Further cooperations in South Asia

Title of the project:
DEWATS for a new eye hospital in the Nepalese-Indian border town of Biratnagar

Country:
Nepal

Duration:
2008-2010

Donor:
Eastern Regional Eye Care (EREC) Programme

Aim:
The construction of a DEWATS-SME for new eye-hospital in Nepal is the aim of this project. The produced wastewater especially in the main block with its 350 beds should be treated before it is irrigated into the environment by this device.


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Title of the project:
Micro Hydro Power Units for small villages in Ladakh

Country:
India

Duration:
2008-2010

Donor:
Cooperation project amongst FHNW, BORDA and LEDeG

Aim:
By the provision of adequate, efficient and cost effective "basic need services" in the fields of community based energy supply, the project should contribute towards the sustainable reduction of poverty in the areas covered by the project. In a first step a 25 kW Micro Hydro Power Unit in the Village Bartu should be realized in summer 2009.


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Title of the project:
Sanitation mapping in the city of Herat to improve the water supply and the wastewater treatment

Country:
Afghanistan

Duration:
2009-2011

Donor:
GTZ

Aim:
By providing the sanitation mapping tool in this region the general improvement of the water supply and wastewater treatment shall start. Due to huge differences in rainfall and destruction of war the afghan water supply is one of the weakest in the world, which has caused several sicknesses in the past. So there is huge demand for BORDA s work.


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Title of the project:
Relief project in the Tsunami affected regions

Country:
India

Duration:
2006-2009

Donor:
USAID

Aim:
The aim of the project is to support communities in planning, designing and constructing effective, reliable, cost efficient and custom made waste water treatment system. The solutions that were established after the tsunami proofed to be inadequate. The construction of a DEWATS-CBS site with an attached biogas digester have provided the 1548 people and 378 families that reside in East Devadanam a much cleaner environment and a healthier life. Further DEWATS sites in other effected villages are planned.