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A knowledge-sharing project that helps Geneva NGOs and their partners in the South to include rainwater harvesting in their own projects.
The Food Sovereignty Platform (PSA) is a working group of 15 Geneva NGOs within the Fédération genevoise de coopération (FGC). Several of its members told IRHA that their projects suffer from a lack of water. Floods, droughts, soil loss and falling groundwater make this worse. Rainwater is a practical answer, but teams often lack know-how and contacts with specialists.
Progress so far: – After the Senegal workshop, the director of the Keur Yaakar hotel complex, a partner of the NGO Tereo, decided to install a rainwater storage tarp to secure drinking water for guests. – Two target projects were identified early: Graine de Baobab (Burkina Faso) and Tourism for Help (Senegal). – The second webinar reached participants from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Malawi, Tanzania and other countries. – Other FGC members, such as Enfants du Monde and Terre des Hommes (Colombia), have asked IRHA for advice.
Expected results: – More PSA projects plan rainwater harvesting from the start. – Lasting links between Geneva NGOs and rainwater specialists.
Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières.
“Little streams make great rivers.”
French proverbproverb: wording and translation to check with our local partner
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Funded by the FGC's knowledge-sharing fund (Fonds Partage des Savoirs). Partners: PSA member organisations, ASGEP and IRHA Alliance members.
Help communities catch, store and use the rain.
