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|GBE project description=The project aims to improve the water supply in the Hardap region. Its main activity is the rehabilitation of 15 existing boreholes. In an upfront field visit, the sites with the highest yield potential are identified and analysed. Depending on the findings, CommonWaters installs new solar-powered groundwater pumps, replaces the water collection tanks and renews the distribution systems. At each site, the organisation supports the surrounding farmers in the set up of a small water management committee. Each committee is managed self-responsibly. It assures the basic maintenance of its system and collects a small amount of money from each user – the so-called SolarCent – to finance future repairs. Beyond the project, CommonWaters is working with the GIZ programme Farming for Resilience (F4R) to introduce solar-irrigation gardening in the communities that surround the boreholes to increase agricultural yields and food security in the region. | |GBE project description=The project aims to improve the water supply in the Hardap region. Its main activity is the rehabilitation of 15 existing boreholes. In an upfront field visit, the sites with the highest yield potential are identified and analysed. Depending on the findings, CommonWaters installs new solar-powered groundwater pumps, replaces the water collection tanks and renews the distribution systems. At each site, the organisation supports the surrounding farmers in the set up of a small water management committee. Each committee is managed self-responsibly. It assures the basic maintenance of its system and collects a small amount of money from each user – the so-called SolarCent – to finance future repairs. Beyond the project, CommonWaters is working with the GIZ programme Farming for Resilience (F4R) to introduce solar-irrigation gardening in the communities that surround the boreholes to increase agricultural yields and food security in the region. | ||
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SolarCent
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Key Data
Organisation
CommonWaters Namseb
Duration
June 2020 - September 2023
Project Description
The project aims to improve the water supply in the Hardap region. Its main activity is the rehabilitation of 15 existing boreholes. In an upfront field visit, the sites with the highest yield potential are identified and analysed. Depending on the findings, CommonWaters installs new solar-powered groundwater pumps, replaces the water collection tanks and renews the distribution systems. At each site, the organisation supports the surrounding farmers in the set up of a small water management committee. Each committee is managed self-responsibly. It assures the basic maintenance of its system and collects a small amount of money from each user – the so-called SolarCent – to finance future repairs. Beyond the project, CommonWaters is working with the GIZ programme Farming for Resilience (F4R) to introduce solar-irrigation gardening in the communities that surround the boreholes to increase agricultural yields and food security in the region.
GBE Component
Small Projects Fund
Categories
- Financing
- Community-based Approaches
Factsheet
Location
Country SPF
Namibia
Geographic coordinates of project site
24° 37' 28.70" S, 17° 57' 45.61" E
Latitude Longitude
