Bio-diversity

Ceyhan / Balqa Governorate is an agricultural rain fed area and its worth mentioning that this area has been recently adopted as one of the environmentally important areas , Therefore and due to the low level of agriculture Productivity (due to lack of water sources as the rate of rainfall in is about 300 ml per year) In addition to the low level of water management and efficiency and the rationalization of water consumption especially among women community and the lack of awareness on the effects of the problem and its negative repercussions, Al- khayr & al wafa charity society and in cooperation with the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development saw the need to adopt a comprehensive program in the field of water awareness to educate the community especially women about the seriousness of the Water situation in Jordan. Thus through the implementation of number of rainwater harvesting wells, maintenance of linked networks in addition to encouraging people to use solar water heaters instead of electric for hot water. Based on the above it can be stated briefly the overall objective of the project that lies in maximizing the use of rain water and raise the efficiency of irrigation, use of renewable energy to improve the standard of living for local residents. this project is seen as a beneficial to improve the level of household food security and raise the standard of living by linking home gardens and farms with water collecting wells (drip irrigation) to a drought-tolerant crops and with low water needs to contribute to the food security at household level and also minimize the value of the water bill in case of using rain water which will contribute to raising the standard of living of the citizen and the reduction of household water consumption in addition to solar water heaters instead of electric or gas will provide the income of the individual through the use of a source of permanent and renewable energy.

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