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Programme 1

Rainwater for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Strengthen access to drinking water services, sanitation and best hygiene practices, while respecting ecological balance and raising the awareness of local actors to better manage rainwater (RWH).

Partners
In collaboration with Kanchan Nepal, Caritas Kaolack

Projects
Blue School, Rain Community, Emergency Rain

Member

Rural Water Supply Network, Aguasan (RWSN), Global Water Partnership (GWP), Susana, GRAIE

Campaigns

#nobluenogreen #watersecurity

Worldwide, 2 billion people do not have access to safe drinking water. An estimated 3.6 billion people do not have access to adequate sanitation. In 2021, more than 50% of schools will not have soap for good hygiene (WHO/UNICEF, 2021).

The challenge of providing access to safe water for all

Access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation is a human right and can prevent a significant proportion of water-related diseases. To date, 86% of urban residents have access to safe drinking water services, but only 60% of rural residents. Safely managed sanitation services reach 62% of the world's urban population, but only 44% of the rural population.

Rainwater is a free resource that can play a vital role in the realisation of this human right. Improving the management of this resource is a highly relevant and effective response to improving the health of children, women and communities around the world.

As such, the management of this resource is fully in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 6.

In order to guarantee access to rainwater resources for all and everywhere, IRHA intends to support

Strengthening community access to safe water and sanitation services and good hygiene practices through the implementation of sustainable and operational rainwater harvesting systems, sanitation (latrines, toilets) and hand washing.
Strengthening the knowledge (technical and organisational capacities) of local actors in terms of prevention of waterborne diseases, maintenance and sustainable management of infrastructures.
Supporting local actors to improve rainwater management and to implement natural resource conservation initiatives in their territories.

"Thanks to the Calabash, my wife was able to cook and wash without using tap water. There are many of us in the household and water bills are expensive. Thanks to this rainwater harvesting system, instead of paying 6,000FCFA every two months, I only had to pay 1,500FCFA. "

Mr. Bakhoum, Boyard Ndiodiome (Senegal) Credits@IRHA, 2020

Videos

Countries

Programme 1

Népal
Sénégal

News - Rainwater for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

8 April 2022

by Sylvestre, May 22

Here we go with Blue School#11 in Tobang (Nepal)

Let's go for Blue School#11! (Tobang, Nepal). The Kanchan Nepal team met with the local authorities and the school of Janapriya to launch the...

Detail

17 February 2021

by Blandine Barthod

And 10! Kalika Blue School

And 10 ...! The success of the blue schools continues and it is spreading in Pokhara region.

After having implemented 4 Blue Schools from...

Detail

5 January 2021

by Marine Protte-Rieg

In search of the blue gold

Faced with demographic growth and the future amplification of climate change and health crises, rainwater is more than ever a precious resource...

Detail

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Stories

“Life is easier now, we have water available at home. We are also growing vegetables. It took almost an hour for a roundtrip and had to wait longer for water collection. But now, we do not have to do so. This tank has changed my life!"

Gita Adhikari, Begnas Rain Community (Nepal) Credit @Kanchan Nepal, 2021

Other Programmes

Programme 2

Rainfed Agriculture and Food Sovereignty

Rainfed agriculture represents more than 85% of family farming today. Ongoing climate change is impacting on the harvests and food sovereignty of farming communities.

Programme 3

Disaster risk management and ecosystem restoration

The weakening of forest, mangrove and wetland ecosystems, which helps reduce exposure to major risks, increases the vulnerability of communities to the effects of climate change.

Programme 4

Urban Rainwater

Storm rain, flooding, creating islands of coolness, rainwater management in the city has emerged in recent years as a nature-based solution (NbS) that cannot be ignored in managing a sustainable city.

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