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Have a look at our news stories & videos below to find out more about how our rainwater harvesting programmes are improving health, reducing poverty, building climate change resilience and freeing girls/women from water procurement...
WaterHarvest to close in 2027, our 40th Anniversary year. Although this is sad news, our anniversary feels like an appropriate milestone to bring the charity to a close and we have much to celebrate from our four decades of rainwater harvesting. Find out more here.
Our News
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Thoughts from the field
Thoughts from the field Om Prakash Sharma, WaterHarvest’s India director, shares his views on the charity’s achievements eighteen years after joining It was exactly 18 years ago, on 1st April 2001, that I joined WaterHarvest. The journey has been an inspirational and motivating one. When I look back at all these years I always think how…
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Leaving no-one behind
Leaving No-one Behind Today is World Water Day 22nd March marks World Water Day: a UN initiative which provides the opportunity for countries around the globe to appreciate the value of life-giving water, learn about water-related and sustainability issues and encourage people to take action. This year’s theme is ‘leaving no-one behind’, highlighting how people…
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WaterHarvest beings crowdfunding
WaterHavest begins crowdfunding Can you help us in our first crowdfunding campaign? Crowdfunding first came to many people’s attention during Obama’s 2008 presidential bid. Through his grassroots campaign, Obama reached out to everyday Americans who then donated ‘small’ amounts of $10 or $20. Since then, communities around the world have raised significant sums for projects…
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Bicycles for girls!
Bicycles for 70 girls on International Women’s Day As part of International Women’s Day, WaterHarvest and our partner GRAVIS are providing girls in the remote Thar desert with bicycles so they can attend senior school, just like their brothers. When faced with limited resources, families are often forced to choose which children will go to…
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Battling Climate Change in Rural India
November 2018 Climate change threatens serious implications for our natural resources, our infrastructure as well as our food and water security. India is recognised as one of the most vulnerable countries to climatic variability, with much of the nation’s lowest socio-economic communities directly dependent on primary natural resources for their livelihoods, including rainfall for water…
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The Deepening Drought of the Kutch District, Gujarat: 893 Villages Declared Scarcity Hit.
November 2018 For the rural communities of the Kutch district of Gujarat, access to sustainable water supplies has been a distressing issue for decades. Considered one of the aridest zones throughout India, water security has become a deepening crisis and devastating consequences are continuing to occur. In 2017, we began a partnership with Samerth Trust,…
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MEASURING PROJECT IMPACTS: Changes in the Gangeshwar Watershed, Rajasthan
Grant awarding bodies, when they provide WaterHarvest with funding, always ask us to submit evidence that our projects are achieving their objectives. Reporting that we have constructed 100 taankas in a village or have established 10 self-help groups, our outputs, are easy to report on. Much more challenging is to provide evidence of longer-term change;…
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Revive and Thrive Appeal Update: Chauka Construction Begins in Balapura and Antoli village
June 2018 In April earlier this year, we launched the Revive and Thrive appeal to help the farmers of 10 villages within the Tonk District of Rajasthan to regain control of their suffering livelihoods. Following persistent droughts and the degradation of pasture land, many poor farmers have been deprived of good grazing, leaving them in…
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Plaudits for our Partner: Tarun Bharat Sangh’s Commendation from the United Nations
May 2018 In October 2014, we formed a partnership with Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS) to tackle water security issues for the marginalised communities of Rajasthan. Working alongside this reputable NGO, we have improved Water Use Efficiency across five villages (Raipura, Bhaal, Gopalpura, Govindpura and Jaitpura) and have since begun a new project focusing on 30…
