This footage was captured during a 2019 OKACOM community consultation in the Okavango River Basin. Community consultations are a key element of CRIDF’s basin-wide approach to building resilient livelihoods. This film reflects the complexity of the challenges affecting people living in river basins and demonstrates how CRIDF supports the implementation…
Year: 2020
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This document outlines how CRIDF addresses issues of gender, equality and social inclusion through an integrated approach that encompasses gender and social analyses, capacity strengthening and stakeholder engagement – delivering tangible benefits to women, communities and water sector institutions throughout Southern Africa.…
Year: 2020
File size: 2.8 MB
This document outlines how CRIDF adopts a basin-wide approach to supporting sustainable livelihoods through water interventions in Southern Africa. A key element is working with river basin organisations to engage with national and local partners, including conducting meaningful consultations with the communities who live and work in the basins.…
Year: 2020
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This CRIDF animation outlines the Border Towns Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) project. The project targets border towns and transport corridors in Southern Africa, where rapid increases in population and trade are putting pressure on the existing water supply. The WSS project implements sustainable water supply and sanitation to residents and cross-border…
Year: 2020
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CRIDF Voices provides a platform for leading figures in Southern Africa’s development community to share their perspectives on water-related issues and challenges. In this issue Jo McDonnell, Mobilising Finance Advisor, discusses the potential of Southern Africa’s largely untapped groundwater resources – and CRIDF’s efforts to mobilise funds to strategically…
Year: 2020
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The Ressano Garcia Border Town Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) project will provide climate resilient water supply and sanitation to over 11,200 residents of Mwanza and up to 1,000,000 cross-border travellers per year. It will improve health and hygiene, provide economic opportunities and build resilience to climate change. This project pitch outlines…
Year: 2020
File size: 1.59 MB
CRIDF Voices provides a platform for leading figures in Southern Africa’s development community to share their perspectives on water-related issues and challenges. In this issue Caroline Solik, Gender and Livelihood Coordinator, discusses the CRIDF approach to gender mainstreaming. Through expert support, capacity strengthening and the development…
Year: 2020
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CRIDF Voices provides a platform for leading figures in Southern Africa’s development community to share their perspectives on water-related issues and challenges. In this issue Lenka Thamae, Executive Secretary of the Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM), discusses the potential of the Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer (LBWT) scheme. This new…
Year: 2020
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The Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Scheme will supply water to Botswana, Lesotho and South Africa from the Makhaleng Dam – part of the Lesotho Lowlands Water Supply Scheme. This project pitch outlines the initiative’s expected benefits and key facts and figures to guide investment decisions.…
Year: 2020
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The Incomati Flood Risk Management Project will reduce flood and drought vulnerability for smallholder farmers and 50,000 households in the Lower Incomati floodplain in Mozambique. In addition, an Early Warning Flood Forecasting System will benefit Eswatini and South Africa and enhance climate resilience along the supply chains of resident sugar companies.…
Year: 2020
File size: 260 KB