Nicaragua: FAO Peri-urbana vegetable project
Channeling water from roofs to storage tanks and then urban vegetable gardens
Water is stored in tanks for use in irrigating vegetables. If water is also used for drinking, it should be tested for the presence of E coli and then treated if necessary
Discarded soft drink containers are fitted with slow drip caps to water vegetables
This garden provides vegetables for 13 people.
Public demonstration garden using collected rain water for irrigation.
Urban farming in a small, but productive space
Water testing training in Nicaragua
A first step in water testing is to collect a water sample in a sterile bag called a Whirl Pak
Preparing a sample for testing
Training Red Cross Volunteers in Juticalpa, Honduras
Visit to the village of Pasunca, a community of 207 homes. The purpose of the visit was to conduct a survey with the Ministry of Health regarding water, sanitation and hygiene resources.
Water for the community is moved from a deep drilled well with an electric pump to this concrete water tank on a hill outside of the community.
Every four days, a member of the local water committee climbs to the top of the tank and adds six pounds of chlorine which will be added to the water in a slow drip process to make it safe for drinking water.
Members of the team who conducted the water research survey in Pasunca and four other communities. Support for this work came from IWHA and FAMA.
