High-level Meeting on rainwater harvesting 28 – 30 June in Nepal
The Fifteenth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit held in Colombo 2-3 August 2008 re-emphasized the need to harness rainwater for development and sustainability and urged countries to take appropriate action. To support the initiatives, the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works of Nepal plans to hold a Regional High-level Meeting on rainwater harvesting, and invites Ministers / Secretaries, senior policymakers and officials of SAARC countries to lead appropriate delegations of national experts June 28-30 2009 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Read more...
A practical guide to sand dam implementation
RAIN and Acacia Water have developed a practical guideline for sand dam implementation. This guideline is based on the Swiss Re 2007 award winning pilot project “Water harvesting to improve livelihoods in southern Ethiopia: from pilots to mainstream” by RAIN's partners ERHA and AFD and on large-scale implementation of sand dams by SASOL in Kenya. This manual can be seen as a "growing document" which will be improved and updated with experiences in implementation of the upcoming years in Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Click here to download the guideline.
