Help Rural Ethiopians Improve Access to Water

Summary

This project is helping more than 30,000 villagers improve their use of existing water resources. It is rehabilitating natural springs and building wells for better access to clean drinking water. progress report read updates from the field

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Communities worldwide depend on water for survival, yet more than 1 billion people lack proper access to clean drinking water. Impacting health, food, climate, transportation and local markets, inadequate water resources and their management can lead to disease, malnutrition, poor economic growth and conflict. Ethiopia’s central areas are drought-prone, and inefficient use of fuel has depleted available resources, creating a chronic water crisis for more than 14 million Ethiopians.

Activities

CHF's programs in Ethiopia are training women about proper hygiene and water usage, fostering effective usage and management through local associations, and building infrastructure such as deep-wells, hand-dug wells, and rehabilitated springs.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Project's External Homepage (http://www.chfinternational.org/section/worldwide_programs/programs/africa/ethiopia/)

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Better water usage can improve the environmental conditions that cause drought. Access to clean drinking water frees the women and children, who are forced to carry water from distant sources, to pursue education and income-generating activities.

Project Message

In the past we had to walk for 4 hours to get water and we still never had enough. Now we have water to drink, water to wash with, time to take our children to school, and finally time to weave again.
- (Anonymous), CHF beneficiary

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Lori Goldhammer,

8601 Georgia Ave
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ethiopia
011-(251)-11-6636335
Email:

Project Sponsor

CHF International

Organisation

CHF International
8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
301-587-4700
http://www.chfinternational.org

Learn more about CHF International and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Ethiopia and can also be found under Environment.

For more information about Ethiopia, read the Human Development Report on Ethiopia or the Wikipedia entry for Ethiopia.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 25, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 10, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

September 2010- Progress to Date

By Natalie Taggart - Communications, September 02, 2010 04:52 PM

CHF International’s water security program in Ethiopia assists rural farmers in achieving sustainable food security and access to clean water. We apply solutions that address immediate emergency needs while enabling communities to mitigate the effects of recurrent drought conditions. Since the last update, 60 motorized water pumps were installed in various communities and 45 concrete-lined outlet channels were constructed. To increase availability and quality of feed for livestock, we have been encouraging farmers to grow their own feed for their animals. This reduces reliance on outside markets. We continue to foster the creation of Asset Building Groups, groups who support each others’ economic security through savings and loans. Even with these successes, lack of water access continues to be an issue in Ethiopia, and is a major constraint to food security due to prevalence of water-borne diseases. Please donate to this important program and ensure these farmers can survive another season.

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