Integrated Water Harvesting Project
Overview
- Reference: P-ZA-EAZ-001
- Approval date: 14/04/2009
- Start date: 15/12/2009
- Appraisal Date: 13/03/2009
- Status: OngoingOnGo
- Implementing Agency: ECOLINK
- Location: South Africa Mpumalanga
Description
The components include
(i) Community capacity building to strengthen food security and income generation
(ii) Development of learning resources
(iii) Construction of Rainwater Harvesting Infrastructure and related technologies
(iv) Outreach and institutional capacity strengthening
(v) Project management, Monitoring Evaluation.
Objectives
The project's objective is to assist these communities in the Ehlanzeni District of Mpumalanga Province of South Africa to improve output from their communal food gardens through collection and management of surface run-off from precipitation and better management of soil moisture.
Rationale
The project will address the vulnerability of beneficiary communities to the high variability of atmospheric and soil moisture, critical to their horticulture based livelihoods, through establishing the means and capacity for collecting and storing water for vegetable gardening during the wet season for use in the five dry months of the year. More importantly, based on its design, the project will foster social capital and empower the women's and youths' groups who are the primary target beneficiaries, as well as the larger community, to better address issues affecting local livelihoods, in particular in relation to water scarcity, climate change and food production.
Key contacts
HOLLHUBER Franz - AWTF
Costs
| Finance source | Amount |
|---|---|
| AWF | UAC 332,551 |
| Total | UAC 332,551 |
