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By Gerard Nyele | February 27th 2021 at 04:47:44 GMT +0300
SNV Kenya s Country Director Jeen Kootstra during the validation workshop at a Nairobi hotel on February 26, 2021. [Photo, Courtesy]
Water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of people globally, an alarming figure that is projected to rise as temperatures do. Although 2.1 billion people have improved water sanitation since 1990, dwindling drinking water supplies are affecting every continent.
A water mapping exercise conducted by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation – a not-for-profit international development organisation helping poor communities raise incomes and access basic services- in 2014 revealed that almost 1/3 of rural water systems are dysfunctional at any given time and 2/3 of rural water systems malfunction within 3-5 years post-construction.
SNV and WaterFund champion for rural water resilience in arid areas
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COVID-19 is affecting pastoralist livelihoods
Pastoralists migrate seasonally to find water and pasture for their herds. They send scouts in search of resources, and use traditional knowledge and customary practices to make decisions on the movement and management of herds. These practices are time consuming, risky and unreliable in fast-changing environments. Across Africa, climate change is causing unpredictable rainfall patterns and limiting available pasture. Increasing pressure on the land accelerates soil degradation and intensifies conflicts over scarce resources among pastoralists as well as between pastoralists and crop farming communities. As a result, pastoralists might move for days without finding sufficient