Chad
Solar pumping project to produce drinking water for irrigating market garden crops in 12 localities in the Chari Baguirmi region
Chad, a vast country in Central Africa covering an area of 1,284,000 km², has a population of around 18 million, 60% of whom live in rural areas.
An initiative of Union des Femmes pour la Lutte Contre la Désertification au Sahel
Overview of the project
Women and young people are particularly vulnerable because of their lack of access to resources and means of production. The country faces chronic food insecurity, linked to high illiteracy rates and rapid population growth.
Laws, customary practices and religious beliefs perpetuate traditional roles and justify inequalities between men and women. Women are often excluded from decision-making and have limited access to finance and employment.
The lack of water and capital hampers their entrepreneurial abilities. When they do work, they are paid less and confined to precarious sectors such as handicrafts and petty trading.
The project aims to improve their daily lives by facilitating access to drinking water, thus opening the way to new income-generating activities.
This project, Support to the village community for the production of drinking water by the solar pumping system for market gardening in the 12 regions of Chad 1- Promote women's entrepreneurship in rural areas through the use of renewable energy technologies. With access to renewable energy, 2- Increase women's agricultural productivity through greater use of renewable energy technologies. Provide village groups with agricultural machinery powered by renewable energy; 3- Raise awareness and educate women on the use of renewable energy to eradicate poverty at household level and, more broadly, to develop the rural sector.
Ongoing research
21/05/2025
50% of women and young people are developing income-generating activities thanks to sustainable energy sources; 80% are improving their agricultural productivity and working conditions thanks to renewable energy equipment and innovative cultivation techniques; 70% of girls are completing their school year regularly; 70% of young people and women are adopting renewable energy as their main source of energy.
Poverty is reduced at household level; the health of women and children is improved; the level of education of rural women and young people is raised; the region develops and the development dynamic accelerates; the rural exodus is curbed.
We are seeking funding from donors and charities.
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Chad, a vast country in Central Africa covering an area of 1,284,000 km², has a population of around 18 million, 60% of whom live in rural areas. Women account for around 52% of a population that is predominantly young (55% are under 15) and very poor (average income less than $2/day). Population growth is around 3.5% per year. UFLCDS is a non-governmental organisation working for sustainable development, particularly for women and young people. UFLCDS is working to promote sustainable development, particularly for women and young people, by strengthening their autonomy and material and intellectual capacities, improving accessibility, social inclusion, education, the protection of natural resources, the production of renewable energies to combat climate change, and creating opportunities for women and young people.
Other partners / supporters
GUINNAOU ET DEVELOPPEMENT is a non-governmental organisation working in the same field as UFLCDS.