Safe Drinking Water & Empowering Women
Safe Drinking Water Supply & Female Empowerment in Gimbichu Woreda
Status
Needs funding
Focus area
Location
Lemlem Chefe
Oromya State, Ethiopia
The project will cap & protect 2 springs, construct 2 water distribution points, and train women in sanitation, primary health care, horticulture production & small scale business operations.
Target benchmarks
- 2 functioning water systems
- 5000 persons with access to improved water for 30 years
- 200 persons who receive training / education per year
The overall objective of the project is to empower women and promote gender equality by improving access to safe drinking water through provision of 2 spring captures and 2 water points. Women will receive training in sanitation & primary health care, horticulture production and small-scale business operation. The direct beneficiaries are 200 women and their families who are most affected by the lack of potable water in their vicinity; 4800 residents of Lemlem Chefe and Girmiabo Kebele will indirectly benefit.
Target benchmarks
- 2 functioning water systems
- 5000 persons with access to improved water for 30 years
- 200 persons who receive training / education per year
The project will be implemented in partnership with a Development Committee composed of two rural village leaders, representatives of women and youth associations, and administrative offices.
The representation and participation of women in this Development Committee is crucial:
1. Women are working as equal partners in all the phases of the project, from problem identification to implementation of the preferred solution. This will guarantee the ownership and enhance the sustainability of the project.
2. Demonstrating the capacity of women to work as equal partners throughout the project will not only benefit the women, but also their families and community as a whole.
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Kathelyne van den Berg
2010-01-08 13:22
Restaurant Le Connaisseur Utrecht and Earth Water work together to donate to this project. In the coming period one bottle of Earth Water costs €2.45. The guest will donate €0.50 and Le Connaisseur also contributes €0.50 to the project in Ethiopia. So from each bottle of Earth Water sold in the restaurant 1 euro will be donated to this project!
Fredrik Broman
2009-12-06 20:12
Finally the ticket revenues have been paid out! Hopefully they will show up here in a few days.
Fredrik Broman
2009-11-17 13:30
FYI: we are still waiting for Twestival Global to transfer the funds raised from ticket sales to this project. We at Twestival Karlshamn have no control over this, but we have been told it will be done very soon. Have patience! :)
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Project updates
Safe Drinking Water Supply & Female Empowerment
2010-08-27 12:03 by Marit Besteman, WfWP, via web
• 325 households have access to safe drinking water now that will be supervised by the Lukie Yelimat Committee. In other words 1,625 members of the community have access to quality safe drinking water. The (2nd) second spring development, strengthening and treating is to be commenced as soon as the rain stops.
• One Spring Eye-box strengthened, developed and treated
• One water collection chamber /Reservoir/ constructed
We finished the above mentioned activities in July 2010 which is with in the planned schedule
Twestival Karlshamn donates for charity!
2009-09-17 22:13 by Fredrik Broman, Twestival Karlshamn, via web
Akvo t-shirts were popular with the crowd Photo credit: Fredrik Broman
The first ever Twestival Karlshamn took place exactly one week ago and we're still recovering from all the hard work and positive impressions.
About fifty people gathered for a few hours of music, presentations and discussions about social media and charity. The local press was there to cover the event and we had a pretty active backchannel with video link to our sister event in Stockholm.
During the event people were free to mingle about, look at the charity artwork auction and eat their fill from the buffet and snacks bar. All in all it was a very pleasant evening and we got some very nice feedback over the following days. We also managed to raise just over $1200 for this project, which we are very happy with.
We are already planning a similar event next year!
Safe Drinking Water Supply & Female Empowerment
2009-06-16 15:34 by Edwin van Someren, WfWP, via web
The project has been promoted during the WWF-5 in Istanbul. Please click on the video link on the left side of this page to watch a video on this project.
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Funding
2009-06-11 Request posted
Current funders
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Grant: € 1,211
Karlshamn, Sweden
Grant: € 830
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grant: € 375
Geneva, Switzerland
Grant: € 2,028
Den Haag, The Netherlands
Grant: € 4,433
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Grant: € 847
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grant: € 400
Donations from individuals
Raised: € 716
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Partners
Field partners
Geneva, Switzerland
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Support partner
The Hague, The Netherlands