Stockholm World Water Week 2008
RAIN organising a side event with Acacia Water
RAIN will co-convene a session together with Acacia Water at the Stockholm World Water Week 2008 on the 20th of August. The theme of this event will be: Up scaling of Local Water-Harvesting and Groundwater Recharge: Coping with Climate Change in Semi-Arid Regions. The honorable Mr. Asfaw Dingamo (Minister of Water, Ethiopia) will chair this event and facilitate the panel debate, supported by Mr. P. de Vries (Head of the Water Unit of the Department of Environment and Water, Ministry of Foreign Affaires, The Netherlands). The debate will bring to life water harvesting initiatives, their success in yielding a reliable community-owned water supply and their potential for large-scale implementation. Read more...
Sand for water!
Successful Sand dam pilot project in Ethiopia
In 2007, the Ethiopian Rainwater Harvesting Association (ERHA), RAIN’s capacity centre in Ethiopia, started to facilitate a pilot project in which an innovative combination of rainwater harvesting techniques is being implemented. 7 sand dams in combination with 8 surface runoff storage tanks are being constructed to benefit at least 2,000 people with sufficient and clean drinking water. Part of this project was the training of implementing organisations working in RAIN’s target areas: 2 workshops and 2 on-job-training were successfully… Read more...