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Empowering Women Through Access to Water 
New water cisterns give Senegalese farmers a new outlook 
Duration 4m32s 
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Video Type Video News Release (VNR)
Date 10/22/2018 
File size 490.13 MB 
Unique ID UF2T3L 
All editorial uses permitted 
Production details and shotlist
UNFAO Source FAO Video
Shotlist 1. Farmer tapping water at cistern


2. Woman getting water from the cistern


3. Various tracking shot of dry land


4. Woman carrying water bucket on top of her head in garden


5. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Mboya Ka, farmer in Douli, Senegal: “We were thirsty all the time. We did not even think about washing ourselves or doing laundry. Even to feed ourselves, there was not enough to cook. Even to feed ourselves, there was not enough to cook. Even to feed ourselves, there was not enough to cook. Soon after lunch, you would go again to fetch water with the carts.”


6. Woman watering her garden with watering pot


7. Wide of field


8. Farmer herding her cows


9. Calf drinking milk


10. A woman working in garden


11. Various women working in garden


12. Girl in the garden


13. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Mairam Cissé, farmer in Dabali, Senegal: “We used to face huge challenges when the new school year started, especially for the purchase of our children’s school supplies. As the new school year starts before the main harvest season, often women didn’t have the money for school expenses.” 


14. Girls carrying water bucket in garden


15. Women carrying water buckets in garden


16. SOUNDBITE (English) Coumba Sow, FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator (REOWA) Senegal: “One million cisterns for the Sahel is focused on women, because generally, in the Sahel, it’s women who have the burden of fetching water. 


17. SOUNDBITE (English) Coumba Sow, FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator (REOWA) Senegal: “Very often, they do more than 10km to find water and 10 km to come back home with their children. And when they do so, the children don’t go to school because they have to help their mothers. 


18. Woman unlocking a door to access water from the cistern


19. Water bucket filling up with water at cistern


20. SOUNDBITE (English) Coumba Sow, FAO Sub-Regional Coordinator (REOWA) Senegal, “In Senegal we have just officially launched the project with the government. Our plan in the next 3 years is to support 10,000 women to get access to water through the cisterns.”


21. Various women getting water from the cistern


22. Cistern


23. Woman getting water from the cistern


24. Woman watering common garden


25. Children drinking water


26. Girl drinking water


27. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Amadou Dioulde KA, farmer in Douli, Senegal: “We have learned a lot of things, how to build a cistern, lay the foundation, cut the wood for the construction. They taught us everything.”


28. Growing nutritious seeds


29. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Rokhy SOW, NGO ‘Symbiose Senegal’, Kaoloack, Senegal: “Concerning organic market gardening, we do a lot of activities to strengthen women’s capacities.”


30. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Rokhy SOW, NGO ‘Symbiose Senegal’, Kaoloack, Senegal,    “ This way we can develop the most suitable and efficient strategy for them to have enough income and a good production which is nutritious and doesn’t harm the environment.”


31. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Pola Ka, grandon of Mboya Ka, Douli, Senegal: “We used to cook rice in salt water with oil. Now we have vegetables too. 


32. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Pola Ka, grandon of Mboya Ka, Douli, Senegal, “Tomato, cabage, eggplant and salad grown in the garden are all good for me. 


33. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Pola Ka, grandon of Mboya Ka, Douli, Senegal, “When I am not going to school, I fetch straw or take the animals to graze.”


34. SOUNDBITE (WOLOF) Mairam Cissé, farmer in Dabali, Senegal, saying: “The money I earn from selling vegetables, allows me to support myself and pay for part of my children’s school.” 


35. Mairam Cissé getting water at cistern


36. Mid of woman


37. Okra in hands, pan to a girl 





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Script The Sahel region is increasingly affected by severe droughts and desertification due to climate change. Irrigation remains undeveloped.

Despite these challenges, 70% of people in the Sahel rely on agriculture to grow food and make a living.





 “We were thirsty all the time. We did not even think about washing ourselves or doing laundry. Even to feed ourselves, there was not enough to cook. Even to feed ourselves, there was not enough to cook. Even to feed ourselves, there was not enough to cook. Soon after lunch, you would go again to fetch water with the carts, ” said Mboya Ka, a farmer in Douli.





In Senegal, water truly means life. Farmers and herder heavily depend on rainfall to water their crops and rear their animals. But rainfalls are low and irregular even in the rainy season from July to October. This means that farmers and herder struggle to make ends meet.





Mairam Cissé, a farmer in Dabali said “We used to face huge challenges when the new school year started, especially for the purchase of our children’s school supplies. As the new school year starts before the main harvest season, often women didn’t have the money for school expenses.“





Now people’s life have changed because of a new water-gathering and storage system put in place through FAO’s “1 million cisterns for the Sahel” programme, which focuses on vulnerable rural communities in arid and semi-arid regions of five countries affected by climate shocks. 


Inspired by a similar programme implemented in Brazil through its “Fome Zero” programme, this initiative aims to give access to safe drinking water to millions of people across the Sahel. The idea is to improve families’ lives on a number of levels. The programme helps families to increase what they grow for nutrition and for income, helps to improve health and, ultimately, builds the resilience of millions of families, especially women.





“One million cisterns for the Sahel is focused on women, because generally, in the Sahel, it’s women who have the burden of fetching water. Very often, they do more than 10km to find water and 10 km to come back home with their children. And when they do so, the children don’t go to school because they have to help their mothers. In Senegal we have just officially launched the project with the government. Our plan in the next 3 years is to support 10,000 women to get access to water through the cisterns, ” said Coumba Sow, FAO Regional Sub-Regional Coordinator (REOWA) in Senegal.





The programme helps women and farmers harvest and store rainwater. It provides clean drinking water and water to grow food in arid areas for millions of people. It enables women to grow more vegetables and have more food for their families.





 “We have learned a lot of things, how to build a cistern, lay the foundation, cut the wood for the construction. They taught us everything, ” said Amadou Dioulde Ka, a farmer in Douli.





Local partners train the communities in climate-smart agriculture.





 “Concerning organic market gardening, we do a lot of activities to strengthen women’s capacities. This way we can develop the most suitable and efficient strategy for them to have enough income and a good production which is nutritious and doesn’t harm the environment,” said Rokhy Sow, NGO ‘Symbiose Senegal’ in Kaolack.





 “We used to cook rice in salt water with oil. Now we have vegetables too. Tomato, cabage, eggplant and salad grown in the garden are all good for me. When I am not going to school, I fetch straw or take the animals to graze, ”said Pola Ka, the grandson of Mboya Ka, Diouli.





“The money I earn from selling vegetables, allows me to support myself and pay for part of my children’s school, ”said Mairam Cissé.





By investing in people’s livelihoods, FAO is empowering them to contribute to a Zero Hunger future.    





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