Water Projects

Water Conservation & Rain Water Harvesting

WATER SMART FARMS
September 2018 to date S4S and the Val D'endore Farmer's Association (VFA) have been working together on an irrigation project. Drip irrigation has been introduced to the farmers in the association, as a solution to reduce water and energy waste. To encourage rainwater harvesting, the Farmers are given 1000L IBC tanks to install on an elevated location in efforts to make use of Gravity, instead of electricity for pumping the water into the tanks. The first phase of the WSF Project was a huge success, and it was completed in 2020.

The initiative's initial phase was such a success that, with the help of the Seychelles Breweries, the Water Smart project has now moving into its second phase in 2021, with the goal of assisting farms all around Mahe.

Water Warriors
March 2016
S4S and Seychelles Institue of Technology have launched the WATER WARRIORS initiative with support from Seychelles Breweries Ltd. This new program will get SIT plumbing students out into the community to help fix leaks at households of families who need some extra assistance. Not only will the students and their lecturers get out into the field to do some voluntary plumbing but they will also help a group of women participating in a backyard gardening program run by the NGO WASO - teaching them about rainwater harvesting and helping to install raintanks in their gardens.

See news article 24-March-2016 Nation - New water conservation programme launched

Photo Credit: Nation Newspaper 24-03-2016

Water Conservation Advert

Water conservation campaign in the Seychelles sponsored by PUC, UNDP, SIDS, UNOPS, Sustainability for Seychelles & Seychelles Breweries.

Promoting rainwater harvesting in Seychelles

Project to promote rainwater harvesting in post-secondary schools Sustainability for Seychelles (S4S) is implementing a small grant to promote rainwater harvesting in three of Seychelles’ post-secondary schools together with the Seychelles Agriculture and Horticulture Training Centre, Seychelles Institute of Technology and the Seychelles Tourism Academy.

The prison agreed to make fibreglass tanks from a British High Commission grant. The schools will be consulted on where to place the tanks and a workshop will be held on how the tanks can be best used.

Seychelles prison going green – Visiting MPs briefed on sustainable projects receiving Australian funding -

See more at: Seychelles News Agency press link.

On 7th August 2014 a short ceremony was held in partnership with S4S and British Foreign Office to mark a donation of rainwater water tanks and climate change curriculum guides to several post-secondary schools.

Unveiling of the water tank at the Seychelles Agriculture and Horticulture Training Centre in Anse La Mouche

Celebrating the working together of the various organisations

In September 2010, Sustainability for Seychelles (S4S) was awarded a grant for US$ 100,000 from the United Nations Development Programme/Global Environmental Facility (UNDP/GEF) small grants programme to promote rainwater harvesting in Seychelles as part of climate change mitigation measures. The grant money will be used on programs to raise awareness on the benefits of rainwater harvesting, workshops to show people how to install a simple system, and setting up a system to make it easier for people to buy a low-cost rain barrels.

Seychelles has an annual rainfall of 350cm, providing ample opportunity for individual households to harvest rainwater (PHOTO Elke Talma)

A series of hands-on workshops will also be organised for community members giving practical demonstrations and advice on setting up rainwater harvesting at their homes and within schools. Key to the success of this project will be setting up a system for storing and selling affordable rain barrels to make it easier for people in their communities without cars to obtain them.

The Public Utilities Company (PUC) is a major partner in this project as they too hope to see more people using rainwater for non-potable water needs like washing clothes, cars, watering the garden, etc. The project will focus on La Digue as well as other districts where the Ministry of Education has helped the school set up a rainwater harvesting system.

Though this project, S4S aims to improve public awareness of rainwater harvesting in Seychelles through the development of a brochure, a portable display, TV and radio spots and newspaper adverts, newspaper articles, a short how-to video for TV and distribution to schools and community groups. Demonstrations are planned to show how households can reduce their water bills through a small research project with volunteer homes to study their water use and water bills.

Takamaka Bay Rum has donated a number of barrels for the rain water harvesting project (Sustainability for Seychelles)

Islands Teachers Guide on Water

Earlier this year S4S collaborated with the Ministry of Education to produce a teacher’s guide on water, funded by the COI Islands project.

Contact us for a digital copy or visit our website for a copy. Get a hardcopy, some 200 copies were printed and distributed to schools.