Misfits: Water Practices during a Water Crisis
by Madiha al-Junaid August 11, 2015 In a previous blog, a gardener was observed watering the plants at the airport … Continued
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Portraits of Bangladesh, Satkhira community members (UTTARAN)
This blog is part of a dossier on locally-led adaptation, featuring insights and lessons from the Reversing the Flow (RtF) program. RtF empowers communities in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan to build climate resilience through direct funding and a community-driven, landscape approach. Meet these 4 individuals from UTTARANs LANDWATER project area. They present their challenges, their aspirations and what this RtF project means to them. These stories reflect the hardships experienced by the affected individuals and families. At the same time, UTTARAN takes pride in standing by them and providing much-needed assistance through the LANDWATER initiative. It is heartening to see the positive impact of our efforts, even in the face of such adversity, as we continue working towards sustainable solutions for these communities. Shona Van’s Struggle for Survival in Isolation and Adversity Landscape Name: Jugipota, Satkhira Sadar Shona Van, a 50-year-old widow, has spent the past 15 years navigating a life of relentless hardship and resilience. Her world was upended by… Continued
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Ponds, A postcard from Yinwaar
By Frank van SteenbergenJuly 16, 2015 Picture 1: Pond, Yimwaar, Kenya Are things getting better in the world? You wonder … Continued
Breaking barriers: People with Disabilities Managing Farm Water
Among other basic needs, access to safe drinking water and sanitation together are vital for people to achieve their full … Continued
Dire fuel shortage brings some locals back to firewood
By Madiha Al-Junaid (edited by Brett Scot)July 9, 2015 As if it was not enough for Yemen to live through … Continued
Land to women and landless youth
By Abraham Mehari Haile, Eyasu Yazew Hagos and Frank van SteenbergenJuly 2, 2015 Picture 1: Bench terraces (Own image) … Continued
Paralyzed by war: Yemen struggling to cope with water shortages
By Madiha Al-Junaid (edited by Brett Scot) June 18, 2015 It is not an uncommon sight: Children, women, the elderly, … Continued
Fighting Prosopis with smoldering dung
By Francesco SambalinoJune 11, 2015 In Somaliland Prosopis Juliflora is quickly gaining ground. Similarly to many other arid and … Continued
For migrants, is water life or grave?
posted by Sukru EsinJune 02, 2015 Fethiye is one of the most well known tourist spots in Turkey, as popular … Continued
It is the microclimate! You didn’t see?
By Frank van Steenbergen & Abraham Mehari HaileMay 28, 2015 They go largely unobserved and unattended. In view of the … Continued
Freeing up her time with electric churners
By Amira Abdel Gader & Matthijs KoolMay 20, 2015 Using the electric churner When we think of appropriate technology, we … Continued
How to take care of our subsurface?
By Melanne RouwMay 15, 2015 Image courtesy: drawingforkids.org If we are asked to draw a tree, we often don’t … Continued
Fuel shortage driving Yemen to the brink
by Abraham Abhishek May 11, 2015 Since March this year, the Yemeni people have been caught in airstrikes being carried … Continued
Eye on the Dry
By Frank van Steenbergen, Yasir Abbas Mohamed, Abraham Mehari Haile May 7, 2015 Small Water tank in Gash Die This is … Continued
Eery Beauty and Deadly Rain
By Frank van Steenbergen, Eyashu Yazew Hagos and Shimbahri MesfinApril 29, 2015 Postcard from Lake Hashenge, Tigray, Ethiopia. It is eery … Continued
Gambela Frontier News
By Taye Alemehayu and Frank van SteenbergenApril 23, 2015 Figure 1: Showing the level of a dying river in old … Continued
Weeping Stones, Filling Wells
By Francesco Sambalino and Cecilia BorgiaApril 14, 2015 Figure 1: Steamwells in the Afar settlement of Li Ado, near … Continued
Climate Change: Solar Eclipse or God’s Will?
By Anna SmitsMarch 19, 2015 Image: WikiCommons “Climate change is the time that the moon and the sun come together and … Continued
The World is Thirsty Because it is Hungry
By Kim HoeksMarch 6, 2015 Images: WikiCommons How much water does it cost to make a t-shirt or a cup … Continued
The Big Hole in the Middle East
by Sukru Esin and Frank van SteenbergenAugust 12, 2014 (re-posted February 27, 2015) Whilst the attention in Middle East water … Continued