PROPOSAL FOR MALI - Adaptation Fund

prevents diseases.Reduces the burden on women..communities find more suitable areas orchoose other more appropriate technologies.The project implementation, also, will findsolutions to the issues that could arise withthese changes with the communities’participationsRainwater harvestingWellsSmall scale damsCan be put close to houses andCan provide good clean water if thefacility is covered.Good for humans and animals. Canprovide irrigation during the dryseason. Easy to construct and canreliably provide water (unlikeboreholes that might not hit water)Can cause water related diseases ifnot appropriately stored and coveredRequires significant physical labour toconstruct. Hygiene can be poor if thewell is not protectedWater contamination risks from theagriculture and livestock activitiesThe difficulty to control the water use(as it can be used for differentpurposes) may affect the sustainabilityof the water resources and theinfrastructuresIrrigationSub-surface pipe irrigation Save water While subsurface irrigation deliverswater to the root zones, buried, on-The project will link up with the healthcentres in those areas to find solutions toprevent these risks.But the communities consulted have said thatthey will accept this technology despite thefact that this technology requires significantphysical labour. The problem may arise inthe case the water level goes further down andis no longer accessible. In such case and inthe case of water contamination withagriculture and livestock chemicals, theproject, in consultation with the communitieswill close the concerned wells and support theinstallation of other water supply facilitiesthat will be feasible for the project and thecommunitiesThe project will support the establishment ofthe infrastructure management committee(either using existing mechanism or creating anew one) to control the water use according torules accepted by the users.These difficulties will be taken in accountduring the design and the implementation of40