Gender

Empowering Women Through Access to Water- Senegal


The Sahel region is increasingly affected by severe droughts and desertification due to climate change. Women walk an average of  10 kilometers to fetch water. This video shows how the FAO “1 million cisterns for the Sahel” project  is helping women and farmers harvest and store rainwater, so that they have clean water to drink and to grow food in arid areas.



22/10/2018