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: natural,…

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 providing…

Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 634 KB

This case study outlines how Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe – all riparian states of the Limpopo River Basin – are sharing water data in order to predict flood flows and issue early warnings to more than 1.5 million people. The report describes the challenges facing low-income communities and the economic activities of agriculture, forestry,…

Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 617 KB

This executive summary outlines the key messages from the publication ‘Climate risk and vulnerability: A handbook for Southern Africa’. As well as information on the evidence for climate change, the document summarises projected climate change scenarios and the impacts of extreme weather events. The summary finishes with a discussion of climate adaptation…

Year: 2017
Produced by: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
File size: 1.5 MB

This handbook presents a series of definitions, concepts and programmes for addressing climate change in Southern Africa following the inception of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. The document provides the reader with a simplified understanding of climate risks, as well as actions that can be implemented to address the impacts of climate change. This…

Year: 2017
Produced by: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
File size: 11 MB

This two-sided leaflet containing information on the work to improve climate resilience within the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA). The leaflet contains background to issues in the area, a list of agricultural value-chain products with potential for pilot enterprise-development projects and steps needed to move the project…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 449 KB

This two-sided flyer gives an overview of work in the Kavango Zambezi Trans Frontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA) that aims to improve climate resilience in the region. Background information on key issues in the area and next steps are provided.…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 527 KB

This is a two-page overview of the services CRIDF offers, including: CRIDF’s project cycle; project preparation services; funding capture/matching services; implementation and project assistance; and ‘on demand’ technical assistance.…

Year: 2017
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 772 KB