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This brief gives an overview of projects CRIDF has engaged with in Malawi, with particular focus on the impacts of the projects for basin communities. CRIDF’s interventions in Malawi build water security for the rural poor. CRIDF works in partnership with the Government of Malawi through the Central and Southern Regional Water Boards, the Songwe River…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 227 KB
This brief gives an overview of projects CRIDF has engaged with in Lesotho, with particular focus on the impacts of the projects for basin communities. CRIDF has supported the reduction of non-revenue water in Lesotho through computer modelling and by providing infrastructure to manage water demand. The Facility has worked in close association with Lesotho’s…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 202 KB
This brief gives an overview of projects CRIDF has engaged with in Botswana, with particular focus on the impacts of the projects for basin communities. Botswana is in the unique position of being part of the four major transboundary river basin commissions that have so far been established in the Southern African Development Region. Working in partnership…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 446 KB
This brief gives an overview of projects CRIDF has engaged with in Angola, with particular focus on the impacts of the projects for basin communities. Angola is home to the headwaters of five transboundary river basins including the Congo, the Okavango and the Zambezi. CRIDF’s work in Angola has focussed on supporting the Permanent Okavango River Basin…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 573 KB
This brochure examines the prevalence of households headed by young people in Africa, assesses the barriers that prevent these young people from easily accessing water, and outlines how CRIDF can work to eliminate or reduce these barriers. The brochure examines the reasons behind inequitable access to water and how this impacts on the health, education…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 808 KB
This brochure examines women’s role as primary water collectors, assesses the barriers that prevent women from easily accessing water, and outlines how CRIDF can work to eliminate or reduce these barriers. The brochure examines the reasons behind inequitable access to water and how this impacts on the health, education and economic standing of women.…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 3.6 MB
This brochure assesses the barriers – physical and financial – that prevent people with a disability from easily accessing water, and outlines how CRIDF can work to eliminate or reduce these barriers. The brochure summarises the findings of recent studies examining the difficulties people with disabilities face in accessing water and sanitation services.…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 1.1 MB
This brochure provides an overview of CRIDF’s Water for All series, which highlights some of the barriers that prevent equitable access to water, and identifies how CRIDF programmes and projects can work to overcome these barriers. The brochure describes barriers to water access in terms of the five categories of the sustainable livelihoods approach:…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 2.1 MB
This case study outlines how the Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) of Lesotho is taking measures to improve the water supply system of the capital city Maseru, primarily by reducing water losses through leakages. The report describes the challenges facing WASCO and explains how CRIDF has worked with the utility company to pilot investments in improving…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 500 KB
This case study outlines a public–private partnership approach to managing floods in the Lower Incomati Basin that has delivered economic benefits and reduced the vulnerability of poor communities in Mozambique. It describes the challenges facing sugar companies, contract farmers and rural communities and explains how a collaborative approach is…
Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 634 KB