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Read the full newsletter below, or download it here. Dear friends, partners and associates This week, in our ongoing series on confronting the barriers to climate finance in Africa, we discuss how to address the challenges of meeting complex funding criteria. Navigating this issue continues to remind us that building resilience – which is a…
Featured Image: New Solar Panels for the new project in Whunga As part of the Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Member States project funded by the World Bank, SADC-GMI was mandated to use some of the funds to undertake a follow-up study of the seven pilot interventions in the Limpopo River Basin implemented under the…
Read or Download the official SADC-GMI Newsletter, The Well, for March 2020. Download March 2020 Newsletter Click here for all the previous editions of the SADC-GMI Newsletters, as well as additional papers and publications.
On the picture above, from Left to Right: Callist Tindimugaya (MWE), Neno Kukuric (IGRAC) Seifu Kebede (University of KwaZulu Natal) and James Sauramba (SADC-GMI) in a panel discussion on how can APAGrop support Member States to implement evidence-based groundwater development and management. After the launch of the AMCOWPan-African Groundwater Program (APAGroP) in Nairobi, Kenya,on 1…
Climate change induced severe weather events and changes in rainfall patterns have a visible and devastating impact on water and food security in the SADC region. The role of groundwater across the region has never been so pronounced, with what is being called a crisis in parts of the region where at least 11 million…
It was raining cats and dogs, but not even heavy rain could deter hundreds of local inhabitants including school children to come out and witness one of the historical moments in the community– the commissioning of the Chimbiya water supply project.The ceremony was also graced by the representatives from the national and local government, and…
More than 50 key stakeholders from the government representatives, NGOs and private organizations attend the launch of the project Sharing of groundwater data between the Botswana Department of Water and Sanitation and other key stakeholders such as decision makers, policy makers and other institutions who have interest in groundwater management has been a challenge due…
CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 24 JANUARY 2020 Anyone who owns a borehole is interested in knowing the maximum discharge rate at which they can abstract/pump groundwater in such a way that they can be assured of continuously getting that yield from their borehole. This borehole yield is sometimes referred as the…
The SADC Groundwater Management Institute (SADC-GMI) in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Limpopo Watercourse Commission (LIMCOM) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are implementing a 3 year USAID funded project aimed at strengthening cooperation on the conjunctive management of surface and groundwater in the Tuli Karoo System to improve food security and…
Water is still a challenge in certain parts of the Kingdom of Eswatini. Approximately 400 000 people in Eswatini are still without clean and safe drinking water, children are being deprived good education due to lack of access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene. Women with disabilities and children still travel long distances to access…