{"id":53825,"date":"2020-03-21T19:55:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/promocionsocial.org\/wwd-la-fundacion-promueve-el-aumento-de-la-capacidad-de-acceso-al-agua-y-la-adaptacion-al-cambio-climatico-de-la-poblacion-rural-en-palestina-y-etiopia\/"},"modified":"2024-02-22T15:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:08:32","slug":"wwd-la-fundacion-promueve-el-aumento-de-la-capacidad-de-acceso-al-agua-y-la-adaptacion-al-cambio-climatico-de-la-poblacion-rural-en-palestina-y-etiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promocionsocial.org\/en\/wwd-la-fundacion-promueve-el-aumento-de-la-capacidad-de-acceso-al-agua-y-la-adaptacion-al-cambio-climatico-de-la-poblacion-rural-en-palestina-y-etiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing the capacity of rural people in Palestine and Ethiopia to water access and adaptation to climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As every year, on March 22, Social Promotion Foundation joins the celebration of World Water Day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This year the celebration takes place in the context of the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In this sense, the United Nations appeals to the responsibility, security and solidarity of all people.<\/p>\n

This edition focuses on the pairing of water and climate change, and how our use of water can help reduce floods, droughts, shortages and pollution, as well as combat climate change.<\/p>\n

Water is a key component in the two agreements, financed by AECID that are currently being developed in Ethiopia<\/strong><\/a> and Palestine<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Ethiopia<\/strong>, the effects of climate change and natural disasters, as well as internal conflicts, limit the rural population’s access to resources and capacities to cope with recurring famines.<\/p>\n

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Social Promotion Foundation, in the framework of its agreement<\/a>, in consortium with the NGO Rescate, and with the help of its two local partners ECC-SDCOH and Havoyoco, works in the Somali region so that the vulnerable population, and especially women, have access to drinking water, as well as to its agricultural and pastoralist farms. In addition, climate change and natural disasters are combated through the sustainable recovery of the local environment by reducing soil erosion, with physical, biological and mechanical measures.<\/p>\n

In many areas of Ethiopia, women and girls are responsible for collecting water for the family. Many of the water points are far from the villages, so the girls have to walk many hours, making it difficult for them to attend school.<\/p>\n

This was what was revealed in a recent activity in the Kerale Kerransa, in the South Jijiga woreda, which is very difficult to access and is located furthest from the intervention area.<\/p>\n

We organised a group discussion in which they showed that water was the main problem for both women and men in the kebele. During the dry season, women and girls spend an average of six hours a day to fetch water and return. The water shortage is such that even children suffer accidents with the baboons to get water.<\/p>\n