Opening of a RAIN exhibition in Eden Amsterdam American Hotel
The Amsterdam Eden American Hotel hosts the RAIN exhibition "Dutch Channel Swimmers make every drop count".
11 September an exhibition will be opened to kick-off the sponsor project of the Dutch Channel Swimmers who will swim almost 35 kilometers across the Channel between the United Kingdom and France for a RAIN project in Senegal. The exhibition highlights the work of RAIN, the history and preparation of the Dutch Channel Swimmers and shows works of the artist Vera Driendijk who sponsors the project with the sale of her photographed water particles in ice.
After the opening a big party and a barbeque is organised in front of the hotel with live music of Dries Roelvink with his new number 1 hit and of the well-known Hermes House Band.
With this initiative the swimmers will raise funds for the constuction of 21 rainwater harvesting tanks in the village of Fayako in Senegal, providing 21 households with water at their doorstep.
The entrance for the party is free and lasts from 16.30-20.00
RAIN 3R session at the Stockholm World Water Week 2010
RAIN is co-hosting the session ‘The Potential of 3R to Improve Water Quality and Quantity’ at the Stockholm World Water Week. This session will be held on Sunday 5th of September, from 9:00 to 12:30 hrs in room K11 at the premises of the Stockholm World Water Week.
The event is organized by the Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network (RAIN), Acacia Water, MetaMeta, the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany (BGR) together with Southern & Eastern Africa Rainwater Network (SEARNET) and The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Furthermore it is sponsored by Aqua for all (A4A) and the Cooperative Programme on Water and Climate (CPWC). Read more...
For more information about 3R, please visit www.bebuffered.com
For further information, including how to get to the venue, please visit: www.worldwaterweek.org
Pilot started in Nepal on rainwater for securing water, food and energy
BSP-Nepal and IDE Nepal have joined hands early 2010 to develop a pilot on rainwater harvesting for securing water, food and energy in rural and remote villages in Nepal. Although rainwater harvesting storage capacity often seems to be a limiting factor to make multiple use of rainwater economically and financially feasible, it is found that people tend to manage the water from the rainwater harvesting system very efficiently. A rainwater storage system of 10 cubic metres is sufficient to provide a family with water for drinking and other small domestic uses for a whole year (based upon 5 litres per person per day). The main goal of this pilot is to assess the possibilities and limitations of using rainwater for drinking water, biogas production and irrigation in order to support a livelihood approach in rainwater harvesting projects in rural areas in Nepal. Read more...
