by the greatest experts. My parents. There are three versions: which one will you get?
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£15 or more - Audio photo-presentation called “WATER KNOWS NO BORDERS” from all around the world + a thank you on social media
Photos provided by Petr Štefan who works as Communication Officer in the NGO People in Need. He is also a storyteller who is passionate about travelling and photography. See his Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/petr_stefan/?hl=cs
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£25 or more - Handwritten thank you on a postcard with a painting of the Algerian painter Aomar Lekloum (100 pcs).
Omar Lakloum is is an Algerian filmmaker, painter and lecturer of Image at the Institute of Social Work, Paris. More info about him and his work here: http://lespeintresalgerienseneurope.fr/
Free printing provided by Vít Havlíček, a professor in High School of Grafic Arts & Grafic College (Prague 1, Czech Republic).
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£50 or more - Thank you in the dissertation + Handwritten thank you on a postcard with a painting of the Algerian painter Aomar Lekloum + Audio photo-presentation called “WATER KNOWS NO BORDERS” from all around the world + Thank you on social media.
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£100 or more - Vlog from my fieldwork (I will bring you with me to Algeria and you will see how a scientific fieldwork looks like) + all other rewards.
Please note that this reward will be send after my fieldwork that will held in 2021.
Estimated delivery: Summer 2022
FIND ME HERE
Follow me to find out how I´m doing!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selma_for_phd/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelmaForPhd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selma-benyovszky-4b378634/?originalSubdomain=cz
Web: http://www.reading.ac.uk/geographyandenvironmentalscience/meet-the-team/current-phd-students/s-benyovszky.aspx
Help me succeed!
You don't need to give money to help me succeed! Please share this project with anyone you think would support us – on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, by email, telephone, in a chat over the fence or on your blog.
Do you know why environmental policy works in certain countries but not in others? It turns out that if we involve people in the makings of environmental policy, it is more likely to work. This is even more important in times of climate change. And one of the vital resources we need to protect is WATER.
Currently, climate change and water shortage become one of the most important topics. But in Africa and Middle East region, 65 % of countries deals with an absolute water scarcity. Behind these figures, yet, there are real human stories that I have had the opportunity to get to know. This is why people´s experience should be interconnected with the scientific knowledge. Let's give them a chance to get involved. #letsavewater with me.
I am a PhD student at the University of Reading and my project deals with water in the biggest country in Africa. Algeria. The aim of my research is to find out why existing solutions do not work and how they can be solved. I will conduct interviews with locals and interconnect their experience with scientific knowledge. But to do so, I NEED YOUR HELP.
As a full-time student from EU, my options for educational grants are very limited. Yet, I have got my tuition fee and maintenance funded, but I need you to help me get extra £6,035 to save water.
BE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER. Water does not know borders. Saving water in Algeria is saving water in Africa.
WHO AM I & MY STORY
My name is Selma and I was born in Africa. When I was a little child a war started in my country of origin and my parents became political refugees. They fled with me to Europe, but we have kept returning to Algeria every year for summer holidays. I have many memories of these times, but one has always determined my direction of life. WATER. I remember how precious water was and how we danced every time it rained while in Europe drinking water was used to flush toilets. I asked myself: how is it possible that there are so different worlds on one planet? And can I do something about it?
I come from a developing country but grew up in Europe. Now I want to be beneficial to the society and share the blessing that I was lucky to have with those who need it. JOIN ME AND LET´S SAVE WATER WITH ME. Donate or share my project, please.
WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO
1. Fieldwork expenses (£5,859) - cover air tickets (£270), accommodation (£2,500), board (£2,108), transport in Algeria (£857) and insurance (£124).
2. Processing fee (£176)
Any donations raised in excess will go to my research expenses (i.e. workshops, conferences, publications, research assistants etc.)
A STORY-TELLING REWARDS
People support scientific projects because they want to change for the better. However, as a little thank I have some rewards for you. All of them have a story and they were created with the support of people who trust my project. And thus, a BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
£5 or more - Electronic postcard with Algerian proverb written in Algerian Arabic and English + a thank you on social media
Hand selected and translated by the greatest experts. My parents. There are three versions: which one will you get?
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£15 or more - Audio photo-presentation called “WATER KNOWS NO BORDERS” from all around the world + a thank you on social media
Photos provided by Petr Štefan who works as Communication Officer in the NGO People in Need. He is also a storyteller who is passionate about travelling and photography. See his Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/petr_stefan/?hl=cs
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£25 or more - Handwritten thank you on a postcard with a painting of the Algerian painter Aomar Lekloum (100 pcs).
Omar Lakloum is is an Algerian filmmaker, painter and lecturer of Image at the Institute of Social Work, Paris. More info about him and his work here: http://lespeintresalgerienseneurope.fr/
Free printing provided by Vít Havlíček, a professor in High School of Grafic Arts & Grafic College (Prague 1, Czech Republic).
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£50 or more - Thank you in the dissertation + Handwritten thank you on a postcard with a painting of the Algerian painter Aomar Lekloum + Audio photo-presentation called “WATER KNOWS NO BORDERS” from all around the world + Thank you on social media.
Estimated delivery: Summer 2021
£100 or more - Vlog from my fieldwork (I will bring you with me to Algeria and you will see how a scientific fieldwork looks like) + all other rewards.
Please note that this reward will be send after my fieldwork that will held in 2021.
Estimated delivery: Summer 2022
FIND ME HERE
Follow me to find out how I´m doing!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/selma_for_phd/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SelmaForPhd/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/selma-benyovszky-4b378634/?originalSubdomain=cz
Web: http://www.reading.ac.uk/geographyandenvironmentalscience/meet-the-team/current-phd-students/s-benyovszky.aspx
Help me succeed!
You don't need to give money to help me succeed! Please share this project with anyone you think would support us – on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, by email, telephone, in a chat over the fence or on your blog.
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Selma Benyovszky
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