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Description: The village Ait Baamrane, bordering the Sahara Desert, can no longer rely on well-water as it was depleted by overuse, poor management, and increasing droughts. This fog water harvesting project is based on technology inspired by ancestral knowledge on dew and fog collecting. It provides potable water to over 400 people. Reduced labour burden for women enables them to create income generating activities. DSH Water School also provides beneficiary read more…
Years: 2016Countries: MoroccoType of Solution: TechnicalSolution Categories: Community Education and Capacity-Building, Healthy Ecosystems and BiodiversityOulad Khallouf, caïdat de Essahrij, cercle de El Attaouia, Province d'El Kelâat Es-Sraghna إقليم قلعة السراغنة, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco -
Description of the project: The Union of Women Cooperatives for Argan Oil (UCFA) and the Foundation have been working together since 2013 to install and disseminate solar cookers among populations of Southern Morocco, as a means of preventing deforestation of argan trees, reducing CO2 emissions, and avoiding toxic wood fire fumes. They raise awareness among pupils and their mothers about local climate issues and the advantages of using solar energy. read more…
Years: 2016Countries: MoroccoType of Solution: TechnicalSolution Categories: Community Education and Capacity-Building, Energy TransitionOulad Khallouf, caïdat de Essahrij, cercle de El Attaouia, Province d'El Kelâat Es-Sraghna إقليم قلعة السراغنة, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco -
Gender-responsive climate financing to upscale the production and use of affordable renewable energy
Description of the project: The Umbrella Cooperative, consisting of WECF and its Georgian partners, facilitate the development of gender-responsive energy cooperatives as a sustainable, inclusive and successful business model to ensure safe provision of renewable energy. Local energy cooperatives offer technical and financial advice, together with the installation of sustainable climate technologies (solar collectors, efficient cookstoves). The Umbrella Cooperative produces energy solutions, develops marketing support material, and guaranties high quality read more…
Years: 2017Countries: GeorgiaType of Solution: transformationalSolution Categories: Business Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Livelihoods, Energy TransitionFinka, 4, Slava Metreveli st, Didube, Didube-Chugureti Raion, Tbilisi, 0154, Georgia
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