Resources
Lower Mara River Basin Water Availability Assessment
This technical annex describes the analytical procedures and results of a water availability assessment for the Mara River Basin using long-term historical data sets of precipitation and discharge. Objectives of this assessment were (i) to regionalize average monthly and average annual discharge data, (ii) estimate flow duration curves, (iii) set up long-term water balances for […]
Mara River Basin WEAP Model
The Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) system model of the Mara River Basin was developed as a collaborative effort between IHE Delft Institute for Water Education (IHE) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). The historical and baseline conditions are representative of the researchers’ best understanding of the basin as it has existed and been used […]
Lower Mara River Basin Water Abstraction Survey Report
This report describes the information gathered during field work in the Mara River Basin in Tanzania to estimate current use, including locations, source types, approximate amounts abstracted, and purposes for the water abstractions. Information reported here will be combined with data presented separately on water resource availability, future demand projections, and the reserve to calculate […]
2019 SWP Annual Report
The Sustainable Water Partnership (SWP) is pleased to present its 2019 annual report, which describes SWP’s achievements and lessons learned in Year 3. While the water security, socio-economic, geographic and political contexts vary widely in SWP’s activities in Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nepal, and Cambodia, some shared themes emerge, including 1) the importance […]
Hamro Samman Partnerships
Hamro Samman is a 5-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (UK aid) and implemented by Winrock International. The project is designed to strengthen federal, provincial and local government efforts to combat trafficking; improve civil society advocacy and engagement to address trafficking in […]
Jivika-Hamro Samman: Skills Training and Livelihood Creation for Trafficking Survivors and At-Risk Youth
Hamro Samman is a five-year Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department for International Development (UK aid) and implemented by Winrock International. The project’s goal is to reduce the prevalence of trafficking in persons in 10 strategically selected districts of Nepal, namely: Kathmandu, […]
The Melon Value Chain
Through a cost-sharing Innovative Grant to Myanmar’s national trade organization for Myanmar-produced fresh produce—the Myanmar Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Producer and Exporter Association (MFVP)— USAID’s Value Chains for Rural Development (VCRD) project helped melon farmers build efficiencies and forge new relationships with other market actors, enabling them to begin exploring direct market channels and stabilize […]
December 2019 SWP Newsletter
Harvey Schartup and Patrice Beaujault have been named to lead the USAID-funded TerresEauVie activity in Niger and Burkina Faso. In this issue – Schartup and Beaujault to lead TEV – Takeaways from SWP’s work in Tanzania – Collaboration is key to meet UN SDG’s in Southern Africa