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Hands-on Science With Village Women

Hands-on Science With Village Women. Presented by. Bhagya Rangachar. Thirst. The Fortunate. Spreading Deserts. The Inevitable. So?. Children’s Lovecastles Trust (CLT). Web: www. cltindia. org Mail: info@cltindia.org. About CLT. Founded in December 1997

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Hands-on Science With Village Women

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  1. Hands-on ScienceWith Village Women

  2. Presented by Bhagya Rangachar

  3. Thirst

  4. The Fortunate

  5. Spreading Deserts

  6. The Inevitable

  7. So?

  8. Children’s Lovecastles Trust (CLT) Web: www. cltindia. org Mail: info@cltindia.org

  9. About CLT Founded in December 1997 Offers non-formal education programs through formal networks Mission: To build conducive, interactive and creative learning environment through community awareness, nutrition aids and alternative educative means to support education Vision: Combine the power of technology and the convenience of the school system to make education more effective and efficient

  10. CLT Way Integrating disciplines - ‘Chain of Learning’ Experiential learning Project - based learning Technology – aided learning Hands-on- Science: Lab 2 School 2 Community Peer 2 Peer and Mentoring Direct community involvement in development of schools

  11. CLT’s Approach – Hands-on Science Science Club in action - Learn the ways of nature

  12. CLT’s Approach – Hands-on Science Woman - 2 - Woman Workshop on Mushroom Cultivation, Nutrition Management, Vermicompost etc.,

  13. CLT’s Approach – Hands-on Science ‘Computer 2 Career’ programmes for the Community Youth

  14. CLT’s Approach – Hands-on Science ‘Flora and Fauna’ in association with University of Agricultural Sciences-Popularising Life Sciences

  15. Women and IT in India Current Indicators 34% Female Adult literacy 38% Female secondary school enrolment 44% Female youth illiteracy 36% of tertiary students in Natural Sciences are female 19% female teaching staff at tertiary 23% India’s Internet users are women Natural Sciences include fields of computer sciences, Engineering, Math, Architecture, Town planning, Transportation and communication - UNESCO 1999 Statistical Year book

  16. Village Women use Science and TechnologyLab - 2 - Land Concept Why women? -Agents of change, they influence decisions at home and at the Panchayat -Water at home is managed by the women -Girl child is often pulled out of school to ferry water from distant sources

  17. CLT’s Approach – Hands-on Science An ‘All Girls’ team Brainstorming Session Identify water related issues Joins hands with The Rainwater Club Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting

  18. 3 E’s Team partners with The Rainwater Club (www. rainwaterclub. org) They drive the project from Education to Extension and Execution - 3E’s

  19. The Team in action Process Baseline survey Analysis Action plan Implementation Documentation Follow up

  20. Technology as an ‘Enabler’ Team uses Computers to record data and information Computer aided microscopes to test water Mapping software to design promotional tools

  21. Where’s the water?

  22. Water Cycle

  23. About Bangalore • Location : 12’ 58” N Latitude and 77’ 35” E Longitude • Altitude : 921 Mts. Above Sea • Population : 6 Million • Planning area : 1279 Sq.km • Rainfall : Avg 970 mm over the last 10 years • Location : 12’ 58” N Latitude and 77’ 35” E Longitude • Altitude : 921 Mts. Above Sea • Population : 6 Million • Planning area : 1279 Sq.km • Rainfall : Avg 970 mm over the last 10 years

  24. The Facts • Bangalore gets its water from the river Cauvery 95 kms away and 500 meters below the city • Production cost water is very high at Rs 18 a kilo-liter. Will become Rs 26 a kilo-liter. • Ceiling on the availability of water-1500 Million Liters per Day - good enough for 7 million people only, i.e., by the year 2011. • Surface and ground water on the decline.

  25. Disappearing sources in Bangalore Lakes and Tanks 261 in 1960 81 in 1997 55 in 2000

  26. Why harvest Rainwater ? • A NATURAL RESOURCE PRESENTLY WASTED • PREVENTS GROUND WATER DEPLETION • A GOOD SUPPLEMENT TO PIPED WATER • POSITIVE COST BENEFIT RATIO • RELATIVELY POLLUTION FREE • WATER CONSERVATION & SELF-DEPENDANCE • REDUCES “ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT”

  27. What is Rainwater Harvesting? • Collection • Filtration • Storage • Future Usage • Recharge

  28. How much water do I get ?

  29. HOW much water do I use ? Consumption range : 50 ltrs - 300 ltrs per person per day

  30. Components • Catchment • Roof, Paved area, Land • Conveyance • Pipes, chains, gutters, drains • Storage - Ponds, lakes, sumps, tanks, aquifers

  31. A typical system

  32. Catchments

  33. Gutters Gutter-for sloping roof : PVC pipes Polycarbonate pipes GI pipes Aluminium Pipes

  34. Down pipes Down water pipes made of HDPE/PVC/AC PIPES

  35. First-rain separator(Bypass) Simple Easy to maintain

  36. Filtration Units

  37. Storage

  38. Usage

  39. Recharge

  40. Do’s & Dont’s • Clean-roofs and terraces • Provide adequate storage systems • Pollution free storage systems • Store—insecticides, rusting iron, manure, detergents • Use Pets on terrace • Use chemically polluted water to charge ground water USEFUL tip : Guppy fish for mosquito control

  41. Scaling the Project 2002: Made the school ‘Water Literate’ 2003: Installed prototype Designed promotional literature 2004: Establish the ‘ Rainwater Resource Center’ Plan to set up 100 units in 10 villages 2005: Scaling it to 10,000 Households Creating global awareness on management of natural resources

  42. Rooftop Rainwater system in a village This is how it looks and works…

  43. Let us make this a movement Write to info@cltindia.org

  44. THANKYOU

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