Rainwater Harvesting lectures by RAIN

Wanneer:

15 oktober 2014,19:00 uur

- 21:30 uur

Type activiteit:Lezing

Organisator:KIVI International Engineers

Omschrijving

Sufficient and safe water should be available to everyone. Unfortunately, many people in developing countries don’t have access to safe water. How to change that? Harvest rainwater! Since its foundation in 2003, RAIN has been working with its partners to develop, spread and implement rainwater harvesting systems.

This evening we'll be looking at Rainwater Harvesting projects in Nepal, Uganda and cyberspace. Reviewing the application of Rainwater Harvesting techniques in the past. And looking to increase impact in the future by collaboration between RAIN and Engineers without Borders.

19:00 Walk in

19:30 Introduction, cases and possibilities for collaboration.

Case 1 How to integrate Rainwater Harvesting in local water management planning? Annelies Withofs talks us through the experiences and coming challenges in Nepal.

Case 2 How can you make use of different techniques to store and use water efficiently in a landscape? Maarten Onneweer looks at local community mobilisation, different 3R techniques in Uganda.

Case 3 How can we guide and support RainWater Harvesting planning using new tools? Basja Jantowski showcases RAIN's state of the art webbased toolkit.

21:30 Drinks

Spreker(s)

Basja Jantowski
Experienced in land & water conservation, flooding & erosion and urban & rural water planning. Works since 2007 for RAIN and holds the position of senior programme officer working mainly on partnership building, proposal development, knowledge development and innovation.

Annelies Withofs
Worked to support local solar energy entrepreneurs in Mali, Namibia, Zambia and Botswana, and coordinated short-term projects related to small and medium sized entrepreneurs in Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, the Middle East and Russia. Joined RAIN in 2010 as programme officer for Mali and Burkina Faso. Since 2013, focuses on Nepal and on supporting RAIN in its knowledge management.

Maarten Onneweer
Finishing a PhD on the history of water development technology and community development in the Kitui district of Kenya. Studied cultural anthropology and development sociology. Works as programme officer for Kenya and Uganda.