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5th Int. BNS Workshop in Bremen on September 10, 2009

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:20:00 MEST

Expert Workshop:
Improving Emergency Sanitation

- Challenges
- Lessons Learnt
- Innovative Concepts

By Gert Kreutzer, BORDA Bremen

After BORDA held the last BNS Workshop during the World Water Week in Stockholm, this years workshop is the fourth in Bremen. A selected group of 20 - 25 experts and practitioners from relevant German and European emergency, development and research institutions will contribute to and attend the inter-active workshop titled Innovating Emergency Sanitation which will take place in the Bremische Bürgerschaft, the House of the Bremen State Parliament.

BORDA/TED weltwäerts Programme

Thu, 4 Jun 2009 10:20:00 MEST

Mid-term Feedback from weltwaerts Young Professional

By Marina Mueller, weltwaerts programme BORDA/TED, Lesotho

Already another 3 months have passed by and its time for a second report. I can hardly believe how fast time is flying by. It seems to me as if I did my last report just last week. Anyway a lot of things happened ever since: two goodbyes, one removal, several trips and not to forget the labor intensive hours at work.

Laborwise I spent about half of the time on my building site, the construction of a disabled-friendly toilet at the St. Angela home, which is of course connected to a DEWATS-plant. This month we could celebrate the initiation of both.

Award for BORDA BNS Network Member

Mon, 11 May 2009 15:00:00 MEST

Goldman Global Award for Yuyun Ismawati

By Andreas Ulrich, Director BORDA

On behalf of the BORDA partner network and its associates, I would like to warmly congratulate our colleague, Ms. Yuyun Ismawati, for winning the Goldman Global Award.

I still remember my first meeting with Yuyun in Bali in 2000 during my search for a Balinese partner for BORDA`s SANIMAS (sanitation by communities) project, that was funded by AusAID through WSP-EAP. Yuyun was recommended to me by a good friend of mine, Paul Boon, then Country Director of the Belgian NGO, FADO.

Impact Assessment of the BORDA helps-Project in Jalahallihundi

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:30:00 MEST

Many positive outcomes thanks to the donation of the East Asian Society Bremen

By Tim Cordsen, BORDA Bremen
In 2007 BORDA launched its annual Fund Raising Campaign BORDA helps for the first time. The donated money was sufficient to fund two projects, one of them the construction of a new water supply in the south Indian village of Jalahallihundi. Especially the amount of 18.000 Euros that was donated by the East Asian Society Bremen boosted this project. Together with its Indian Partner organization RLHP Borda was able to establish a new water supply. The best way to describe the situation is to listen to the inhabitants of Jalahallihundi:

Amendment of Feed-In Law Triggers Biogas Boom in Germany

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:10:00 MEST

800 New biogas plants to be constructed in 2009, BORDA did pioneer work in the late 70s

By Tim Cordsen, BORDA Bremen

Due to the amendment of the Renewable Energy Sources Law (or feed-in law) in Germany, which has become effective in January 2009, the construction of small biogas plants became very interesting especially for small and medium sized farmers. There are already 4000 agricultural biogas plants; 650 of them are situated in the federal state of Lower-Saxony in Germany, which is seen as the pioneer state for this technology. The industry expects to build up to 800 new biogas plants in 2009.

There are several reasons for this boom. At the moment we are witnessing a so called double effect:

DEWATS - much more than just a technical approach!

Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:30:00 MET

DEWATS Service Packages -

Developed and disseminated by BORDA & BORDA BNS Network

By Gert Kreutzer, BORDA Bremen

A new collection of brochures on the different DEWATS Service Packages will be published soon to give detailed information about the concepts of BORDAs Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Solutions.

BORDA hilft Spendenprojekt 2009

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:20:00 MET

Neues Spendenprojekt 2009: Schule darf nicht krank machen!
Letztes Spendenprojekt 2008: Ergebnisse aus Indien und Lesotho
Spendenkonto: Die Sparkasse Bremen / BLZ 290 501 01 / Konto 165 92 18
Empfänger: BORDA e.V. / Verwendungszweck: BORDA hilft 2008/09

Status Report on Water and Sanitation by the United Nations

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:50:00 MET

The implementation of the policy actions on sanitation lags behind the strengths of BORDA might help

By Tim Cordsen, BORDA Bremen

On their 13th meeting in 2005 the CSD (Commission on Sustainable Development), which was set in by the United Nations, constituted 72 policy actions. They were targeting the areas of water supply, integrated water-resource management and basic sanitation.

In 2008 the DESA (Department of Economic and Social Affairs), which is also part of the UN and in a superior position to the CDS, wanted to control the progress 35 countries had made in implementing the policy actions. The independent organisation of SIWI (Stockholm International Water Institute) was hired to check the progress.

BORDA Does an Outstanding Job

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:30:00 MET

BORDA was Mentioned Positively in German Parliament Discussion

By Tim Cordsen, BORDA Bremen

On Friday the 5th of December 2008 the German parliament held a debate on basic sanitation. This discussion took place because of a huge request by the party Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. In the course of the debate BORDA was mentioned positively by the member of parliament Mrs Gabriele Groneberg (socialdemocratic party):

If we are talking about Development Organisations: BORDA in Bremen is a good example, they are doing an outstanding job on this field.

BORDA hilft Spendenaufruf 2009 - BORDA helps Appeal for Funds 2009

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:30:00 MET

BASIC Sanitation for Schools in Asia and Africa
Article in English here

Sanitäre Grundversorgung in Schulen Asiens und Afrikas:

Für Gesundheit, Sicherheit und Menschenwürde.

Mit der nun beginnenden Spendenaktion Schule darf nicht krank machen! ruft BORDA zu Spenden auf, deren Verwendung sich ganz auf die Verbesserung von Hygiene, Sicherheit und Würde von Schulkindern und Jugendlichen in Asien und Afrika konzentriert.

Damit sollen die Gefahren, die von ungenügenden sanitären Anlagen in Schulen ausgehen, wie das hohe Infektionsrisiko, Übergriffe an Schülerinnen und Schülern sowie die Umweltbelastung dauerhaft beseitigt werden.

Spendenkonto: Die Sparkasse Bremen / BLZ 29050101 / Konto 1659218 / Empfänger: BORDA e.V. / Verwendungszweck: BORDA hilft 2008/09