Greater Horn of Africa Rainwater Partnership : Activities

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GHARP ACTIVITIES

Strengthening Regional Rainwater Networking Mechanism: Promoting adaptive Strategies for Food Security

From January 2001 to July 2003, GHARP implemented a regional project funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Institutional Strengthening and Grant Management (ISGM) program administered by PACT/MWENGO with a budget of US$ 250,000. The overall objective of the project was to establish and strengthen a regional rainwater network to coordinate the identification and evaluation of RWH technologies with the aim of promoting best practices in rainwater management to enhance food security and water availability in the GHA.

The project results revealed that various promising rainwater harvesting (RWH) technologies are being practiced by different land-users in GHA. The potential of these technologies is enormous and therefore, follow-up projects should be initiated especially to disseminate, promote and up-scale the promising RWH technologies in the region. To enhance the dissemination of the project results, a book entitled “Rainwater harvesting for improved food security: Promising technologies in the Greater Horn of Africa” was published. The publication can be obtained from the KRA/GHARP Secretariat.

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Promotion of Rainwater Management Technologies in the Horn of Africa: Multi Sectoral Approach Towards Sustainable Livelihoods of Pastoral Communities

One promising technology for rural farming systems is rainwater harvesting. This is the process of interception and concentration of rainwater and runoff and its subsequent storage in the soil profile or in artificial reservoirs for crop production, domestic/ livestock use. The USAID funded GHARPcase studies project in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania revealed a number of promising and proven technologies.

This project is one of the follow-up activities to the just concluded GHARP project (Phase II). It was funded by USAID/OFDA and German Development Service (DED) and was administered by KRA/GHARP Secretariat located in Nairobi. The main objective of this project is to demonstrate and test viable integrated RHM systems and dissemination approaches among rural communities in semi-arid districts. The project was being implemented in three districts, Isinon, Kajiado District, Kimale, Baringo district and Wamani, Laikipia district. The project started in May 2004 and was completed in February 2006.

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Integrated Rainwater Harvesting & Management Systems and Complementary Technologies for Improving Water Supply, Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods in Semi-Arid Districts of Kenya

Due to the impacts of the just concluded project which was funded by USAID-OFDA and DED, UNDP-SGP & DED have funded a similar project in Cheptolil, Koibatek district and Kailer, Baringo district. The main goal of this project is to enhance poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods through the promotion of integrated RHM systems and complementary technologies in the marginal districts of Kenya.

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