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Terwijl wij tijdens onze kanaaloversteek ons een weg moeten zien te banen tussen een overvloed aan water zijn er in de wereld veel plaatsen met een groot tekort aan (drink)water. Wij verbinden onze zwemuitdaging daarom ook aan een andere uitdaging; namelijk het realiseren van een drinkwaterproject in Senegal.
In het dorpje Fayaco, in het noorden van Senegal, wordt een 
21-tal waterreservoirs gebouwd. Dit drinkwaterproject stelt de lokale bevolking in staat om tijdens periodes van grote droogte hun eerder opgevangen regenwater te gebruiken om te kunnen overleven.
Projectbeschrijving (Engels)
This project involves the construction of 21 rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems for the village of Fayaco. Fayaco is located on an island, which only knows brackish water and water with high fluor content, which leads to various health problems. The beneficiaries will be organised in a water management committee, who is responsible for the management, O&M of the project. This RWH project is included in the hydraulic programme of CARITAS KAOLACK as part of a monitoring programme.
Doelstellingen (Engels)
- Water supply at a household level (10 m3 per household) to at least overcome the dry period, for drinking and other small domestic uses
- Training and awareness sessions on operation, maintenance and management of RWH systems to ensure sustainable water supply
- Training and awareness on water quality issues related to the RWH system
Duurzaamheid (Engels)
The approach within this project is that the responsibility of the project lies with the beneficiaries. In all the project phases, the beneficiaries are leading in taking initiatives, formulating their ideas and making suggestions.The project staff of CARITAS KAOLACK will give advice, adjust and train the beneficiaries to 
create awareness to manage the project after construction is finalised. A committee will be created to arrange meetings with all beneficiaries and facilitate communication with the project staff. Women have a leading role in this committee, since they are the ones who are responsible for fetching and managing water.
This rainwater harvesting project is part of the hydraulic program of CARITAS which cover all this area and where a monitoring program of the water users association is running. The management and the maintenance will be taken account by CARITAS in its monitoring and the users association in its management.
Dit project wordt uitgevoerd in samenwerking met:
Spontane giften en bijdragen zijn méér dan welkom.
U kunt uw bijdrage overmaken op:
Rabo Bank Amsterdam: 14.35.51.086 o.v.v. Dutch Channel Swimmers 2010
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