Community Partipation – UPGro – African Groundwater 2020

“They Gave Us Breakfast and a Good Meal”: Roles, Perceptions and Motivations of Water Point Area Mechanics in the Maintenance of Borehole Hand Pumps in Balaka District, Malawi

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 02/10/201828/09/2018in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, Event

by Thokozani Mtewa, Evans Mwathunga, Wapumuluka, Mulwafu Abstract "In the rural areas of Malawi, water is accessed mostly through boreholes. The borehole and hand pump functionality concept is currently getting a central place in development agenda for the provision of affordable and…

Debating real-world community-based management of water points

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 28/05/2018in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, Webinar, Webinars and Films

Community-management has been the mainstay of rural water supplies in Africa, and in many other parts of the world, but is it the only way? Are there better alternatives? In this lively webinar, researchers from the UPGro Hidden Crisis project…

“The borehole is not a madman” Community management of groundwater in rural Uganda

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 05/03/201805/03/2018in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, New publication3 Comments

Why might it be that in Uganda waterpoint committees,as envisaged on paper, seldom exist as such on the ground? 1. Trying to separate water from the rest of village life 2. Does a water-point really need a 7 person committee? 3. Why would anyone volunteer?

New: “Can ‘functionality’ save the community management model of rural water supply?

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 28/04/2017in A hidden crisis? Strengthening the evidence base on the sustainability of rural groundwater services, Announcement, Consortium Project News

We are pleased to share a new UPGro paper from Luke Whaley and Prof. Frances Cleaver (Sheffield University) of the Hidden Crisis study – “Can ‘functionality’ save the community management model of rural water supply?” It is primarily a literature review…

A BRAVE new approach to community climate resilience

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 27/02/201727/02/2017in Announcement, BRAVE: Building understanding of climate variability into planning of groundwater, Event

re-posted from UPGro BRAVE The Fifth International Conference on Climate Services (ICCS 5) is the premier global event for Climate Services Partnership in Africa. This year’s conference will take place in Cape Town, from February 28 until March 2, 2017, and…

Data farming – how Ethiopian farmers harvest data to help their crops

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 02/09/201623/07/2020in AMGRAF: Adaptive management of groundwater resources for small-scale irrigation in SSA, Catalyst Project News, Catalyst Study, Final Report, Interview/Article, Press Release

What’s the weather doing? It’s a question that obsesses many but for many Ethiopians it is question that makes the difference between plenty and destitution. Ethiopia is a rich and diverse country that is home to around 100 million people,…

Exploring cases of community participation in (ground)water governance in Dodowa

Posted by RWSN Secretariaton 25/03/201624/03/2016in TGroUP: Experimenting with practical transition groundwater management strategies for the urban poor in Sub Saharan Africa

By: Shona Jenkins (from t-group.science) By the end of February, I will have spent 3 weeks conducting interviews with community members, community leaders and representatives from the local government across 11 communities in Dodowa. Throughout the interview process, I have…