News Archive - 2010
FARM-Africa celebrates World Water Day
Access to water is critical in helping farmers to grow more food and improve their livelihoods. FARM-Africa works with farmers across eastern Africa to meet their needs for water for drinking, food preparation and farming. At a time when much of eastern Africa has experienced periods of unreliable rainfall and drought, there is a great need to work with farmers to find coping strategies to deal with water insecurity. Especially since this insecurity often creates tensions in communities.
FARM-Africa is currently working with pastoralist communities in drought prone Moyale, northern Kenya, to reduce extreme poverty by providing access to sustainable water sources. These pastoralist communities have insufficient water for their households or livestock and are highly vulnerable to drought induced poverty and conflict over scarce resources.
The project will be working in eight locations elected by the local community and will help provide 19,500 people with access to sustainable water sources through the rehabilitation of shallow wells, the construction of roof catchments for rainwater harvesting and the construction of underground tanks for storage. The community will take full control of the project during its lifetime, learning how to maintain these life changing water points.
World Water Day has been launched to help focus attention on the need for water and its sustainable management.
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