Easing Women’s Burden Through Water Security
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Summary
Increase the availability of drinking water and irrigation for crops, reduce incidence of water borne diseases, and ease everyday drudgery on women by promoting traditional water harvesting structures
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Received $2,068 from 17 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Lack of water and frequent droughts in the Thar Desert impacts the socio-economic status of the desert community. Shortage of drinking water poses severe health risks as manifested through water-borne diseases and severe dehydration. Socially, the biggest impact is on women. They spend hours each day walking miles in search of water under extremely hot and harsh conditions. Young girls, too, need to go and fetch water which deprives them from going to schools.
Activities
Develop drought-preparedness among desert communities through training and capacity building; constructing traditional water harvesting structures through community contribution (cash, kind, and labor); involving community in upkeep of structures.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,068
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $2,932
Total Funding Goal: $5,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The guarantee of safe, secure water removes the stress and worry that preoccupies residents of the Thar. The revival of traditional rain harvesting systems will bring safe drinking water, save time that women labor and help socio-economic stability
Project Message
The taanka has been a life-saver for me and my family. We were able to weather the lean season. I have been able to plant fruit trees, spend more time home and do things other than collecting water
- Radha bai, Member of GRAVIS community
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 05, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 05, 2006.
Latest Update from the Field
June 2008 Update
By Katherine Zavala - Coordinator of Programs, June 04, 2008 10:13 PM
In setting up seed banks, GRAVIS uses local varieties of seeds such as Moong (Green gram), Moth (Legume), Jowar (Coarse millet), Bajra (Pearl millet) and Guar (Cluster beans), which are collected from the villages during harvest season and preserved in pots with ash, dry calcium carbonate and dried neem leaves.
Calcium carbonate absorbs the moisturizer of seeds, ash helps it to remain dry and neem acts as pesticide to prevent insects from affecting the seeds. The mouths of the pots are sealed with mud. This is how traditionally the local varieties of seeds are preserved in the villages. These seed banks are managed by community-based organizations like Village Development Communities (VDCs) and Self Help Groups (SHGs), which GRAVIS helps to form.
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