Hilfe für geistig und körperlich behinderte Kinder in Lesotho

Von Gert Kreutzer

Nachdem das BORDA hilft Spendenprogramm 2007/08 bereits für die Verbesserung der Wasserversorgung des indischen Dorfes Jalahallihundi arbeitet, kann mit weiteren Spendengeldern in Höhe von 3.167 Euro nun auch das zweite Hilfsprojekt, diesmal in Lesotho, realisiert werden. Die Durchführung dieses Hilfsprojektes übernimmt die BORDA Partnerorganisation Technologies for Economic Development (TED) aus Maseru, Lesothos.

Our long-time collegague and friend Mario Bonifazi has passed away much too early on September 29, 2008 in his home country Switzerland.

He was heading BORDA's project activities in Mali, Africa from 1988 up to 2000.

DEWATS Presented as the Proven Sanitation Solution

By Gert Kreutzer, BORDA Germany

With 34 representatives from 13 countries the BORDA BNS partner network attended the World Water Week 2008 in Stockholm this August. The special focus of this year’s conference being “sanitation”, the challenge for the network was to present its long lasting successful experience in the implementation of decentralized sanitation solutions, demonstrating that DEWATS represents a proven solution to the “Sanitation Gap” and is ready for mass-dissemination in the context of community based sanitation programs.

The First Volunteer Now in India

By Gert Kreutzer, BORDA, Bremen

The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has launched a new volunteer service involving the assignment of 18 to 28 year-olds in developing countries: “Weltwärts”. The idea behind the volunteer service is the formula of ‘learning by serving’ and its aims are both to achieve added value for the partner projects and to spark new interest in development issues in Germany.

In the context of the “Weltwärts” programme and specific to its project activities BORDA has selected 11 volunteers to work with its local partner organizations in Asia and Africa.

Der Bau des neuen Wasserversorgungssystems schreitet voran.

Von Wiebke Säuberlich, CDD, Indien

Nachdem im Juni die Kommunal-behörde von Chamrajnagar nach ihrer mündlichen nun auch ihre schriftliche Zustimmung zur Unterstützung der neuen Wasserversorgung in Jalahallihundi gegeben hat, konnten mögliche Bohrstellen für die Wasserversorgung identifiziert werden. Hierfür konnte der Ingenieur Ramesh Nathan aus dem östlichen Nachbarstaat Tamil Nadu gewonnen werden.