The Red Cross, together with Water.org, Addis Ababa University, and private sector partners are developing an end-to-end Rainwater Harvesting (RwH) Ecosystem that prolongs the rainy season and promotes resiliency for 1M farmers and refugees by 2025. RwH is an integrated system for water management on rainfed land in semi-arid areas. Underpinning the Ecosystem is a US$25M blended RwH Financing Facility. The proceeds from the Facility capitalize MFIs, who, in turn originate water loans to farmers. The RwH Ecosystem will increase water and food security, cultivate a sense of agency among farmers, catalyze household water financing, and transfers risk to private sector.
Ethiopian Rainwater Harvesting Ecosystem and Blended Financing Facility
Scaling rainwater harvesting and water financing to support resilient farming communities