Newsletter March, 2011

SCAMPIS India SCAMPIS Guatemala SCAMPIS Madagascar

GUATEMALA Below the link to a video registered in San Pedro Pinula one of the most poor municipalities where SCAMPIS is

implemented. The video shows a very good result and the satisfaction of the beneficiaries:

http://www.youtube.com/user/CZARBONILLA?feature=mhum

The monthly report is available at this web page:

https://xdesk.ifad.org/sites/pt/scampis/Guatemala/Communication/Informe%20mensual/INFORME%20SCAMPIS

%20GUATEMALA%20-FEBRERO-.pdf

INDIA The SCAMPIS India team is conducting an outcome/impact study on 90 users of Scampis micro irrigation

technologies and treadle pumps (30 Surface treadle pumps; 30 drum kits, 30 bucket kits) in 15 villages of the districts

of Koraput and Gajapati. The data will be consolidated and shared in the next progress report. The study will be useful to identify the best pathway for future.

MADAGASCAR

AVSF in collaboration with the National Centre for Study and Application of Engineering Department Rural and

the IFAD Projects: PARECAM and PROSPERER organized in February a Conference-debate on “Promotion of

MIS and adaptation to climate change in Madagascar”. At the conference participated hundreds of people from the

Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of water and the Ministry of the Environment, as well as other actors of

academic institutions and private sector. The first mission of the year in Madagascar by Sibyl Anwander Phan-huy (Coopernic representative) and Rudolph

Cleveringa is concluded (16-24/3). The feedback will be shared in the next newsletter.

IFAD HQ

At this link is available the 2011 IFAD Hq plan of work, it is a working progress document and will be adapted

depending the needs

Deadlines and Upcoming Events Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value is now

open. Nominations will be accepted until 30 June

2011 and the Prize will be awarded in 2012.

Launched in 2009, the Nestlé Prize in Creating

Shared Value seeks to encourage and reward

innovative approaches to the problems of

nutrition, water, and rural development.

www.nestle.com/CSV/CSVPrize (attached the

call)

First cross-country topic discussion on Scampis

technologies (April)

End of April (dates TBC): Monitoring &

Evaluation mission to India by Cecilia Ruberto.

Communication Collecting photos and

videos of the Project: we

would like receive your

inputs. Send us the material

by email or contact us to

receive the link of the

webpage were we can

charge the material.

Interesting publication on

“Creating Markets with the

Poor: selling treadle pumps

in India”

Stories from the Field

SCAMPIS Technologies

SCAMPIS Fotos

SCAMPIS Videos

For any kind of communication please contact scampis@ifad.org

Visit SCAMPIS website

www.ifad.org/english/water/scampis/