International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance

Alliance internationale pour la gestion de l'eau de pluie (IRHA)

Alianza internacional para la gestión del agua de lluvia (IRHA)

Organization in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations - July 2010
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The International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) was created in Geneva in November 2002 following recomendations formulated during the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg two months earlier. The mandate called for federation and unification of the disparate rainwater harvesting (RWH) movement around the world…

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Raindrops 2012 Calendar

If you liked the winning photographs from the Raindrops Geneva Award, you can now buy a 2012 Raindrops Calendar! The calendar contains all the top photographs and all the money we raise from sales goes straight to one of our Blue Schools projects. The calendars are currently €12 (plus postage) and are available online through Lulu. We hope you enjoy the calendar and help us raise the awareness of rainwater harvesting!

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Raindrops Geneva Award 2011 Winners!

We are pleased to announce that winner of Raindrops Geneva Award 2011 is Kazi Arifur Rahman “Fighting Salinity with Rainwater”. In joint second place are Ismail Ferdous “Rain Water Survivors” and Danilo O. Victoriano Jr. “Use in Case of Fire”, and in third place is Partha Sarathi Bose “Livelihood”.

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See the top 13 photographs…

VerbierGPS

From 9 to 11 December 2011, Verbier hosted the third Verbier Green Pioneering Summit. A project from our “Blue Schools Plus” programme (an extension of the IRHA Blue Schools adapted for implementation in mountainous conditions) was selected for support from the Municipality of Bagne.

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Journalists for Rainwater Harvesting

We are looking for journalists with an interest in rainwater harvesting to join the newly created group of members: “Journalists for RWH”.

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New Blue Schools projects

We are about to start two new projects: Blue Schools in Nigeria with over 1,500 child beneficiaries and Blue Schools in Tamale, Ghana. The Ghana project is funded entirely by the Swiss Government and will bring water and sanitation to 12 schools in the region.

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Projects waiting for funding…

We have begun the process of fundraising for our newly formulated project, Blue Schools in Gitega, Burundi. Please help us reach our target and get this project started!

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Winners of Raindrops Geneva Award 2011

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Raindrops Geneva Award 2011

We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Raindrops Geneva Award 2011 are:

 

First place: “Fighting Salinity with Rainwater” by Kazi Arifur Rahman

 

 

Joint second place: “Rain Water Survivors” by Ismail Ferdous and “Use in Case of Fire” by Danilo O. Victoriano Jr.

 

Third place “Livelihood” by Partha Sarathi Bose.

 

You can see the top 45 photographs, out of the 473 we received, in the Raindrops Geneva Award 2011 photo album.

 

Everyone at the IRHA and Photojournale would like to thank all the photographers who entered this competition.

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Activities Report 2010, from 1st January to 31st December 2010

reReport, 13.3 Mo, PDF

trainingIndia2010French version, 10.7 Mo, PDF

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