An end-to-end water and livelihoods solution for AP villages
Launch of a new pilot to ensure every rural household gets the benefit of clean drinking water, of water for irrigation, of healthier lives and of better livelihoods Naandi Foundation, Winrock International, and the The Coca-Cola Foundation, U.S.A to partner in this pilot Partnership to showcase an innovative new model of water access known as "Multiple Use water Services" aimed at providing safe drinking water and water for productive uses to improve health, income and food security of the rural poor. The project will identify best practices for wide scale replication.
Tweet-- Aiming to achieve sustainable and equitable changes in health, income generation and food security among small rural communities, Naandi Foundation, Winrock International and The Coca-Cola Foundation, based in Atlanta U.S will collaborate to launch an 18 month “multiple-use water services” demonstration initiative in Andhra Pradesh.
The project aims to:
Provide reliable access to water for domestic and productive activities in rural communities impacting 1050 households (more than 5,000 people)
Improve health, nutrition, food security and social empowerment of the targeted households
Increase annual income of the target group by at least 20% per year
Develop a model for wide scale replication across the country
The Coca-Cola Foundation based in Atlanta, Georgia USA has approved a grant of USD 250,000 for initial support of the initiative.
According to Mr Amit Jain, COO and head of the Drinking Water and Sanitation vertical Naandi Foundation, “This initiative builds on Winrock International and Naandi Foundation’s expertise using innovative market-based approaches to achieve sustainable and equitable improvements in health, income and food security for poor smallholders. Naandi Foundation has already undertaken projects using market based approaches to providing access to safe drinking water to poor rural smallholders, linking organic coffee growing tribal small farmers to global markets and using natural resource management techniques and revitalizing defunct irrigation schemes in partnership with local communities, private donors and the government.
According to Dr. Mary Renwick, Director, Water Innovation Program, Winrock International, “Winrock brings an innovative new model of water service delivery known as Multiple-Use Services (MUS). The MUS approach builds on, and adds value to, investments in community domestic water systems or irrigation systems and has tremendous potential to simultaneously improve smallholder health and incomes.”
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About Naandi Foundation
Naandi Foundation is an autonomous India-based nonprofit that works with marginalized communities to eradicate Poverty‘ across 9 states of India, touching over two million lives directly, by harnessing and leveraging the resources of governments, the corporate sector and civil society. Naandi‘s mission is to build alliances between state governments, corporates and civil society so that together innovative strategies to eradicate poverty are implemented to improve the quality of life of underserved communities. Naandi has been helping elected governments achieve equitable and efficient delivery of critical social services. Naandi Foundation recently won Ashoka's Global Changemakers competition "Tapping Local Innovation: Unclogging the Water and Sanitation Crisis" for their innovative work in provision of safe drinking water. Naandi works in some of the most backward areas Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Nagaland.
About Winrock International
Winrock International is a U.S. based nonprofit organization that works with poor rural communities in more than 65 countries on sustainable and integrated solutions to increase economic opportunities, sustain natural resources, and protect the environment. Winrock matches innovative approaches in agriculture, natural resources management, clean energy and leadership development with the unique needs of its partners. By linking local individuals and communities with new ideas and technology, Winrock is increasing long-term productivity, equity and responsible resource management to benefit the poor and disadvantaged of the world. Winrock has a long history of water-related development work spanning 90 projects in 29 countries, including substantial expertise in implementing integrated water-related programs that improve health, income, and food security for the rural poor and generate tangible environmental benefits. Winrock brings extensive experience with Multiple-Use Water Services, with significant analysis of their work and documented possibilities for expansion. Multiple-use approaches to water are part of the Winrock Water Innovation Program, established as an endowment-seeded effort by Winrock‘s Board of Directors in 2005. Winrock is implementing MUS in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
About The Coca-Cola Foundation
The Coca-Cola Foundation is The Coca-Cola Company's primary international philanthropic arm. Founded in 1984, the Foundation was established in the U.S. as a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Foundations grants are awarded throughout the year on business plan priorities, tax requirements, legal compliance and approval by the Foundation's Board of Directors. Our community commitment is shared across the Coca-Cola system. When natural disasters strike, The Coca-Cola Foundation and the entire Coca-Cola system respond to offer emergency relief. Through the Coca-Cola Matching Gifts Program, eligible employees make personal contributions to qualified organizations and The Coca-Cola Foundation matches those contributions on a 2-for-1 basis.