The Read-Lead Lead-Rid Campaign Lead-Poisoning Prevention Week

25Th – 31St October 2015

Edwine

Fundraising

Very warm welcome from the Read-Lead Lead-Rid

Team

Lydia

Administrator

Viola

Communication

Steve

Programs

Okeyo

Director

Samba

Toxicology Maina

Project Manager

Lead Poisoning is…

Deadly

Immoral

About the campaign

READ

Get the facts

LEAD

LEAD RID

Sources, uses & health effects

I can change

Eradicate by 2020

Pronunciation

READ LEAD

LEAD

RID

“Rid-led lid-rid”

Campaign objectives

1. To educate the public on the nature, causes and effects of lead poisoning

2. To demonstrate to the public easy and affordable practices for prevention and protection against lead poisoning

3. To advocate for market-driven regulation of leaded paints

DAY 1: Introduction

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Lead poisoning kills

History and goals of GAELP

Role of Eco Ethics Kenya

…we’re All at risk!

Morta-lead-y by end of this week…

2812 People

DEAD 11509 child retards

$19 billion

LOST

The Global Alliance for the Elimination of Lead in Paint (GAELP) since 2009

2 Lead agencies

11 governments

28 contributors

DAY 1: About GAELP

• http://www.unep.org/chemicalsandwaste/LeadCadmium/LeadPaintAlliance/tabid/6176/Default.aspx

DAY 1: Eco Ethics Kenya

• Founded in 2002

• A registered NGO in Kenya

• An advocate of environmental pollution

• +10yr experience with furans, dioxins, formaldehyde, mercury, cadmium, lead & e-waste

http://ecoethics-kenya.org/index.php/projects/chemicals

DAY 1: Review

1. What are the objectives of the global alliance on lead-poisoning?

2. Briefly explain the meaning of the term Rid as applied in the phrase Read-Lead Lead-Rid

3. In which year did lead become a global concern?

END of DAY 1

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING DAY 1

Join us on Day 2 as we demystify lead

Stay safe from lead-poisoning