The Pathways to Impact series highlights CRIDF’s long-term initiatives that have been proven to have a tangible impact on people’s lives. This brief outlines CRIDF’s support activities in the Incomati Basin, an area often hit by flood waters that affect both private sugar estates and local smallholder farmers. CRIDF was asked by Africa’s largest sugar company,…

Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 479 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. The document is written in French.…

Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 816 KB

This two page overview of CRIDF describes the Facility’s aims, approaches and services offered in French.…

Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 1362 KB

This report outlines a methodology to help identify hotspots where livelihoods are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The methodology involves: conducting a literature review; identifying, collecting and collating spatial data layers; overlaying spatial layers in a variety of scenarios; dividing basins into homogeneous zones; identifying…

Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 2.1 MB

This brief gives an overview of projects CRIDF has engaged with in South Africa, with particular focus on the impacts of the projects for basin communities. CRIDF works in partnership with organisations that have responsibility for transboundary water management, including ORASECOM and the Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM), and also with Illovo…

Year: 2021
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 625 KB

This brief gives an overview of projects CRIDF has engaged with in Namibia, with particular focus on the impacts of the projects for basin communities. CRIDF’s work in Namibia has focussed on supporting transboundary water commissions such as the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) and the Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM),…

Year: 2021
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 3.4 MB

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: 2021
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 Water…

Year: 2021
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. With…

Year: 2018
Produced by: CRIDF
File size: 3.6 MB