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Ultrafiltration for clean water in Ethiopia

The aim of the water project was to improve the drinking water supply for the population in the Shebelle Zone administrative district by using ultrafiltration and a water tower.

Africa
Ethiopia
Shebelle Zone
Funding period: 2018-2020

In recent years, periods of drought in Ethiopia have increased significantly in both frequency and intensity. Remote regions are particularly affected, where the population lacks access to clean drinking water and water for subsistence agriculture - often the only livelihood for many families. One such region is Adadle Woreda in the Shebelle Zone of the Ethiopian Somali Region, where the effects of ongoing drought are especially severe.

Between 2018 and 2020, the Wilo-Foundation supported a project to improve the drinking water supply in a local community. The association arche noVa – Initiative für Menschen in Not e.V., Dresden (Germany) installed ultrafiltration systems on site and built a water tower to turn the heavily contaminated water of the Shebelle River - the only water source in the region - into clean drinking water. The main sponsor of the project was the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

In addition, the local population received training in sustainable agriculture, livestock farming, and craftsmanship and learned specific measures to improve hygiene through WASH training (water, sanitation, and hygiene). The additional training of health officers and sanitation and hygiene ambassadors, who advised communities on hygiene issues, enabled the population to ensure the sustainable positive development of the project and to maintain the new water infrastructure in the long term.

Photo Header: arche noVa – Initiative für Menschen in Not e.V., Dresden (Germany)

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arche noVa – Initiative für Menschen in Not e.V., Dresden (Germany), is a humanitarian organization that has been supporting people in emergency situations for more than three decades, engaging in long-term development cooperation and implementing educational projects. The organization is committed to ensuring that all people have access to safe and clean drinking water and basic sanitation. arche noVa sees itself as part of a global network of civil society actors and actively supports the qualitative advancement of the fields of WASH and Global Learning/Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through training and active networking.

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