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Baseline survey and assesment for water and sanitation development and rehabilitation project in Bari Regon, Puntland

As one of its objectives for intervention in the development of Puntland, 0GB wants to enhance peace and stability through increasing self-reliance in water supply among the various communities. The overall objective of the project is therefore to contribute to the process of social rehabilitation and strengthening the communityandrsquos ability to manage their own affairs in terms of ensuring sufficient availability of water and better sanitary conditions. The proposed project will enable communities in the selected project areas to have access to increased quantity of hygienically acceptable water. This project, as a water and sanitation intervention therefore, is planned to address the water and sanitation problems in the intervention areas by: Extending the duration for which water will be available in the villages by increasing the water holding/maintaining (storing) capacity of existing berkads and by helping the community to construct new ones where appropriate.br Increasing the awareness of the community about the need for consideration of sanitation issues and integrating sanitation activities in all water related activities, andbr In close co-operation with other agencies (like Afnica-70) involved in sanitation activities, intensively engaging the (urban) communities in sanitation awareness activities and assisting the local authorities to take up the matter in a sustainable manner.

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ETC East Africa

Water resources assesment, water supply,planning and rehabilitation surveys; Hydrological and geophysical surveys; Gedo region Somalia January/February 2002

This report presents the results of water resources assessment. water supply planning and rehabilitation surveys in Gedo Regon of Somalia carried out by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Somalia Delegation. The assessment was carried out in January to February 2002, and included hydrogeology and geophysical investigations for shallow wells, rain water catchments and boreholes at selected villages within the Region. Furthermore, it included the physical evaluation of the existing water supply facilities throughout the selected villages in the Gedo Region to assess the rehabilitation and improvement requirements to upgrade water delivery to the communities

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Gajsek, C.;, International Commitee of the Red Cross/Crescent, Somalia, Nairobi, Gicheru, C., M., Earth water Ltd., Nairobi (Kenya)

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International Commitee of the Red Cross/Crescent

Reinstation of Somalia flow forecasting model, Final report

The report describes work carried out for FAO Somalia by UK center for ecology and hydrology as part of the emergency project OSRO/SOM/103/ITA and rdquoEstablishment of a water and land information management system fo Somalia to support relief and rehabilitation interventions for flood and irrigation and rdquobetween february and May 2002

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Houghton ,H.; Fry, M., Center for Ecology and Hydrology

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Center for Ecology and Hydrology, Cooperazione Italiana, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome (Italy)

Dynamic Atlas workshop and delivery of Somalia water and land atlas mission report

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Williams, H., Spartial Knowledge Engineering

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Spartial Knowledge Engineering

Guidelines for the design of a rural development profile and strategic framework

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European Commission

Display and interpretation of crop Water Requirement Satisfaction Index(WRSI)images: Instruction Manual

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Senay, G., U.S Geological Survey

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Famine Early Warning Systems Network

First dams and development forum meeting

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United Nations Environment Program, Dams Development Program

Greater Horn of Africa Early Warning Bulletin; June 13,2002 - Issue no. 2

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Famine Early Warning Systems Network;, Livestock Early Warning Systems;, Regional Center for Mapping of Resources for Development;, U.S Geological Survey

Agricultural support project Mid-term review, Belet Weyne district, Hiran region, Somalia

Agricultural Support Project (ASP) is designed to address directly the need to improve family capacities to access irrigation water through a cost s h m g arrangement where communities contribute 20% of the cost of a pump. Extension workers from the villages are m e d on land (loaned freely to the community) in the cultivation and husbandry practices learned in phase 1. They gain access to improved seed varieties (grain, vegetables and fruit seedlings) so that they can replicate them on their own farms, The project has also introduced an agricultural training curriculum to local schools

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