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Water for Life Program | Elaborated by: Carlos Eduardo Siste Social Programs Officer September 2010

Water for Life ProgramA socio-environmental investment for the Brazilian semiarid region


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First GWW/ICAAE team visits to Brazil for reconnaissance of theJequitinhonha River Valley (1999)

Realization of community diagnoses and draft of the pilot project (2000)

Realization of the first capacitation workshops for the ChildFund-Brazilteams, Local Associations (2000/2001)

Formation of the first 3 water watch groups in the communities (2001)

First expansion of the project towards new communities of the MiddleJequitinhonha Valley (2003)

Second expansion of the projects to the communities of the UpperJequitinhonha Valley (2005)

First replication of the experience to another state - beginning of theproject in Cear through the EMBRAPA (Brazilian Agricultural ResearchCorporation) (2005)

History of the Program


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Water for Life Program

Social Recognition

Program recognized and awarded in 2006 by the federal government amongthe five best community management of hydric resources ANA Prize/2006

BackgroundOver 15 years implanting mitigating actions favorable to the best living

conditions of the families and children of the rural area with the Braziliansemi-arid conditions;

Development and adaptation of innovative social technologies appropriatefor the conservation of hydric resources and socio-environmentalsustainability;

Promotion of popular practices of environmental education addressing thecapacitation and development of local leaderships.


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Our ObjectivesGeneral

To improve the quality of life of the Brazilian semiarid regions families bymeans of access to quality sustainable water sources.

Specifics

To develop skills and capacities of volunteers interested in promoting

environmental education at local level; To collaborate towards building and strengthening networks focusing on the

participatory water management;

To collaborate towards reducing the public health problems associated tothe waterborne diseases;

To contribute towards the construction of the food security in the ruralarea;

To positively influence the governments towards the development andimplantation of specific public policies.


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Most families of the Brazilian semi-aridrural areas lack adequate permanenthydric supply systems

Most children caretakers in the rural areahave no information whatsoever regardingthe quality of the water that is used for

drinking or the risks associated to thediseases transmitted by non-potable water

The environmental degradation is still

ignored and negatively affects the

capacity of the families productive

systems for supplying their food needs The specific public policies are still limited

in their reach and scope

Central Problem Context


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Programmatic Response Methods

Program strategies

To improve the access to drinking water- concrete-plate tanks projects forharvesting, storage and proper use of rainwater for domestic supply and

human consumption; To improve the access to water for food production - small ponds projects for

harvesting, storage and appropriate use of rainwater for irrigated production in

community vegetable gardens;

To improve the quality of the water for human consumption - water

watchers project, with prevention of waterborne diseases by means of theparticipative water quality monitoring;


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Ensuring quality rainwater for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene over the long dry

season periods

Programmatic Response Methods: Concrete-plate tanks


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Programmatic Response Methods: PondsReserving rainwater for irrigation of crops in the dry season diversified productive

systems for the families food security


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Programmatic Response Methods: Water WatchersEnvironmental education for the participative management, protection and conservation

of the water sources producing and promoting information and knowledge on water

quality necessary for the improvement of the childrens quality of life


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It is based on the employment of kits adapted for conditions of field andefforts addressing environmental education which should permit to carry outanalysis of 10 water quality indicator parameters;

The method is easy to learn the community volunteers participate in aformation cycle by means of 3-day capacitation workshops on the method;

The water watchers become capable of producing environmental diagnoses,generating information and knowledge, and promoting them on behalf of thecommunity;

Non-requirement of specific technical knowledge does not exclude people,hence making possible to work with different age groups;

The results arouse curiosity and are easily understood;

The method fulfills its primordial function of educational nature it is anAlert on Risks of Contamination of the Water Sources;

The results produced are safe and reliable, as they are calibrated with

laboratory rehearsals;

Method principles

Programmatic Response Methods: Water Watchers


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