IDE Worldwide Water Technology Dissemination

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Summary

Increase introduction and large-scale dissemination of water-control technologies like EazyDrip worldwide to current IDE country programs. Create new opportunities in such regions as Central America. progress reportread updates from the field

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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,385 was raised for this project.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

1.1 billion people in the world survive on less than $1 a day. Most are rural farmers in Asia and Africa who struggle to gain access to water. The goal of this project is to introduce affordable water technologies to the rural poor in developing countries. With an assured water supply, the poor can begin to generate an income from farming and escape from poverty!

Activities

IDE makes known technologies extremely affordable. For example, the $5 drip irrigation system allows farmers to irrigate land to produce crops. IDE trains farmers and connects them to local markets where they can sell their goods.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,385

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,385.  The original project funding goal was $660,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

A family that IDE works with sees an average net income increase of $300 a year! Farmers use this income to invest in medicine, housing, food and nutrition, education for children, and improvements to their farms.

Project Message

“By tapping into the entrepreneurial energy of rural farmers, IDE is revolutionizing poverty reduction by empowering the poor to generate an income and earn their way out of poverty forever.”
- Zenia Tata, Executive Director and Director of Development

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Heidi Wilhelm,
Resource Development Manager
International Development Enterprises (USA)
10403 W. Colfax, Suite 500
Lakewood, CO 80215
United States
303.232.4336 x14
Email:

Project Sponsor

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Organization

IDE (International Development Enterprises)
10403 West Colfax, Suite 500
Lakewood, CO 80215
United States
303.232.4336
http://www.ideorg.org

Learn more about IDE (International Development Enterprises) and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in India and can also be found under Economic Development.

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

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 15, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 31, 2004.

Latest Update from the Field

Water Dissemination Update from Country Programs

By Zenia Tata - Executive Director, August 15, 2007 05:19 PM

In 2006, the numbers of those reached through our water dissemination projects dramatically increased. IDE has announced a major effort to develop and scale up production of a series of low-cost irrigation technologies. Below is a break down of some country programs and the number of those reached by our technologies.

In Zambia, IDE has reached nearly 27,000 beneficiaries with irrigation and market interventions, institutional capacity development programs, and impact assessment studies.

In Zimbabwe, even in a climate of four digit inflation and severe economic decline IDE's projects continued to improve livelihoods of vulnerable populations. Thus far, IDE has supplied 13,120 drip systems, impacting 12,000 rural families and 30,000 urban and peri-urban families in Zimbabwe.

In Nepal, IDE worked with 70,159 farmers, focusing mainly on small plot irrigation for high value vegetable production.

Myanmar's Smallholder Irrigation Initiative raises incomes and improves food security by researching and designing affordable small-plot irrigation technologies and engaging the private sector to produce and disseminate them across the country. The program has trained 132 people to work as village level pump demonstrators. These demonstrations were attended by 62,000 villagers in 97 townships.

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